COUNTERPLAS LIMITED
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Cash
£146k
+440.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.8m
-5.3% vs 2024
Employees
76
+13.4% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£934k
+10.9% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | — | £10,060,980 | £12,077,871 | £11,291,089 | £11,472,602 | £12,792,102 | +11.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | £592,215 | £962,858 | £570,007 | £909,674 | £997,326 | +9.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £495,929 | £905,110 | £503,786 | £841,528 | £933,651 | +10.9% | |
| Net profit | — | £393,923 | £641,015 | £387,286 | £630,484 | £700,035 | +11% | |
| Cash | £26,563 | £297,653 | £82,392 | £206,033 | £26,924 | £145,528 | +440.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,993,678 | £2,290,673 | £2,419,061 | £2,630,119 | £2,722,823 | £2,875,625 | +5.6% | |
| Net assets | £844,637 | £1,078,560 | £1,352,467 | £1,549,753 | £1,894,056 | £1,794,091 | -5.3% | |
| Equity | £844,637 | £1,078,560 | £1,352,467 | £1,549,753 | £1,894,056 | £1,794,091 | -5.3% | |
| Average employees | 58 | 68 | 75 | 67 | 67 | 76 | +13.4% | |
| Wages | — | £1,651,267 | £1,839,757 | £1,868,204 | £2,190,035 | £2,536,587 | +15.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | £32,600 | +8.7% |
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 | — | 5.9% | 8.0% | 5.0% | 7.9% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.9% | 5.3% | 3.4% | 5.5% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 25.9% | 39.8% | 21.7% | 33.4% | 34.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.5% | 81.4% | 77.3% | 72.4% | 62.6% | 76.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.20x | 1.30x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6.15x | 16.67x | 8.61x | 13.35x | 15.66x |
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
- COUNTERPLAS LIMITED 1991-05-15 → present
- RECORDRELAY LIMITED 1990-11-21 → 1991-05-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISHERWOOD, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2004-01-27 | — | British |
| ISHERWOOD, Paul James | Director | 2004-01-27 | Jul 1973 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUEST, Thelma Ina | Secretary | 1994-01-28 | 1998-02-06 |
| IRELAND, Lynn Denise | Secretary | — | 1994-01-28 |
| MANSELL, Godfrey | Secretary | 2001-11-15 | 2011-11-09 |
| SMITH, Margaret Denise | Secretary | 1998-02-06 | 2001-11-20 |
| GUEST, Roger Howard | Director | 1992-02-11 | 1998-02-06 |
| HALL, Stephen Michael | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2016-07-28 |
| HORTON, Major Gilbert | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2004-01-27 |
| HOY, Christopher Douglas | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| MANSELL, Godfrey | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2004-01-27 |
| SHAKESPEARE, Anthony Francis George | Director | 1994-01-21 | 2002-09-30 |
| SMITH, Thomas Edward | Director | 1998-02-06 | 2004-01-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Eric John | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2004-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul James Isherwood | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-08-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
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.