CHARLES TENNANT & COMPANY, LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6M
+27.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+2.8% vs 2024
Employees
32
-11.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6M
-45.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,517,000 | £32,794,000 | £33,737,000 | +2.9% | |
| Operating profit | £4,463,000 | £2,723,000 | £1,525,000 | -44% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,530,000 | £2,953,000 | £1,604,000 | -45.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,457,000 | £2,212,000 | £1,203,000 | -45.6% | |
| Cash | £9,840,000 | £2,819,000 | £3,604,000 | +27.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,683,000 | £11,796,000 | £12,065,000 | +2.3% | |
| Net assets | £15,057,000 | £11,389,000 | £11,707,000 | +2.8% | |
| Equity | £15,057,000 | £11,389,000 | £11,707,000 | +2.8% | |
| Average employees | 37 | 36 | 32 | -11.1% | |
| Wages | £1,616,000 | £1,693,000 | £1,735,000 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £52,000 | £51,000 | £51,000 | 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.6% | 8.3% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 6.7% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.5% | 23.1% | 12.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.2% | 23.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 5.39x | 3.65x | 3.49x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has proved itself to be in a strong financial position to maintain operations during the Globally disrupted business environment that has been experienced in recent years. The effect on the supply chain and the costs incurred by the company to maintain supply during those times have not affected the directors' expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- CHARLES TENNANT & COMPANY, LIMITED · parent
- Hugh Gell & Company Limited 100%
- Anderson Gibb and Wilson Limited 100%
- Dundee Chemicals Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the company entered into a debenture in connection with a £150m revolving credit facility entered into by its ultimate parent undertaking, Tennants Consolidated Limited. Under the terms of the debenture, the company has granted fixed and floating charges over its assets and has provided a guarantee in respect of amounts drawn under the facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NADIN, Richard James | Secretary | 2026-04-21 | — | — |
| GRIFFITHS, Timothy | Director | 2019-03-26 | Jun 1974 | British |
| KELLY, Maria Elaine | Director | 2025-12-31 | Dec 1979 | British |
| PRICE, Barry David | Director | 2025-12-31 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, Alexander | Secretary | — | 1993-11-26 |
| PRICE, Barry David | Secretary | 2025-04-02 | 2026-04-21 |
| RAINEY, Gary | Secretary | 1996-06-20 | 2025-04-02 |
| TRENCH, Stuart Cameron | Secretary | 1993-11-26 | 1996-06-13 |
| ALEXANDER, Duncan James | Director | — | 2025-12-31 |
| ALEXANDER, Kenneth Alston | Director | — | 1996-09-12 |
| ALEXANDER, William Paul | Director | 1996-09-12 | 2025-12-31 |
| ALEXANDER, William Bryce | Director | — | 2002-07-24 |
| MACDONALD, William Learmond | Director | — | 2001-12-07 |
| MITCHELL, Andrew Fraser John | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2020-11-30 |
| MOONEY, Eugene | Director | 1992-06-02 | 1995-10-31 |
| STEWART, Edward Cumming | Director | — | 1991-05-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennants Distribution Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-01-17 | Active |
| Tennants Consolidated Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.