TROUBADOUR INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
+19.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.2m
+6.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
43
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£876k
+2.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,587,263 | £10,133,340 | £10,893,782 | +7.5% | |
| Operating profit | £952,219 | £842,035 | £853,215 | +1.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £940,177 | £853,099 | £876,396 | +2.7% | |
| Net profit | £754,194 | £619,611 | £657,253 | +6.1% | |
| Cash | £1,706,163 | £1,960,496 | £2,347,663 | +19.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,492,890 | £5,796,261 | £6,175,521 | +6.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,444,603 | £5,784,214 | £6,161,467 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £5,444,603 | £5,784,214 | £6,161,467 | +6.5% | |
| Average employees | 39 | 43 | 43 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,494,224 | £1,477,390 | £1,549,977 | +4.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £449,678 | £165,344 | £150,026 | -9.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £35,000 | £15,000 | -57.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 8.3% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 6.1% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.3% | 14.5% | 13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.3% | 16.7% | 15.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.50x | 5.91x | 6.54x | |
| Interest cover | 65.00x | — | — |
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
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- TROUBADOUR INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Barnes & Mullins (Manufacturing) Limited 100%
- Barnes & Mullins Limited 100%
- Terry Gould International Limited 100%
- The Hidersine Company Limited 99%
- Shergold Guitars London Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, under the terms of a multiple completion contract, the company bought back 9 shares each quarter totalling 36 non-voting ordinary £1 shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEARY, Brian Michael | Director | 2016-08-11 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERRIN, Sidney Bruce | Director | 2016-08-11 | 2021-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sidney Bruce Perrin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-10-07 | Ceased 2024-06-30 |
| Mr Brian Michael Cleary | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-02-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-07-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-07-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-07-22 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-07-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 9
- 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.