KINGCOME SOFAS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4M
+55.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£882K
+37.8% vs 2024
Employees
44
-8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£335K
-20% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,231,000 | £2,969,000 | -8.1% | |
| Operating profit | £421,000 | £360,000 | -14.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £419,000 | £335,000 | -20% | |
| Net profit | £301,000 | £242,000 | -19.6% | |
| Cash | £923,000 | £1,439,000 | +55.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,043,000 | £1,266,000 | +21.4% | |
| Net assets | £640,000 | £882,000 | +37.8% | |
| Equity | £640,000 | £882,000 | +37.8% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 44 | -8.3% | |
| Wages | £1,408,000 | £1,416,000 | +0.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £96,000 | £103,000 | +7.3% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | 9.3% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.4% | 28.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.3% | 67.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | — | 14.40x |
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
- KINGCOME SOFAS LIMITED 1993-05-05 → present
- L.M. KINGCOME LIMITED 1974-01-07 → 1993-05-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 30 April 2025 the Company had net assets of £882,000 and historically has been profitable and cash generative. The company owns a freehold factory which had an independent valuation of £1.1 million in April 2023 but is recorded in the balance sheet at £406,000. The Company also has cash reserves of £1,439,000 and no bank borrowings. The directors continue to adopt the going concern assumption based on the financial strength of the Company's balance sheet and stress tested forecasts which demonstrate that the Company is able to meet its financial liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “Sales decreased by 8% to £2.97 million (2024 - £3.23 million). Pre-tax profit decreased by 25% to £335,000 (2024 - £419,000) against a strong prior year comparative. The order intake was up by 21% compared to a decline of 14% in the prior year.”
- “No significant events have occurred between 30 April 2025 and the date these financial statements were approved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Robert Michael | Secretary | 2015-01-31 | — | — |
| BARKER, Robert Michael | Director | 2015-01-31 | Aug 1963 | British |
| PHIPPS, Frank | Director | — | Apr 1948 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINDER, Alan Charles | Secretary | — | 2015-01-31 |
| BOND, Timothy | Director | — | 2003-04-30 |
| GRAFTON, Ann | Director | — | 2003-08-14 |
| HINDER, Alan Charles | Director | — | 2015-01-31 |
| KINGCOME, Charles Brian Fabris, Group Captain (Retd) | Director | — | 1992-12-18 |
| KINGCOME, Lesley Marjorie | Director | — | 1992-12-18 |
| MACLELLAN, Lindsay Jane | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2011-12-06 |
| PEARSON, Frederic Barrie | Director | — | 1994-01-31 |
| WILSON, Anthea Marguerite | Director | — | 2002-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colefax Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2016-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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
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Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.