AMBER HOUSE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6M
+37.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£6.2M
+31.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
12
+9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.2M
+9.5% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £12,864,600 | £15,481,463 | +20.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,940,043 | £2,123,328 | +9.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,977,208 | £2,164,945 | +9.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,491,208 | £1,601,553 | +7.4% | |
| Cash | £1,423,069 | £1,366,686 | £1,173,354 | £1,616,003 | +37.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,336,393 | £1,802,376 | £4,749,386 | £6,262,308 | +31.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,335,332 | £1,801,190 | £4,747,542 | £6,249,095 | +31.6% | |
| Equity | £1,335,332 | £1,801,190 | £4,747,542 | £6,249,095 | +31.6% | |
| Average employees | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | +9.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | £531,962 | £835,929 | +57.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £140,000 | £366,000 | +161.4% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 15.1% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 11.6% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 40.8% | 33.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 33.9% | 32.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.93x | 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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buckley Watson 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 in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- AMBER HOUSE LIMITED · parent
- Amber House (NI Holdings) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the directors reviewed the company's accounting treatment of promotional and marketing expenditure specifically in respect of retros, overriders and other other unit based discounts applied directly by customers as part of advertising campaigns.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERGWERF, Catherine Mann Voogd | Director | 2005-03-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
| KINGHAM, John Charles | Director | 2004-12-20 | Mar 1956 | British |
| LENNARTSSON, Johan Christer | Director | 2025-10-02 | Oct 1990 | Swedish |
| STENKIL, Marcus Erik Johan | Director | 2022-07-15 | Mar 1988 | Swedish |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOOP, Jonathan Philip | Secretary | 2004-12-20 | 2017-12-31 |
| KINGHAM, Sophie | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-07-15 |
| LANCASTER, Corrina | Director | 2012-08-21 | 2022-07-15 |
| PETREN, Simon Gustav Seved | Director | 2022-07-15 | 2025-10-02 |
| TOOP, Jonathan Philip | Director | 2004-12-20 | 2017-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humble Group Ab (Publ) | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-15 | Active |
| Mr John Charles Kingham | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-15 |
| Catherine Mann Voogd Bergwerf | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-15 |
| Mr John Charles Kingham | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audited abridged | |
| 2022-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.