AS COLOUR UK LIMITED
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Cash
£144k
+22.6% vs 2025
Net assets
-£1m
-21.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
31
+29.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£243k
-574.5% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,876,600 | £19,737,204 | +42.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £912,172 | £901,682 | -1.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£36,097 | -£243,457 | -574.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£32,699 | -£178,196 | -445% | |
| Cash | £268,538 | £200,191 | £117,213 | £143,670 | +22.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,474,944 | £3,578,998 | +3% | |
| Net assets | -£112,308 | -£921,466 | -£831,924 | -£1,010,120 | -21.4% | |
| Equity | -£112,308 | -£921,466 | -£831,924 | -£1,010,120 | -21.4% | |
| Average employees | 12 | 12 | 24 | 31 | +29.2% | |
| Wages | — | — | £707,779 | £901,690 | +27.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 6.6% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -0.2% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 26.2% | 25.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 102.3% | 108.6% | 103.9% | 104.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.88x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.96x | 0.78x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis despite the company reporting net current liabilities of £2,571,537 (2025: £2,229,724), net liabilities of £1,010,120 (2025: £831,924) and a loss of £178,196 (2025: £32,699).”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the company has invested in three new showrooms, opening in Bristol, Leeds, and Newcastle.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAILTON, Lawrence Aaron | Director | 2017-11-16 | Jul 1975 | New Zealander |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As Colour Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-11-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.