SUNDOWN PRODUCTS LIMITED

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Cash

£47k

-60.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£1.3m

+3.1% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

+2.9% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£235k

-8.5% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

SUNDOWN PRODUCTS LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=1654

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	—	—	£10,289,283	£11,704,247	£11,547,655	£12,024,293	+4.1%
Operating profit	—	—	£559,209	£992,934	£486,896	£507,247	+4.2%
Profit before tax	—	—	£473,283	£766,261	£256,396	£234,507	-8.5%
Net profit	—	—	£401,934	£549,610	£195,080	£268,479	+37.6%
Cash	£2,706	£1,962	£83,213	£129,571	£119,526	£47,440	-60.3%
Total assets less current liabilities	£1,194,676	£1,512,180	£1,821,580	£2,872,967	£3,131,159	£2,756,306	-12%
Net assets	£973,277	£850,900	£1,032,834	£1,314,944	£1,288,024	£1,327,653	+3.1%
Equity	£973,277	£850,900	£1,032,834	£1,314,944	£1,288,024	£1,327,653	+3.1%
Average employees	27	31	34	33	35	36	+2.9%
Wages	—	—	£1,357,569	£1,443,397	£1,490,127	£1,478,924	-0.8%
Directors' remuneration	—	—	£22,437	£24,249	£22,204	£22,619	+1.9%

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	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	5.4%	8.5%	4.2%	4.2%
Net margin	—	—	3.9%	4.7%	1.7%	2.2%
Return on capital employed	—	—	30.7%	34.6%	15.6%	18.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	70.8%	78.4%	81.2%	79.1%	81.4%	80.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	0.56x	0.63x	0.59x
Interest cover	—	—	6.51x	4.38x	2.11x	1.86x

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

SUNDOWN PRODUCTS LIMITED 2003-10-27 → present
SUNDOWN STRAW PRODUCTS LTD 1999-12-14 → 2003-10-27

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: PEM Audit 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”

Significant events

“There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CUBITT, David Antony	Director	2004-12-29	Jul 1966	British
CUBITT, Rachel Mary	Director	2005-12-12	Jul 1969	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CUBITT, David Antony	Secretary	2004-12-29	2017-05-12
MACSWINEY, Michael	Secretary	2017-05-12	2025-03-19
NUNN, Michael John	Secretary	1999-12-16	2001-12-03
NUNN, Monica Helen	Secretary	2001-12-03	2004-12-29
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1999-12-14	1999-12-14
NUNN, David Maurice	Director	1999-12-16	2005-12-12
NUNN, Michael John	Director	1999-12-16	2000-03-03
NUNN, Monica Helen	Director	2001-12-03	2004-12-29
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1999-12-14	1999-12-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr David Antony Cubitt	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-29	Active
Mrs Rachel Mary Cubitt	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 97 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2026-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-03-27	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-03-19	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-02-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2023-02-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2022-02-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-01	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-05-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-02-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2020-01-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-09-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2019-05-02	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

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