THE PAINT SHED LIMITED
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Cash
£125k
+43.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.9m
+54.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
123
+17.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.3m
+3.7% highest 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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,199,445 | £23,041,826 | £27,115,557 | +17.7% | |
| Operating profit | £852,316 | £2,190,985 | £2,265,331 | +3.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £833,432 | £2,191,182 | £2,272,047 | +3.7% | |
| Net profit | £635,568 | £1,712,372 | £1,717,380 | +0.3% | |
| Cash | £258,932 | £86,767 | £124,675 | +43.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,033,323 | £3,314,105 | £5,051,388 | +52.4% | |
| Net assets | £4,863,319 | £3,154,010 | £4,871,390 | +54.5% | |
| Equity | £4,863,319 | £3,154,010 | £4,871,390 | +54.5% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 105 | 123 | +17.1% | |
| Wages | £2,711,716 | £3,268,234 | £3,962,936 | +21.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £42,917 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,373 | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 9.5% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 7.4% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | 66.1% | 44.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.2% | 55.2% | 46.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 1.58x | 1.96x | |
| Interest cover | 43.38x | — | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- THE PAINT SHED LIMITED 2020-04-17 → present
- PAINT TRADERS LIMITED 2012-12-03 → 2020-04-17
- THE PAINT SHED LIMITED 2004-02-12 → 2012-12-03
- STRATHEARN PAINT COMPANY LIMITED 1956-03-31 → 2004-02-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial projections demonstrate the Company is forecast to generate profits and cash in the year ending 31 December 2026 and beyond and that the Company has sufficient cash reserves to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing”
Significant events
- “On 18 September 2025, the Company's immediate parent undertaking, The Paint Shed Holdings Limited, entered members' voluntary liquidation. Following completion of the liquidation process, ownership of the Company transferred to C. Brewer & Sons Limited on 24 July 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOESMITH, Adam | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | — | — |
| BREWER, Charles Thomas | Director | 2023-05-02 | Jul 1979 | British |
| BREWER, Simon Robert | Director | 2023-05-02 | Aug 1976 | British |
| LAWFIELD, Alison Rachel | Director | 2023-05-02 | Jun 1956 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAYTHORNE, Geoffrey | Secretary | 1997-07-11 | 2003-02-11 |
| MCCABE, Brian James | Secretary | 1996-01-31 | 1997-07-11 |
| MINTY, Connie Catherine O'Donnell | Secretary | 2019-12-03 | 2021-01-07 |
| ROBERTSON, Lilian | Secretary | — | 1992-11-20 |
| ROLLAND, Lindsey Anne Helen | Secretary | 1992-11-20 | 1996-01-31 |
| ROLLAND, Lisa Jane | Secretary | 2003-02-11 | 2017-09-04 |
| VAREILLE, Tracy | Secretary | 2017-09-04 | 2019-08-08 |
| BOWIE, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2007-01-30 | 2022-04-30 |
| FINDLAY, Robert James | Director | 2001-01-03 | 2002-12-31 |
| MANSON, Alan Graeme | Director | 2004-01-26 | 2007-01-11 |
| ROLLAND, Douglas Francis | Director | — | 1993-01-01 |
| ROLLAND, Lisa Jane | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2019-05-06 |
| ROLLAND, Michael Jackson | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2023-05-02 |
| ROLLAND, Ogilvie Jackson | Director | — | 2023-05-02 |
| SINCLAIR, William Boyd | Director | 1996-01-31 | 1997-08-22 |
| STEWART, Malcolm Bowman | Director | 1996-01-31 | 2002-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Brewer And Sons Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors | 2026-07-24 | Active |
| The Paint Shed Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-07-24 |
| Mr Jonathan Mark Bowie | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-30 |
| Mr Ogilvie Jackson Rolland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-05-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-25 | 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.