Charles Tennant And Company (Northern Ireland) Limited
Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals · Belfast
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1945Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
£29,652,607
Cash
£14,944,359
Turnover
£51,876,602
Profit / loss
£629,412
Current assets
£30,091,854
Creditors < 1 year
£5,024,644
Equity
£29,652,607
Average employees
77
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · consolidatedFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Group · AI-read | 2024-12-31Group · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £29,652,607 | £29,023,195 |
| Equity | £29,652,607 | £29,023,195 |
| Share capital | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| Retained earnings | £29,352,607 | £28,723,195 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £4,585,397 | £4,727,009 |
| Intangible assets | £313,986 | £523,310 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £3,662,991 | £4,203,699 |
| Current assets | £30,091,854 | £30,895,764 |
| Cash at bank | £14,944,359 | £13,266,085 |
| Debtors | £10,085,472 | £12,106,747 |
| Stock | £5,062,023 | £5,522,932 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £5,024,644 | £6,599,578 |
| Capital commitments | £444,927 | — |
| Net current assets | £25,067,210 | £24,296,186 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £29,652,607 | £29,023,195 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £51,876,602 | £53,147,860 |
| Cost of sales | £42,071,189 | £43,958,689 |
| Gross profit | £9,805,413 | £9,189,171 |
| Distribution costs | £530,556 | £421,699 |
| Administrative expenses | £8,592,732 | £8,680,200 |
| Other operating income | £13,200 | £25,768 |
| Operating profit | £695,325 | £113,040 |
| Interest receivable | £346,886 | £398,528 |
| Profit before tax | £1,042,211 | £511,568 |
| Tax | £412,799 | £225,409 |
| Profit / loss | £629,412 | £286,159 |
| Dividends | — | £709,685 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £588,601 | — |
| Amortisation | £209,324 | — |
| Operating lease charges | £187,288 | — |
| Audit fees | £57,395 | — |
| Cash flow | ||
| Cash from operations | £1,932,440 | £1,939,842 |
| Capital expenditure | £656,313 | £453,789 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 77 | 82 |
| Staff costs | £4,410,226 | £4,837,624 |
| Wages & salaries | £3,636,102 | £4,009,808 |
| Social security costs | £489,719 | £413,780 |
| Pension costs | £284,405 | £414,036 |
| Directors' remuneration | £643,961 | £311,800 |
| Highest paid director | £172,002 | — |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Tennants Consolidated Limited
- Ultimate parent
- Tennants Consolidated Limited
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-04-15, signed by Mr T Glenn, Mr D Orr
Subsidiaries (1)
- Tennants Building Products (UK) Limited (formerly Walls & Ceilings International Limited) · 100% · England; registered office: Tything Road, Arden Forest Industrial Estate, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6EP · Manufacture & distribution of building products
Turnover by segment (8)
- Sale of goods: 50,357,179 (2025-12-31)
- Provision of services: 1,519,423 (2025-12-31)
- Sale of goods: 51,654,850 (2024-12-31)
- Provision of services: 1,493,010 (2024-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 50,099,761 (2025-12-31)
- Ireland: 1,776,841 (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 52,264,329 (2024-12-31)
- Ireland: 883,531 (2024-12-31)
Borrowings (2)
- New loan agreement from Tennants Consolidated Limited · £12,238,000 · Interest paid quarterly at the market rate · Repayable on demand
- Debenture in connection with a £150,000,000 revolving credit facility entered into by its parent undertaking · £150,000,000 · secured on Fixed and floating charges over its assets; guarantee in respect of amounts drawn under the facility
Events after the year end (3)
- On 11 February 2026, the directors approved a cash dividend of £12,238,000 payable to the company’s shareholders.
- On 11 February 2026, the company entered into a new loan agreement from its ultimate parent company, Tennants Consolidated Limited, for a total amount of £12,238,000; the loan is repayable on demand with interest paid quarterly at the market rate.
- Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company entered into a debenture in connection with a £150,000,000 revolving credit facility entered into by its parent undertaking; the Company has granted fixed and floating charges over its assets and has provided a guarantee in respect of amounts drawn under the facility.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
2 outstanding chargesFloating · created 2026-02-25
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OutstandingFloating · created 2026-02-25
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OutstandingShow 1 satisfied / released
Property · created 1948-06-01 · satisfied 2015-08-03
£50,000
Satisfied