COSBY BRUSHES (CHRH) LTD.
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Cash
£570k
-45.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.4m
-3.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
43
+7.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£319k
-772.5% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,736,661 | £8,126,068 | £6,290,653 | -22.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£926,413 | £38,563 | -£327,495 | -949.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£924,414 | £47,496 | -£319,412 | -772.5% | |
| Net profit | -£924,414 | £45,799 | -£161,579 | -452.8% | |
| Cash | £1,015,477 | £1,044,872 | £569,662 | -45.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,901,595 | £8,672,665 | £8,258,930 | -4.8% | |
| Net assets | £7,954,303 | £7,725,373 | £7,444,128 | -3.6% | |
| Equity | £5,493,227 | £5,337,586 | £7,444,128 | +39.5% | |
| Average employees | 39 | 40 | 43 | +7.5% | |
| Wages | £1,400,842 | £1,468,611 | £1,494,782 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £18,200 | £18,200 | £12,892 | -29.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -13.8% | 0.5% | -5.2% | |
| Net margin | -13.7% | 0.6% | -2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.4% | 0.4% | -4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.8% | 22.7% | 19.1% | |
| Current ratio | 6.37x | 4.13x | 5.11x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COSBY BRUSHES (CHRH) LTD. 2002-12-03 → present
- COSBY HYGIENIC REFILLABLE HAIR BRUSH,LIMITED(THE) 1924-05-15 → 2002-12-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Whitemoor Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trading subsidiary company has continued to trade profitably with adequate cashflow and working capital being received on a timely basis and creditor obligations met. ... the Directors are confident that the subsidiary and holding Company are both a going concern.”
Group structure
- COSBY BRUSHES (CHRH) LTD. · parent
- GB Kent & sons PLC 70.46%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSBY, Alan Hugo Lambert | Director | — | Aug 1948 | British |
| COSBY, Benjamin Giles Hugo | Director | 2013-09-11 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWSHAW, Dennis Horton | Secretary | — | 1996-10-01 |
| DAVIS, Stephen Peter | Secretary | 1996-10-01 | 2009-10-10 |
| COSBY, Marcia Rose | Director | — | 2025-06-23 |
| CRAWSHAW, Dennis Horton | Director | — | 1996-10-01 |
| KERN, Leon | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2013-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Hugo Lambert Cosby | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.