CRAVEN DUNNILL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-30 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£30K
-34.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-9.2% vs 2023
Employees
67
-11.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£292K
+50.4% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £6,570,281 | £6,279,111 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£566,288 | -£265,716 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£588,533 | -£291,748 | |
| Net profit | — | -£556,466 | -£291,748 | |
| Cash | — | £45,990 | £30,135 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,606 | £3,371,567 | £2,981,242 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,164,669 | £2,872,919 | |
| Equity | £54,606 | £3,164,669 | £2,872,919 | |
| Average employees | 76 | 76 | 67 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-4.4%
£6,570,281 £6,279,111
-
Cash
-34.5%
£45,990 £30,135
-
Net assets
-9.2%
£3,164,669 £2,872,919
-
Employees
-11.8%
76 67
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+53.1%
-£566,288 -£265,716
-
Profit before tax
+50.4%
-£588,533 -£291,748
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -8.6% | -4.2% | |
| Net margin | — | -8.5% | -4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -16.8% | -8.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.02x | 1.62x | |
| Interest cover | — | -25.46x | -10.21x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Stanton Ralph & Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CRAVEN DUNNILL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Craven Dunnill & Co. Limited 100%
- Craven Dunnill Jackfield Limited 80%
Significant events
- “The premises of company' subsidiary, Craven Dunnill & Co. Limited, located in Alderley have been temporarily closed since February 2025 and have been placed on the market for lease.”
- “Under an agreement with the bankers of the company' subsidiary, Craven Dunnill Jackfield Limited, dated July 4, 2025, the subsidiary has granted a fixed charge over all its property, assets, and rights, whether owned now or in the future, and a floating charge over all other property, assets, and rights of the subsidiary, whether owned now or in the future, that are not subject to an effective fixed charge under any other security held by the Bank.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELLS, Peter John | Director | 2022-03-17 | Mar 1951 | British |
| HOWELLS, Simon James | Director | 2022-03-17 | Sep 1981 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter John Howells | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 22 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-04-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-04-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-04-17 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-04-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-04-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-03 | 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.