CHARLES RANSFORD & SON LIMITED

THE SAWMILL, STATION RD, BISHOPS CASTLE, SALOP, SY9 5AQ

Company Number: 01185122
Incorporation date: 25-Sep-1974
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
16100 Sawmilling and planing of wood





SUMMARY

This company is 49.5 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by multiple entities. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 31.8 million which has increased from GBP 29.4 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 19.2 million which is down -10% on the previous year. The company has 6 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 12 other companies, 1 (8.3%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There is one court case involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Sep-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Dec-2022)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Dec-2022 GBP 19,203,537 3,365,768 80,753 1,088,303 2,358,218
31-Dec-2021 GBP 20,482,242 5,995,252 62,887 1,093,652 4,964,487
31-Dec-2020 GBP 16,981,511 2,940,770 708,099 2,232,671
31-Dec-2019 GBP 14,955,071 2,187,986 390,002 1,797,984
31-Dec-2018 GBP 15,030,063 2,352,674 398,317 1,954,357
31-Dec-2017 GBP 13,087,580 2,175,447 65,621 321,346 1,919,722


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Dec-2022 GBP 7,497,380 20,683,774 1,161,172 240,000 30,678,794 31,769,622
31-Dec-2021 GBP 5,148,190 18,608,874 1,599,430 240,000 28,320,576 29,411,404
31-Dec-2020 GBP 6,595,137 14,280,001 1,377,075 240,000 23,356,089 24,446,917
31-Dec-2019 GBP 3,787,828 12,149,584 1,229,060 240,000 21,123,418 22,214,246
01-Jan-2019 GBP 3,153,823 240,000 19,325,434 20,416,262
31-Dec-2018 GBP 3,153,823 11,129,089 1,883,042 240,000 19,325,434 20,416,262
01-Jan-2018 GBP 4,059,372 240,000 17,371,077 18,461,905
31-Dec-2017 GBP 4,059,372 10,153,134 1,233,956 240,000 17,371,077 18,461,905

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Stephen Thomas GREEN 28 Mar 2024 British 7 - 3

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Christopher John OFFA 01 Jan 2023 Sales Director Welsh 1 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Claire Jane EVANS 01 Jan 2019 Company Director British 3 - 01 (33.3%)
Active Thomas Wyn JONES 01 Jan 2019 Company Director British 3 - 21 (20.0%)
Active Alistair William EVANS 01 Jan 2011 Company Director British 6 - 12 (28.6%)
Active Robert Craig LEITCH 01 Jan 2011 Purchasing Director British 1 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Christopher George PARRY 10 Jun 2003 31 Oct 2006 Transport Manager British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Stephen Hugh TURNER 10 Jun 2003 31 Mar 2017 Production Manager British 1 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Gordon WAUGH 31 Dec 2005 Purchasing Manager British 0 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Peter David WALTERS 30 Nov 2008 Director British 0 - 40 (0.0%)
Resigned William Luis Alan EVANS 27 Dec 2016 Egg Packer British 0 - 61 (16.7%)
Active Alfred John Bryan EVANS Egg Packer British 5 - 11 (16.7%)
Number of active directors: 6
Average tenure of active directors: 6.4 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 3.4 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 16.4%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
BRONTE POULTRY LIMITED (01057957) - Active
CHARLES RANSFORD & SON LIMITED (01185122) - Active
MELCOURT FARMS LIMITED (01376864) - Active
WOODLINK FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED (01843212) - Active
BUILTH WELLS GOLF CLUB (1987) LIMITED (02138331) - Active
A. EVANS & SON (EGG PACKING) LIMITED (02216808) - Liquidation
MELLINGTON HALL LIMITED (02822807) - Active
ESKDALEMUIR FORESTRY LIMITED (02969064) - Active
MELLINGTON LIMITED (03063590) - Active
WOODKNOWLEDGE WALES LTD (04144000) - Active
THE WYN JONES PARTNERSHIP LTD (07256190) - Active
BERMO HOMES LIMITED (07771291) - Active
MELLINGTON PARK HALL LIMITED (10884448) - Liquidation

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2019-05-012018-05-012017-05-012016-05-012015-05-01
MR ALISTAIR WILLIAM EVANSORDINARY180,000
75%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
MR ALFRED JOHN BRYAN EVANSORDINARY57,500
24.0%
118,750
49.5%
118,750
49.5%
118,750
49.5%
118,750
49.5%
MR STEPHEN THOMAS GREENORDINARY2,500
1.04%
2,500
1.04%
2,500
1.04%
2,500
1.04%
2,500
1.04%
MR WILLIAM LUIS ALAN EVANS DECEASEDORDINARY0
0%
118,750
49.5%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
EXORS OF WILLIAMS LUIS ALAN EVANS DECEASEDORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
118,750
49.5%
0
0%
0
0%
MR WILLIAM LUIS ALAN EVANSORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
118,750
49.5%
118,750
49.5%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

CHARLES RANSFORD & SON LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


Date Title Reference Subject
2005-04-22 Industrial Service (Telford) Ltd v Charles Ransford & Son Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 662

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
CHARLES RANSFORD & SON LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector Too few competitors
Age 0.4% 1.4% 2.7% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 2.4% 5.5% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium
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