NORTHERN CONFECTIONERS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+32.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+17.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
28
-6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+7.8% highest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £17,246,877 | £18,603,728 | — | £19,181,557 | — | £21,552,381 | £21,965,346 | |
| Operating profit | — | £660,266 | £673,272 | — | £857,378 | — | £1,132,917 | £1,202,031 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £661,005 | £673,578 | — | £859,979 | — | £1,161,012 | £1,251,337 | |
| Net profit | — | £510,316 | £545,628 | — | £681,925 | — | £893,092 | £930,735 | |
| Cash | — | £3,059,198 | £3,350,893 | £3,350,893 | £2,214,009 | £2,214,009 | £2,404,122 | £3,175,833 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £4,403,084 | — | £5,278,613 | £6,184,996 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,089,023 | £3,610,651 | — | £4,292,576 | — | £5,161,668 | £6,062,403 | |
| Equity | £2,602,707 | £3,089,023 | £3,610,651 | £3,610,651 | £4,292,576 | £4,292,576 | £5,161,668 | £6,062,403 | |
| Average employees | — | 24 | 23 | — | 26 | — | 30 | 28 | |
| Wages | — | £445,906 | £497,073 | — | £553,040 | — | £739,165 | £744,078 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £8,163 | £9,089 | — | £10,689 | — | £12,576 | £12,576 |
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
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Turnover
+1.9%
£21,552,381 £21,965,346
highest in 5 filed years
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Cash
+32.1%
£2,404,122 £3,175,833
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Net assets
+17.5%
£5,161,668 £6,062,403
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
-6.7%
30 28
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Operating profit
+6.1%
£1,132,917 £1,202,031
highest in 5 filed years
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Profit before tax
+7.8%
£1,161,012 £1,251,337
highest in 5 filed years
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Wages
+0.7%
£739,165 £744,078
highest in 5 filed years
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.8% | 3.6% | — | 4.5% | — | 5.3% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.0% | 2.9% | — | 3.6% | — | 4.1% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 19.5% | — | 21.5% | 19.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.37x | 3.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3376.49x |
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
- AAB Group Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed future cash forecasts for the company's activities and believe that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
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
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVLIN, Mary | Secretary | 2012-09-21 | — | — |
| DEVLIN, Brian | Director | 2012-09-21 | Jan 1942 | Northern Irish |
| DEVLIN, Mary | Director | 2012-09-21 | Mar 1944 | Northern Irish |
| DEVLIN, Maurice | Director | 2012-09-21 | Nov 1980 | Northern Irish |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Maurice Devlin | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2024-10-29 | Active |
| Mr Brian James Devlin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2017-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.