KOLORCRAFT LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
-47.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£11m
+2.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
172
-8% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£304k
-72% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,856,106 | £21,334,628 | £26,981,166 | £25,517,877 | £22,012,447 | -13.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,147,309 | £1,105,180 | £1,612,984 | £1,223,393 | £407,510 | -66.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £995,464 | £995,999 | £1,470,294 | £1,087,328 | £304,276 | -72% | |
| Net profit | £812,647 | £938,907 | £1,166,203 | £731,287 | £257,725 | -64.8% | |
| Cash | £1,036,703 | £1,289,455 | £3,262,107 | £3,140,318 | £1,661,724 | -47.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,648,204 | £9,770,364 | £11,227,697 | £12,796,057 | £12,270,497 | -4.1% | |
| Net assets | £6,352,016 | £7,290,923 | £9,656,478 | £10,387,765 | £10,645,490 | +2.5% | |
| Equity | £6,352,016 | £7,290,923 | £9,656,478 | £10,387,765 | £10,645,490 | +2.5% | |
| Average employees | 200 | 182 | 198 | 187 | 172 | -8% | |
| Wages | £7,183,466 | £6,689,056 | £8,839,852 | £6,682,883 | £5,929,084 | -11.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £637,608 | £721,759 | £1,062,591 | £511,210 | £401,523 | -21.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £25,950 | £20,000 | £20,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £691,092 | £328,752 | £237,415 | -27.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 5.2% | 6.0% | 4.8% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 11.3% | 14.4% | 9.6% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.4% | 62.1% | 54.8% | 50.3% | 46.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.95x | 2.25x | 2.34x | |
| Interest cover | 7.56x | 10.12x | 11.30x | 6.89x | 2.60x |
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
- KOLORCRAFT LIMITED 1995-08-07 → present
- K.B. KOLORCRAFT LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1995-08-07
- DRIPHOLD LIMITED 1979-06-11 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Business secured a significant new customer contract win, with production commencing in the third quarter of 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENSON, Craig | Secretary | 2019-10-10 | — | — |
| ATKINSON, Michael | Director | 2004-05-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Craig | Director | 2019-10-10 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDHOUSE, Derek | Secretary | 1995-07-10 | 1999-03-31 |
| MORTIMER, Mary Rose | Secretary | — | 1995-07-10 |
| STOTHART, Stephen | Secretary | 2017-10-23 | 2019-10-10 |
| STOTHART, Steven | Secretary | 1999-05-27 | 2017-10-06 |
| BATES, Timothy Michael | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2003-09-01 |
| BOWER, Sheila | Director | 1997-06-16 | 1998-09-21 |
| FIELDHOUSE, Derek | Director | 1994-08-22 | 1999-03-31 |
| FINDLEY, Philip | Director | — | 2023-01-31 |
| GREEN, Stephen Edward | Director | 1996-02-17 | 2006-12-15 |
| HAMPSHAW, Martin Edward | Director | 2012-03-17 | 2013-12-01 |
| HERRINGTON, Gary Andrew | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1997-07-07 |
| MORGAN, Carl Richard | Director | 1996-02-17 | 2007-05-02 |
| MORTIMER, Keith Harry | Director | — | 1999-03-30 |
| MORTIMER, Mary Rose | Director | — | 1997-07-01 |
| STOTHART, Stephen | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2019-10-10 |
| STOTHART, Steven | Director | 1999-05-27 | 2017-10-06 |
| SYKES, Jan Lesley | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2014-02-28 |
| TOWERS, David Paul | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2006-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolorcraft Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.