CARPENTER BOX LIMITED
Company number 02360917 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Carpenter Box Limited is in excellent financial health, with net assets growing 66% over seven years to £6.2m, stable profit margins around 36%, and declining leverage. The practice generated approximately £1.55m in retained value in 2023 after distributing £1.19m in dividends, demonstrating robust earnings capacity. Minor attention to cash reserves during the current expansion phase and margin protection against inflation would further strengthen an already strong constitution.
Shareholders' funds
£6,177,347
Balance sheet as at 2023-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company was that of a firm of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisors.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-03-14
- Employees
- 18 (2023 accounts)
- Registered office
- Amelia House, Crescent Road, Worthing, West Sussex, England, BN11 1RL
- Postcode
- BN11 1RL
- Capital
- 1,768 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 69201 Accounting and auditing activities
- 69203 Tax consultancy
Officers 4 current · 33 resigned
Group structure 8 subsidiaries
Controlled by CARPENTER BOX PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED — since 2023-12-11
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CARPENTER BOX CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED Dissolved
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MONKS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA064662 (Tier 2), registered since 2014.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- carpenterbox.com
- Phone
- 01903234094, 01273043678, 01273476311
Award-winning chartered accountants, tax and business advisers helping clients across the South East in Worthing, Crawley, Brighton, Chichester and London.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CARPENTER BOX (MANAGEMENT SERVICES) LIMITED | 2006-02-04 |
| CARPENTER BOX LIMITED | 2006-01-10 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| AMELIA HOUSE CRESCENT ROAD, WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX, BN11 1QR | 2019-06-21 |
| GRAFTON LODGE, 15 GRAFTON RD, WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX, BN11 1QP | 2011-03-02 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 438 similar companies in BN
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (18 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1989.
No.1 of the largest accounting and auditing activities companies in Brighton →
Competitors Brighton
This company ranks 1 among accounting and auditing activities in Brighton.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2023-12-22
- Where
- West Sussex (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSX340575 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2023-12-22 | — |
| WSX416187 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2023-12-22 | — |
| WSX401161 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2018-07-19 | — |
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