COLE FABRICS PLC
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Cash
£3.9M
+29.3% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£6.5M
-8.1% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
66
-4.3% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£474K
+91.4% vs 2025
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £13,330,737 | £15,285,621 | £13,107,465 | £12,512,877 | £12,741,821 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £203,133 | £982,550 | £93,544 | £217,356 | £444,929 | +104.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,112,051 | £1,002,436 | £111,968 | £247,696 | £473,977 | +91.4% | |
| Net profit | £307,625 | £943,598 | £775,910 | £127,103 | £136,186 | £340,479 | +150% | |
| Cash | £2,007,506 | £3,129,745 | £2,216,759 | £2,685,910 | £3,001,918 | £3,880,257 | +29.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,187,330 | £7,352,863 | £7,115,468 | £7,049,181 | £7,200,236 | £6,806,941 | -5.5% | |
| Net assets | — | £7,283,134 | £7,010,726 | £6,892,607 | £7,049,876 | £6,475,355 | -8.1% | |
| Equity | £6,633,631 | £7,283,134 | £7,010,726 | £6,892,607 | £7,049,876 | £6,475,355 | -8.1% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 66 | -4.3% | |
| Wages | — | £2,585,534 | £2,951,368 | £2,944,609 | £3,054,565 | £3,155,741 | +3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £681,743 | £725,859 | £693,574 | £714,218 | £900,172 | +26% |
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 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.5% | 6.4% | 0.7% | 1.7% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.1% | 5.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 2.8% | 13.8% | 1.3% | 3.0% | 6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 17.0% | 13.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.37x | — | — |
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
- COLE FABRICS PLC 1997-01-16 → present
- TRICOTER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1988-02-01 → 1997-01-16
- REGALHUGE LIMITED 1987-07-27 → 1988-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COLE FABRICS PLC · parent
- Corotec Limited 100%
- Global Ribbons Limited 100%
- Signature Ribbon Company Limited 100%
- Ribbon World Limited 100%
- Global Ribbons Italia S.r.l. 50%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end the Company has voted a dividend to the holding company of £1,000,000 as well as an in year dividend in-specie of £1,093,820 in respect of the transfer of the Company's property to the Company's parent undertaking.”
- “As part of a commitment to UK manufacturing and expansion plans, the properties in Nottingham are going through a series of redevelopments, which will continue through 2026/2027 and beyond.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, James Matthew | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| COLE, James Richard | Director | — | Jul 1950 | British |
| COLE, Nicholas James Richard | Director | 2008-04-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
| FORSTER, David Ian | Director | 1997-01-31 | Oct 1964 | British |
| KINGSLEY, John Henry | Director | 1998-12-22 | May 1962 | British |
| ROBERTS, James Matthew | Director | 2025-10-01 | Mar 1983 | British |
| SAXBY, Philippa Louise | Director | 2014-01-13 | Apr 1981 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLE, James Richard | Secretary | — | 1997-01-31 |
| FORSTER, Steven John | Secretary | 2000-11-15 | 2024-12-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Vera | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 2000-11-15 |
| BLAKE, Philip Geoffrey | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2009-05-13 |
| COLE, Angela Jane | Director | 1992-11-25 | 2000-05-05 |
| COLE, Barbara Colthurst | Director | — | 1997-01-31 |
| TAYLOR, Steven | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2007-06-07 |
| UNDERWOOD, Paul Andrew | Director | 2005-07-19 | 2014-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cole Fabrics Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-01-31 | Active |
| Mr James Richard Cole | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-29 | Ceased 2022-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.