COTTON TRADERS GROUP FINANCE LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8.6m
-10.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£999k
+172.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £20,000 | £20,000 | £20,000 | 0% | |
| Operating profit | — | £20,000 | £2,399,461 | +11,897.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,380,000 | -£1,380,000 | £999,461 | +172.4% | |
| Net profit | -£1,055,424 | -£1,035,000 | £1,344,461 | +229.9% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,718,059 | £9,683,059 | £8,648,059 | -10.7% | |
| Net assets | £10,718,059 | £9,683,059 | £8,648,059 | -10.7% | |
| Equity | £10,718,059 | £9,683,059 | £8,648,059 | -10.7% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. 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 | — | 100.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.2% | 27.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.1% | 81.1% | 83.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.00x | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.01x | 1.71x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COTTON TRADERS GROUP FINANCE LIMITED 2018-11-09 → present
- BEYONDNEWCO105 LIMITED 2018-03-13 → 2018-11-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of the above the Director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- COTTON TRADERS GROUP FINANCE LIMITED · parent
- Cotton Traders Holdings Limited 100%
- Cotton Traders Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A material non-adjusting event occurred in August 2026, when the external loan of Cotton Traders Limited, a subsidiary undertaking of the Company, was repaid by CorpAcq Limited, converting it into an intercompany creditor.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATTELL, Nicholas James | Director | 2020-01-09 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DORSETT, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2018-03-13 | 2020-01-09 |
| HOWLINGS, Mark Steven | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2026-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Traders Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-24 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.