CLARKE GROUP FINANCE LIMITED
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Cash
£23K
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£202M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,022,250 | £22,892,276 | £16,120,916 | — | |
| Operating profit | £9,500,671 | £23,158,900 | £16,071,477 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £8,874,563 | £21,499,935 | £14,702,303 | — | |
| Net profit | £7,099,407 | £16,124,470 | £11,026,727 | — | |
| Cash | £618,988 | £1,206,202 | £22,549 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £174,826,489 | £190,950,959 | £201,977,686 | — | |
| Net assets | £174,826,489 | £190,950,959 | £201,977,686 | — | |
| Equity | £174,826,489 | £190,950,959 | £201,977,686 | — | |
| Average employees | — | 4 | 4 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 15 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-05-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 105.3% | 101.2% | 99.7% | |
| Net margin | 78.7% | 70.4% | 68.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.4% | 12.1% | 8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 23.4% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.64x | 4.28x | 4.70x | |
| Interest cover | 15.17x | 13.96x | 11.74x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered cash flow forecasts, which indicate that the Company will be cash generative for at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements and are therefore of the opinion that the Company can continue to operate with its existing banking arrangements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2019-06-07 | — | — |
| CLARKE, John Alan | Director | 2019-06-07 | Feb 1943 | British |
| CLARKE, Sandra Elaine | Director | 2019-06-07 | Jun 1943 | British |
| CLARKE, Tracey | Director | 2019-06-07 | Jun 1964 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Jacqueline | Director | 2019-06-07 | Aug 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sgh Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-25 | Active |
| Mr John Alan Clarke | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-07-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2019-06-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-06-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-06-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.