CALA GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£11m
-35.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£87m
-4.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5.6m
+28.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £1,249,505,000 | £1,235,766,000 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £115,473,000 | -£1,000 | -£2,000 | -100% | |
| Profit before tax | £82,000,000 | -£7,827,000 | -£5,619,000 | +28.2% | |
| Net profit | £60,818,000 | -£5,870,000 | -£4,214,000 | +28.2% | |
| Cash | £10,353,000 | £17,703,000 | £11,373,000 | -35.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £846,559,000 | £380,992,000 | £456,778,000 | +19.9% | |
| Net assets | £527,385,000 | £91,059,000 | £86,845,000 | -4.6% | |
| Equity | £527,385,000 | £91,059,000 | £86,845,000 | -4.6% | |
| Average employees | 1,475 | 2 | 2 | 0% | |
| Wages | £99,067,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,480,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 | 0% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,000 | £20,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £1,363,000 | £6,430,000 | — | — |
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 | 9.2% | -0.0% | — | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | -0.5% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.6% | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.8% | 86.9% | 89.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 0.01x | 0.03x | |
| Interest cover | 3.39x | -0.00x | -0.00x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CALA GROUP LIMITED 2008-04-25 → present
- NEW CALA LIMITED 2007-11-07 → 2008-04-25
- DUNWILCO (1481) LIMITED 2007-06-26 → 2007-11-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements... and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CALA GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Cala 1999 Limited 100%
- Cala Limited 100%
- Cala Management Limited 100%
- Cala Homes (East) Limited 100%
- Cala Homes (Cotswolds) Limited 100%
- Cala Homes (Chiltern) Limited 100%
- Cala Homes (Thames) Limited 100%
- Cala Homes (West) Limited 100%
- Cala Homes (North) Limited 100%
- Cala Homes (Southern) Limited 100%
- Cala Ventures Limited 100%
- Taylor Lane Timber Frame Limited 100%
- Taylor Lane (Wales) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In order to improve Cala's market impact and efficiency, create stronger geographic patches with the platform to expand we took the decision in March 2025 to realign our English regional geographies.”
- “2025 marked a year of tangible delivery and operational modernisation across Cala's technology landscape. Key milestones included the retirement of legacy platforms such as Citrix, the rollout of Windows 11 across the device estate, and the successful upgrade of core business systems.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Charlotte Emma Scott | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | — | — |
| NICHOLSON, Thomas Marshall | Director | 2025-12-15 | Jun 1965 | British |
| RICE, Michael Daniel | Director | 2025-06-30 | Jan 1983 | Irish |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZPATRICK, Jasan | Secretary | 2018-01-15 | 2019-01-09 |
| SIBBALD, Moira Ramsay | Secretary | 2007-10-24 | 2017-07-24 |
| WYLIE, Jennifer | Secretary | 2019-01-09 | 2023-01-01 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-06-26 | 2007-10-24 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-07-25 | 2018-02-05 |
| BALL, Geoffrey Arthur | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2009-12-21 |
| BROWN, Alan Duke | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2018-04-30 |
| COLLINS, Aubrey Mark | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2015-11-24 |
| DICK, Robert John Westwater | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2008-12-03 |
| DOWNIE, Alan Wood | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2009-12-21 |
| FRESHNEY, Michael John | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2013-03-18 |
| FRY, Anthony Michael | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| MILLAR, Robert James | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2013-03-18 |
| MORE, Gerry Campbell | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2009-12-21 |
| PACITTI, Michael Ronald John | Director | 2012-01-24 | 2013-03-18 |
| PERCY, John Pitkeathly, Professor | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2012-03-31 |
| REID, John Graham Gunn | Director | 2007-10-24 | 2018-10-31 |
| STENHOUSE, Richard Guy Thomas | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2009-12-21 |
| STODDART, Neil John | Director | 2018-04-30 | 2025-09-01 |
| WHITAKER, Kevin | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2026-04-23 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, Manjit | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2017-11-23 |
| D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-06-26 | 2007-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cala 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-15 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-15 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-12-15 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-12-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-08 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.