CUNBAR PAINTS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
-26.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4.4m
+0.6% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
56
+7.7% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1m
+49.2% highest in 4 filed years
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 | — | — | £11,589,589 | £13,619,599 | £14,381,016 | £15,973,158 | +11.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £387,188 | £226,154 | £611,430 | £969,769 | +58.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £390,915 | £294,245 | £677,603 | £1,010,858 | +49.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £296,527 | £200,494 | £482,052 | £727,790 | +51% | |
| Cash | £1,977,409 | £1,685,673 | £1,930,058 | £2,574,557 | £1,528,298 | £1,121,396 | -26.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,856,597 | £4,118,853 | £4,521,579 | £4,307,483 | £4,480,515 | £4,667,603 | +4.2% | |
| Net assets | £3,803,384 | £4,061,108 | £4,357,635 | £4,192,429 | £4,374,481 | £4,402,271 | +0.6% | |
| Equity | £3,803,384 | £4,061,108 | £4,357,635 | £4,192,429 | £4,374,481 | £4,402,271 | +0.6% | |
| Average employees | 46 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 56 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,607,325 | £1,992,090 | £2,190,889 | £2,285,887 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £448,193 | £559,592 | £573,770 | £708,533 | +23.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £116,718 | £135,063 | +15.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £162,820 | £170,758 | +4.9% |
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 | — | — | 3.3% | 1.7% | 4.3% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.6% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 8.6% | 5.3% | 13.6% | 20.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.7% | 35.6% | 38.4% | 37.8% | 34.4% | 43.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.81x | 2.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 54.46x | 20.15x | 38.12x | 50.62x |
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
- CUNBAR PAINTS LIMITED 1993-10-12 → present
- CUNBAR (OLDHAM) LIMITED 1985-08-29 → 1993-10-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Wheawill & Sudworth Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNNINGTON, Christine Anne | Secretary | 1992-12-16 | — | British |
| CUNNINGTON, John Stanley | Director | — | Mar 1946 | British |
| CUNNINGTON, Michael John | Director | 2008-01-22 | Sep 1973 | British |
| DUNNINGTON, Zoe Nicola | Director | 2011-11-18 | Jan 1978 | British |
| MCNAY, Julie | Director | 2003-04-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
| SHAW, Gareth | Director | 2007-01-12 | May 1970 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, John Andrew | Secretary | — | 1992-12-16 |
| SILK, Ian | Director | 2011-11-18 | 2019-12-31 |
| SMITH, John Andrew | Director | — | 1992-12-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cunbar Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-21 | Active |
| Mr John Stanley Cunnington | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-06 | 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.