CANFORD AUDIO LIMITED

CROWTHER ROAD, WASHINGTON, TYNE & WEAR, NE38 0BW

Company Number: 01385727
Incorporation date: 25-Aug-1978
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
26110 Manufacture of electronic components
27900 Manufacture of other electrical equipment
46520 Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts



SUMMARY

This company is 45.6 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Canford Group Limited. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 3.7 million which has increased from GBP 3 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 17.5 million which is up 10% on previous year's figure of GBP 15.4 million. The company has 6 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 19 other companies, 5 (26.3%) 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 are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 31-Jul-2025
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Oct-2023)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Oct-2019 GBP 17,509,289 1,117,494 3,981 13,373 215,225 892,877
31-Oct-2018 GBP 15,448,737 789,654 1,783 16,215 134,444 640,778
31-Oct-2017 GBP 16,210,219 318,621 176 16,409 37,047 265,341


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Oct-2019 GBP 587,379 5,968,938 2,597,692 100,000 3,634,626 3,734,626
31-Oct-2018 GBP 754,859 5,613,042 2,593,399 437,106 100,000 277,500 2,009,987 2,952,487
31-Oct-2017 GBP 448,378 4,521,834 2,098,990 485,738 100,000 277,500 1,369,209 2,311,709

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)
Resigned Oran Kenneth Hindhaugh ROBSON 24 Mar 2004 11 Jul 2016 Chartered Accountant British 2 - 13
Resigned Mark HINDMARSH 27 Jun 1996 30 Nov 1999 0 - 10
Active John Stuart FRANCIS 24 Jan 1994 29 Mar 2024 12 - 23
Resigned Iain Stewart ELLIOTT 24 Jan 1994 British 0 - 17

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Mark BRINDLEY 24 Nov 2021 Operations Director British 2 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Alan Raymond WILSON 24 Nov 2021 Purchasing Manager British 4 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Gavin Anthony DRAKE 24 Nov 2021 General Manager British 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Christopher John ARNOLD 12 Oct 2020 Director British 3 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Graeme David BYERS 25 Sep 2019 Financial Director British 4 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Werner, Herr BACHMANN 01 Jul 2016 11 Aug 2022 Retired Ceo; Consultant Austrian 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned John Alexander SLIDER 06 Aug 2012 22 Sep 2021 Director Scottish 2 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Leif John FRIESTAD 01 Mar 2011 03 Aug 2012 Chief Executive Norwegian 0 - 81 (12.5%)
Resigned David John HOLLOWAY 25 Nov 2010 19 Oct 2012 Sales Executive British 1 - 32 (50.0%)
Resigned Durwin John BROWN 25 Nov 2010 19 Oct 2012 It Executive British 0 - 21 (50.0%)
Active John Stuart FRANCIS 24 Mar 2004 Chartered Accountant British 12 - 2312 (34.3%)
Resigned William Barry REVELS 01 Mar 2002 07 Jul 2003 Director British 0 - 61 (16.7%)
Resigned Oran Kenneth Hindhaugh ROBSON 20 Dec 2000 11 Jul 2016 Chartered Accountant British 2 - 132 (13.3%)
Resigned Philip BUCKLE 04 Jul 2000 13 May 2003 Ceo British 0 - 134 (30.8%)
Resigned Iain Stewart ELLIOTT 28 Jun 2000 29 Dec 2021 Company Director British 0 - 170 (0.0%)
Resigned Lawrence JACKSON 23 Dec 1999 30 Jun 2000 Managing Director British 0 - 111 (9.1%)
Resigned Mark HINDMARSH 06 Nov 1997 30 Nov 1999 Chartered Accountant British 0 - 100 (0.0%)
Resigned Richard Maurice KELLEY 06 Nov 1997 22 Jun 2000 Salesman British 0 - 82 (25.0%)
Resigned John Stuart FRANCIS 24 Jan 1994 22 Mar 1999 Chartered Accountant British 12 - 2312 (34.3%)
Resigned Hugh Richard Vaughan MORGAN WILLIAMS 01 Aug 2012 Director British 0 - 3412 (35.3%)
Resigned Vernon Edward Hartley BOOTH 22 Mar 1999 Barrister British 4 - 2716 (51.6%)
Resigned Iain Stewart ELLIOTT 24 Sep 1999 Managing Director British 0 - 170 (0.0%)
Resigned Charles KENNEDY 01 Mar 2011 Electronics Engineer British 1 - 102 (18.2%)
Resigned Bent HENRIKSEN 22 Mar 1999 Managing Director Danish 0 - 80 (0.0%)
Number of active directors: 6
Average tenure of active directors: 5.8 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 4.0 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 5.7%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
CANFORD AUDIO LIMITED (01385727) - Active
NEAL RECORDING SYSTEMS LIMITED (01575997) - Active
BURA (02622350) - Dissolved
NEUTRIK (UK) LIMITED (02769022) - Active
ALBION MUSIC LIMITED (03103770) - Active
CANFORD GROUP LIMITED (03154977) - Active
CANFORD MANUFACTURING LIMITED (03155663) - Active
ASH DISTRIBUTION LIMITED (03310383) - Active
FIRST INDEPENDENT FACTORS AND FINANCE LIMITED (03544438) - Active
CABLE SOURCE LIMITED (03739405) - Active
SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES LIMITED (05042222) - Liquidation
ALBION RECORDS (05561009) - Active
THE STAR ISLAND COMPANY LIMITED (05959054) - Dissolved
THE RICHARD HICKOX FOUNDATION (06858087) - Dissolved
ELLEXUS LIMITED (07166034) - Active
TONBRIDGE ACCOUNTING LIMITED (07353934) - Active
SUSTAINABLE VILLAGES (ENERGY) LIMITED (07547005) - Dissolved
THE RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS SOCIETY (08060929) - Dissolved
TONBRIDGE 196 LIMITED (09992080) - Active
CANFORD TRUSTEE LIMITED (12131342) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2017-01-192016-01-192015-01-192014-01-192013-01-22
CANFORD GROUP LIMITEDORDINARY100,000
100%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
CANFORD GROUP PLCORDINARY0
0%
100,000
100%
100,000
100%
100,000
100%
100,000
100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

CANFORD AUDIO 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


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


Title Date filed Status Publication number
Secure recording of interviews using a hashed algorithm to produce an authentication code 2008-07-04 Terminated GB2461344
Junction box 1992-02-12 Ceased GB2253527

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 26110 Manufacture of electronic components)

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71129-Other engineering activities
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27120-Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus
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96090-Other service activities not elsewhere classified
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72190-Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
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TDK-LAMBDA UK LIMITED TDK-LAMBDA UK LIMITED, KINGSLEY AVENUE, ILFRACOMBE, ENGLAND, EX34 8ES 00634143 2018-03-31 37,774,000 2,970,000
SPELLMAN HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRONICS LIMITED. BROOMERS PARK, BROOMERS HILL LANE, PULBOROUGH, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, RH20 2RY 02329112 2018-03-31 28,383,650 0 26301-Manufacture of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment
33140-Repair of electrical equipment
61900-Other telecommunications activities
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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
CANFORD AUDIO LIMITED 0.7% 3.7% 8.0% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 0.9% 2.7% 6.0% Medium
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% 4.4% 12.0% Medium
Sic code count 0.8% 4.4% 8.7% Medium
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