CORNHILL BOND CONSULTING LIMITED
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Cash
£5.1M
-5.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£5.6M
+55.3% vs 2023
Employees
76
+2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4.3M
-0.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-06-30.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,066,738 | £18,578,176 | +8.9% | |
| Operating profit | £4,327,131 | £4,302,459 | -0.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,314,948 | £4,284,509 | -0.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,395,678 | £3,368,701 | -0.8% | |
| Cash | £5,390,021 | £5,071,884 | -5.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,914,338 | £5,924,067 | +51.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,591,543 | £5,577,655 | +55.3% | |
| Equity | £3,591,543 | £5,577,655 | +55.3% | |
| Average employees | 74 | 76 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £8,633,189 | £10,294,098 | +19.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,000,871 | £1,780,497 | +77.9% |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.4% | 23.2% | |
| Net margin | 19.9% | 18.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 110.5% | 72.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.9% | 39.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 2.74x | |
| Interest cover | 48.33x | — |
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
- Cohen Arnold
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- CORNHILL BOND CONSULTING LIMITED · parent
- Marsden Holdco Ltd 100%
- Deacon Search Ltd 100%
- Marsden Legal Search LLC 88.89%
- Marsden International Legal Search Ltd 100%
- Marsden International Ltd 100%
- Cornhill Bond Pty Ltd 100%
- Marsden International FZ-LLC 100%
- Macarthur Bond Pty Ltd 100%
- MBS Recruitment Pty Ltd 100%
- Marsden International Pty Ltd 100%
- Deacon Search Pty Ltd 100%
- Barton Philip Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In February 2023 a controlling interest of the issued Ordinary and Preference Share Capital of Cornhill Bond Consulting Limited was acquired by the Cornhill Bond Employee Ownership Trust ("the Trust") with all eligible employees becoming beneficiaries of the Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEACON, Paul Steven | Director | 2019-07-04 | Apr 1970 | British |
| MARSDEN, Jonathan David | Director | 2019-07-04 | Apr 1967 | British |
| MILLS, Claire Michelle | Director | 2019-07-04 | Oct 1971 | British |
| NICOL, David | Director | 2023-07-15 | Jan 1988 | British |
| WALMSLEY, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2019-07-04 | Jun 1970 | Australian |
| WILKINS, Daniel | Director | 2019-07-04 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODHOUSE, Keith | Director | 2019-06-28 | 2019-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trident Trust Company (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-28 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan David Marsden | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-04 | Ceased 2023-02-28 |
| Paul Steven Deacon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-04 | Ceased 2023-02-28 |
| Jonathan Paul Walmsley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-04 | Active |
| Mr Keith Woodhouse | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-28 | Ceased 2019-07-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-07-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.