CARPENTER INVESTMENTS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£610K
-29.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£102M
+5.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
34
+6.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£8M
-58.5% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £13,920,808 | £14,597,353 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £7,767,478 | £9,457,660 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £18,399,977 | £7,642,882 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £9,967,441 | £5,940,201 | |
| Cash | £485,164 | £69,501 | — | — | £867,385 | £610,246 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,205,022 | £23,451,936 | — | — | £226,095,844 | £237,946,874 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £96,410,202 | £101,939,587 | |
| Equity | £19,205,022 | £23,451,936 | £26,442,183 | £29,729,311 | £96,410,202 | £101,939,587 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 7 | — | — | 32 | 34 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,085,648 | £1,203,278 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £15,960 | £15,960 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+4.9%
£13,920,808 £14,597,353
-
Cash
-29.6%
£867,385 £610,246
-
Net assets
+5.7%
£96,410,202 £101,939,587
-
Employees
+6.3%
32 34
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
+21.8%
£7,767,478 £9,457,660
-
Profit before tax
-58.5%
£18,399,977 £7,642,882
-
Wages
+10.8%
£1,085,648 £1,203,278
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 55.8% | 64.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 71.6% | 40.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 3.4% | 4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 61.9% | 63.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.67x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.12x | 1.03x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CARPENTER INVESTMENTS LTD 2014-04-02 → present
- URBAN SLEEP (LIVERPOOL) LTD 2012-05-30 → 2014-04-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Douglas Fairless Partnership
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CARPENTER INVESTMENTS LTD · parent
- Carpenter Investments Brunswick Park Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Investments Vine Street Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Investments Brunswick Park 2 Ltd 100%
- Oregon & Ratcliffe Ltd 100%
- Liverpool Edge (Myrtle Street) Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Investments 1 Kings Dock Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Investments Stockport Ltd 100%
- Liverpool Edge Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Investments Hawthorne Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Investments Station Road Ltd 100%
- Liverpool Edge (Hardman Street) Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Investments Vine Street B Limited 100%
- Liverpool Edge (Copperas Hill) Ltd 100%
- Simons Design Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Design Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Investments Brunswick Quay Ltd 100%
- Carpenter Old Station Gardens Limited 100%
- Pink Cloud Ltd 100%
- Term Engineering Ltd 50%
Significant events
- “2024 was another challenging year for property and construction. The year began with interest at 5.25% and only decreased to 5% in the final month of the financial year. The group hedges a proportion of its debt, however despite this policy, interest costs in the investment portfolio increased over the year from £5.6 m to £7.4m.”
- “During the year we have continued to build. This year we have continued with our Springmount Mill project in Stockport. This 202 home, £50 million development is expected to welcome its firsts residents in the second half of 2025.”
- “In addition, we achieved a planning permission in January 2024 for 267 apartments at a freehold site in Kings Dock, Liverpool. This permission has been subsequently revised to 291 apartments and we are expecting to make a start on this extremely exciting development in Q3 2025.”
- “The greatest risk to the groups profitability is increases in The Bank of England base rate of interest. The continuous Bank Of England interest rate rises over the past couple of years have reduced our ability to obtain finance at an affordable rate, which has both slowed down construction on our sites and reduced profitability of completed sites.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEER, Alan James | Director | 2012-05-30 | Apr 1966 | British |
| BREWITT, David Charles | Director | 2012-05-30 | Feb 1963 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan James Beer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David Charles Brewitt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2022-01-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2021-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-01-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2019-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.