C.F. CAPITAL PLC
Company number 02305279 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
C.F. Capital PLC presents a medium-risk profile characterised by a deliberate strategic pivot from own-book funding to a broking-only model, which reduces balance sheet risk but also narrows revenue streams. While the company maintains positive net assets, a clean audit opinion, and group-level support, the 72% decline in cash reserves and 53% contraction in total assets over two years raise legitimate concerns about liquidity headroom and the sustainability of thin 8.36% gross margins in a broking-only operation. The most critical due diligence priority is obtaining and reviewing the FY2022–FY2026 accounts to assess whether the strategic transition has stabilised the business or introduced new vulnerabilities.
Shareholders' funds
£988,297
Balance sheet as at 2021-03-31
What it does
The principal activities of the company (CF) during the year were the broking and funding of office technology and equipment for businesses.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1988-10-13
- Employees
- 54 (2021 accounts · was 71 in 2020)
- Registered office
- Capital House, Raynham Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5TT
- Postcode
- CM23 5TT
- Capital
- 50,040 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-13
- Next due by
- 2027-07-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64999 Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 9 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by C.F. CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2020-01-16
-
PERCY 2020 PLC Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- cfcapital.co.uk
- Phone
- 01279759222, 08000234567
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| C.F. EQUIPMENT LIMITED | 2000-12-14 |
| BUSYSINGLE LIMITED | 1989-02-06 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| FULLERS COURT, ELSENHAM, NR BISHOPS STORTFORD, HERTS CM22 6EH | 2002-09-27 |
| 20 THE CAUSEWAY, BISHOP STORTFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 2EJ | 1990-10-12 |
| 20 THE CAUSEWAY, BISHOPS STORTFORD, HERTS, CM23 2EJ | 1989-07-07 |
| BUTE HOUSE, 3 ROUS ROAD, NEWMARKET, SUFFOLK CB8 8DH | 1989-05-22 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1989-02-22 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 344 similar companies in CM
The largest employer among its local peers (54 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1988.
No.12 of the largest financial intermediation not elsewhere classified companies in Chelmsford →
Competitors Chelmsford
This company ranks 12 among financial intermediation not elsewhere classified in Chelmsford.
The class of 1988
43%
of the 214 companies in this sector incorporated in 1988 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.