SPEL HOLDINGS
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Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+4.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8M
+25.7% vs 2023
Employees
60
+5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+0.9% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £8,831,245 | £9,032,796 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,495,062 | £2,447,903 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,505,275 | £2,528,025 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,926,363 | £1,904,904 | |
| Cash | £0 | — | £4,302,052 | £4,481,073 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £6,553,621 | £7,772,152 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £5,966,123 | £7,500,798 | |
| Equity | £3,966,426 | £4,522,733 | £5,966,123 | £7,500,798 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 57 | 60 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,963,187 | £2,087,253 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.3%
£8,831,245 £9,032,796
-
Cash
+4.2%
£4,302,052 £4,481,073
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+25.7%
£5,966,123 £7,500,798
-
Employees
+5.3%
57 60
-
Operating profit
-1.9%
£2,495,062 £2,447,903
-
Profit before tax
+0.9%
£2,505,275 £2,528,025
-
Wages
+6.3%
£1,963,187 £2,087,253
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 28.3% | 27.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 21.8% | 21.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 38.1% | 31.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.42x | 3.91x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 37.29x | 53.63x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Benee Consulting Limited
- 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 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
- SPEL HOLDINGS · parent
- Spel Ltd 100%
- Spel Products 100%
Significant events
- “On the 20 February 2025, a portion of the group's freehold property was sold to a connected party for £542,000, compared to a carrying value of £640,201. The sale was supported by an open market valuation and was followed by a leaseback arrangement, with the group continuing to occupy and operate from the property.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POCOCK, Paul | Secretary | 2012-09-28 | — | — |
| POCOCK, Bryan | Director | 2012-09-28 | Sep 1972 | British |
| POCOCK, Paul Simon | Director | 2012-09-28 | Jul 1941 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POCOCK, Philippa Dorothy Grugeon | Director | 2012-09-28 | 2018-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Susanna Pocock | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2025-11-25 | Active |
| Mrs Rhoda Kathleen Pocock | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2025-11-25 | Active |
| Mrs Philippa Dorothy Grugeon Pocock | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-30 |
| Paul Simon Pocock | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Bryan Robert Pocock | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.