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COUNTERPLAS LIMITED

#02560907 · Active · Incorporated 1990-11-21 (35y 8m) · Last filing 2025-11-28 (8mo ago)
Basic Materials · SIC 22290 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 3 months) · Confirmation due 2026-12-05 (in 5 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£27K

-86.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£1.9M

+22.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

67

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£842K

+67% vs 2023

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-03-312023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover —£11,291,089£11,472,602 +1.6%
Operating profit —£570,007£909,674 +59.6%
Profit before tax —£503,786£841,528 +67%
Net profit —£387,286£630,484 +62.8%
Cash £64,485£206,033£26,924 -86.9%
Total assets less current liabilities £1,519,860£2,630,119£2,722,823 +3.5%
Net assets £886,785£1,549,753£1,894,056 +22.2%
Equity £886,785£1,549,753£1,894,056 +22.2%
Average employees 446767 0%
Wages —£1,868,204£2,190,035 +17.2%
Directors' remuneration —£30,000£30,000 0%

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 2020-03-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin —5.0%7.9%
Net margin —3.4%5.5%
Return on capital employed —21.7%33.4%
Current ratio —1.20x1.30x
Interest cover —8.61x13.35x

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

  1. COUNTERPLAS LIMITED 1991-05-15 → present
  2. RECORDRELAY LIMITED 1990-11-21 → 1991-05-15

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102 §1A
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
Bache Brown & Co Limited
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.”

Significant events

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 147 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-11-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-11-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-12-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-04 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-05-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-03-08 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-03-08 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-11-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-17 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-07-26 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-07-26 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-03-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2021-11-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2021-08-02 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-07-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2021-01-07 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company previous shortened PDF
2020-12-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
1

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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