THE LITTLE GREENE PAINT COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
-4.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£22m
+6.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.6m
-11.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,599,430 | £41,975,341 | £44,521,930 | +6.1% | |
| Operating profit | £5,906,006 | £5,209,505 | £4,615,972 | -11.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,925,818 | £5,210,528 | £4,615,972 | -11.4% | |
| Net profit | £4,578,374 | £3,950,724 | £3,497,570 | -11.5% | |
| Cash | £3,355,636 | £2,945,316 | £2,821,756 | -4.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,770,314 | £21,887,525 | £23,396,754 | +6.9% | |
| Net assets | £18,381,597 | £20,250,599 | £21,653,914 | +6.9% | |
| Equity | £18,381,597 | £20,250,599 | £21,653,914 | +6.9% | |
| Average employees | 142 | 147 | — | — | |
| Wages | £6,510,934 | £6,951,139 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £522,558 | £741,454 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £98,898 | £81,521 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £103,116 | £100,901 | — | — |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 12.4% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 9.4% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.9% | 23.8% | 19.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.5% | 25.6% | 25.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 3.09x | 3.04x |
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
- THE LITTLE GREENE PAINT COMPANY LIMITED 2009-10-28 → present
- BRADITE LIMITED 1996-05-22 → 2009-10-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors therefore believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE LITTLE GREENE PAINT COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Bradite Limited 100%
- The Little Greene Paint Company France 100%
- The Little Greene Paint Company Italia 100%
- Little Greene Nederland B.V. 100%
- Little Greene Corporation 100%
- Little Greene Sverige AB 100%
Significant events
- “On 26 March 2026 the company transferred property valued at £680,000 up to the ultimate parent company along with various intellectual property.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANIF, Mohammed Naheed | Secretary | 2014-03-04 | — | — |
| COSGROVE, Marcus | Director | 2019-04-28 | Oct 1962 | British |
| HANIF, Mohammed Naheed | Director | 2014-03-04 | Jun 1972 | British |
| MOTTERSHEAD, Benjamin David | Director | 2014-03-04 | Apr 1983 | British |
| MOTTERSHEAD, David Reginald | Director | 1996-05-23 | Jul 1952 | British |
| MOTTERSHEAD, Ruth Elizabeth Helen | Director | 2014-03-04 | Mar 1985 | British |
| RANKEN, Remo Murray | Director | 2014-03-04 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALDER, John Stuart | Secretary | 1996-05-23 | 2014-03-04 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-05-22 | 1996-05-23 |
| AYRE, Thomas Richard | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2014-03-04 |
| BRINDLEY, Timothy John Healy | Director | 1997-01-31 | 1999-01-26 |
| BURTON, Andrew Mark | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2007-09-30 |
| FALDER, John Stuart | Director | 1996-05-23 | 2014-03-04 |
| FALDER, Stephen Brian | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2014-03-04 |
| MATTHEWS, Ronald | Director | 1997-01-31 | 1999-02-28 |
| MITCHELL, Paul | Director | 2012-05-03 | 2014-03-04 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-05-22 | 1996-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Greene (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-01-02 | Active |
| Little Greene Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.