PETERBOROUGH AND CAMBRIDGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£169K
+2,333.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£865K
+12% vs 2023
Employees
8
-11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£57K
-57.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,837,161 | £1,911,545 | +4% | |
| Operating profit | £220,290 | £145,107 | -34.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £134,949 | £57,474 | -57.4% | |
| Net profit | -£54,503 | £117,395 | +315.4% | |
| Cash | £6,964 | £169,464 | +2,333.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£982,038 | -£864,643 | +12% | |
| Equity | -£982,038 | -£864,643 | +12% | |
| Average employees | 9 | 8 | -11.1% | |
| Wages | £363,042 | £362,053 | -0.3% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 135.6% | 129.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 2.23x | |
| Interest cover | 2.58x | 1.66x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis as in the opinion of the directors, the company will continue to be profitable in future years. The shareholder will continue to support the company with their loans for the foreseeable future. The main group manufacturing company has committed to buy from the entity guaranteeing revenues going forwards.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKWELL, Stephen | Secretary | 2022-11-22 | — | — |
| LEWIS, Robert | Director | 2019-05-17 | Jul 1969 | British |
| MCGREGOR, Robert | Director | 2019-05-17 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Linda | Secretary | 2019-05-17 | 2022-11-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contamac Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 20 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-12-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-11 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2019-05-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-05-17 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.