WATERSIDE COLOURS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-21 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-39.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+12.7% vs 2023
Employees
28
-22.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£669K
+60% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £21,279,775 | £20,401,997 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £572,578 | £784,402 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £418,190 | £669,269 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £310,965 | £496,208 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,650,946 | £1,004,696 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £3,957,368 | £4,425,682 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,900,038 | £4,396,246 | |
| Equity | £150,396 | £648,291 | £1,804,541 | £2,766,244 | £3,591,726 | £3,900,038 | £4,396,246 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | 28 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,756,322 | £1,585,558 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £50,160 | £50,160 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-4.1%
£21,279,775 £20,401,997
-
Cash
-39.1%
£1,650,946 £1,004,696
-
Net assets
+12.7%
£3,900,038 £4,396,246
-
Employees
-22.2%
36 28
-
Operating profit
+37%
£572,578 £784,402
-
Profit before tax
+60%
£418,190 £669,269
-
Wages
-9.7%
£1,756,322 £1,585,558
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.7% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 14.5% | 17.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.42x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 3.67x | 6.58x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board remain confident in their expectations of the Group's overall performance. Whilst the current economic climate, creates both cashflow and profitability risks for businesses generally, the Directors consider that on balance the Group has sufficient resources to enable trading to continue for a period of at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements, on the basis of information available to them as at the date of approval. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis”
Group structure
- WATERSIDE COLOURS LIMITED · parent
- Waterside Colours BV 100%
- Waterside Colours Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “These are the Group's first consolidated financial statement and include the commencement of activities in the USA through Waterside Colours Inc.”
- “During the previous year the Group decided to close its UK Manufacturing operation, which has now been completed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANKS-COOPER, Simon Andrew | Director | 2016-09-08 | Jun 1965 | British |
| CORTAZZI, William Julian | Director | 2016-12-16 | Jun 1961 | British |
| SINGHANIA, Siddharth | Director | 2016-09-08 | Nov 1982 | Indian |
| SINGHANIA, Vinod | Director | 2016-09-08 | Mar 1957 | Indian |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddharth Singhania | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-08 | Active |
| Vinod Singhania | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-05-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2017-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2017-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.