CAREY LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-17 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
-18.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£29M
+8.2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
22
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-19.9% vs 2024
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2020-08-01 | 2021-07-31 | 2021-08-01 | 2022-07-31 | 2022-08-01 | 2023-07-31 | 2023-08-01 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,208,276 | — | £45,437,911 | — | £49,835,209 | — | £81,175,131 | — | £112,192,268 | £96,568,363 | |
| Operating profit | £4,681,808 | — | £1,446,590 | — | £1,259,520 | — | £4,059,894 | — | £5,985,564 | £4,741,165 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,729,183 | — | £1,516,825 | — | £1,313,244 | — | £4,140,865 | — | £6,184,128 | £4,956,297 | |
| Net profit | £4,219,898 | — | £1,419,428 | — | £1,112,021 | — | £3,323,073 | — | £4,937,813 | £3,995,002 | |
| Cash | £6,085,451 | £6,085,451 | £6,007,915 | £6,007,915 | £7,931,669 | £7,931,669 | £12,211,676 | £12,211,676 | £18,259,315 | £14,857,675 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,069,645 | — | £19,965,464 | — | £21,589,048 | — | £24,379,323 | — | £28,456,391 | £30,666,260 | |
| Net assets | £17,620,672 | — | £19,040,100 | — | £20,152,121 | — | £22,855,194 | — | £26,793,007 | £28,988,009 | |
| Equity | £17,620,672 | £17,620,672 | £19,040,100 | £19,040,100 | £20,152,121 | £20,152,121 | £22,855,194 | £22,855,194 | £26,793,007 | £28,988,009 | |
| Average employees | 16 | — | 15 | — | 19 | — | 21 | — | 22 | 22 | |
| Wages | £949,479 | — | £998,619 | — | £1,171,275 | — | £1,500,910 | — | £2,269,890 | £2,428,065 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £274,333 | — | £315,821 | — | £400,398 | — | £737,507 | — | £1,464,331 | £1,246,189 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-13.9%
£112,192,268 £96,568,363
-
Cash
-18.6%
£18,259,315 £14,857,675
-
Net assets
+8.2%
£26,793,007 £28,988,009
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
0%
22 22
-
Operating profit
-20.8%
£5,985,564 £4,741,165
-
Profit before tax
-19.9%
£6,184,128 £4,956,297
-
Wages
+7%
£2,269,890 £2,428,065
highest in 6 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2020-08-01 | 2021-07-31 | 2021-08-01 | 2022-07-31 | 2022-08-01 | 2023-07-31 | 2023-08-01 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.3% | — | 3.2% | — | 2.5% | — | 5.0% | — | 5.3% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 12.0% | — | 3.1% | — | 2.2% | — | 4.1% | — | 4.4% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.9% | — | 7.2% | — | 5.8% | — | 16.7% | — | 21.0% | 15.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57.7% | 49.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.41x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 1082.50x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103.70x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has been consistently profitable and it made a £4.96 million profit during the year and it has a £28.99 million balance sheet with strong liquidity. We have a satisfactory order book from well-established customers. Therefore, the directors are confident that the company can continue to trade successfully and continue to provide an excellent and reliable service to our customers for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Turnover for 2026 is expected to remain at similar levels to 2025 mainly due to delays with projects starting as a result of the Building Safety Regulator design checks for high rise buildings. Looking further ahead, we expect to see more potential contracts coming on stream as the Building Safety Act Gateway delays at last start to get released.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSGROVE, Enda | Secretary | 2011-10-19 | — | — |
| CAREY, Martin John | Director | 2011-07-15 | Mar 1985 | Irish |
| CARTY, Eamonn | Director | 2018-07-17 | Oct 1986 | Irish |
| COSGROVE, Enda Gerard | Director | 2014-11-27 | May 1986 | Irish |
| SKELTON, Neil | Director | 2022-02-28 | Feb 1979 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOCKLEY, Dean | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2022-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin John Carey | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.