COMSERV (UK) LIMITED
Company number 05193429 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
COMSERV (UK) LIMITED presents a contradictory credit profile: a fortress balance sheet with exceptional liquidity and minimal leverage, but razor-thin margins (2.4%) on declining revenue, with nearly all profits extracted as dividends to the parent entity. The strong cash position (£3.67M) provides immediate debt service capacity, but the underlying earnings power is weak and deteriorating. The conditional approval reflects the tension between balance sheet strength and operational fragility, with customer concentration on a single local authority contract representing the most significant risk to future cash generation.
Shareholders' funds
£3,522,997
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of The provision of maintenance services to local authorities.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-07-30
- Employees
- 188 (2024 accounts · was 190 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 10 Downley Road, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2NJ
- Postcode
- PO9 2NJ
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 2 resigned
Public contracts won 1
£98,000 total awarded value where published.
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Contact details
- Website
- comserv-uk.co.uk
- Phone
- 02392457130
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 24 PICTON HOUSE, HUSSAR COURT, WATERLOOVILLE, HANTS, PO7 7SQ | 2009-10-08 |
| 11 DRAGOON HOUSE, HUSSAR COURT, WATERLOOVILLE, HAMPSHIRE, PO7 7SF | 2008-05-15 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 15/05/2008 FROM, 11 DRAGOON HOUSE, HUSSAR COURT, WATERLOOVILLE, HAMPSHIRE, PO7 7SF | 2008-05-15 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 979 similar companies in PO
The largest employer among its local peers (188 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2004.
No.12 of the largest other service activities not elsewhere classified companies in Portsmouth →
Competitors Portsmouth
This company ranks 12 among other service activities not elsewhere classified in Portsmouth.
The class of 2004
33%
of the 2,543 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.