SQUIRE FURNEAUX COBHAM LIMITED
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Cash
£703k
-3.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£16m
+12.7% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
92
+19.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+13.7% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,982,892 | £47,969,116 | £62,509,904 | £69,318,900 | £48,436,779 | £48,961,358 | +1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,192,773 | £2,503,593 | £2,941,282 | £2,850,548 | £1,561,853 | £1,772,309 | +13.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,150,908 | £2,476,524 | £2,901,844 | £2,777,661 | £1,556,792 | £1,770,209 | +13.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,742,236 | £2,051,544 | £2,320,617 | £2,334,256 | £1,418,536 | £1,794,248 | +26.5% | |
| Cash | £120,525 | £2,821,063 | £1,869,277 | £3,084,567 | £729,327 | £702,751 | -3.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,052,453 | £8,107,647 | £10,571,638 | £13,127,727 | £14,529,303 | £16,186,548 | +11.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,031,802 | £8,083,346 | £10,403,963 | £12,738,219 | £14,156,755 | £15,951,003 | +12.7% | |
| Equity | £6,031,802 | £8,083,346 | £10,403,963 | £12,738,219 | £14,156,755 | £15,951,003 | +12.7% | |
| Average employees | 67 | 67 | 77 | 73 | 77 | 92 | +19.5% | |
| Wages | £2,362,589 | £2,274,991 | £2,452,300 | £2,580,334 | £2,762,900 | £2,928,107 | +6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 5.2% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 3.2% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.2% | 30.9% | 27.8% | 21.7% | 10.7% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.7% | 45.5% | 36.8% | 35.6% | 26.3% | 21.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.60x | 2.91x | 3.61x | |
| Interest cover | 51.22x | 91.49x | 67.17x | 28.53x | 27.05x | 26.29x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SQUIRE FURNEAUX COBHAM LIMITED 1992-05-15 → present
- WILKIN OF WEYBRIDGE LIMITED 1984-05-01 → 1992-05-15
- G.W. WILKIN LIMITED 1948-07-16 → 1984-05-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Towards the end of the year, the company agreed to acquire one of its operating sites, with the transaction completing shortly after the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOTT, Peter | Director | 2012-07-26 | Mar 1963 | British |
| SLAUGHTER, Charles Arthur | Director | 2012-03-30 | Mar 1958 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FURNEAUX, Nigel Richard | Secretary | — | 2012-03-30 |
| FURNEAUX, Nigel Richard | Director | — | 2012-03-30 |
| SQUIRE, Lionel George | Director | — | 2012-03-30 |
| SQUIRE, Mark | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2012-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafise Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-15 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address |
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.