N & C BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-28 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-14
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+16.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-10.3% vs 2023
Employees
249
-4.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£961K
+14.5% vs 2023
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- N & C BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED 1998-08-03 → present
- NICHOLLS & CLARKE BUILDERS MERCHANTS LIMITED 1996-01-01 → 1998-08-03
- GENERAL IRON FOUNDRY COMPANY LIMITED 1856-09-30 → 1996-01-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,492,539 | £46,045,457 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,123,503 | -£960,743 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,123,503 | -£960,743 | |
| Net profit | -£1,123,503 | -£960,743 | |
| Cash | £979,974 | £1,139,420 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,335,014 | £8,374,271 | |
| Net assets | £9,335,014 | £8,374,271 | |
| Equity | £9,335,014 | £8,374,271 | |
| Average employees | 261 | 249 | |
| Wages | £7,277,417 | £7,476,254 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.4% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.0% | -11.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 1.48x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In doing this, they have considered the results for the period, expectations of future trading and the availability of continued funding from the Group, if required. On the basis of this information, the directors are satisfied that the Company will continue as a going concern and so the financial statements have been prepared on this basis.”
Significant events
- “In the prior year Company closed and vacated its Tiles & Bathroom store in Hemel Hempstead. Associated costs of closing and exiting the branch were classified as discontinued operations in the 2023 accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOBLING, Michael | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| FORBES, David Ian | Director | 1998-11-25 | Mar 1965 | British |
| GINGELL, Gary Kenneth | Director | 2005-01-06 | Oct 1968 | British |
| HALL, Keith David | Director | 2009-01-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
| HILL, Richard John | Director | 2005-01-06 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Morgan Lorraine | Director | 2020-08-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Geraint David | Secretary | 2015-04-20 | 2020-09-30 |
| KNIGHT, Richard David | Secretary | 1991-05-10 | 2015-04-20 |
| LANCHESTER, David James | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| BOISSON, Simon Joseph | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1995-10-31 |
| COOPER, Geraint David | Director | 2015-12-30 | 2020-09-30 |
| DODDS, Douglas | Director | 1991-05-10 | 2008-12-31 |
| FORBES, Kenneth Stuart Alexander | Director | 1991-05-10 | 2020-01-02 |
| FORBES, Stephen Andrew | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2020-07-31 |
| FRANKLIN, John Edward | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2000-12-31 |
| HILL, Nicholes John | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-12-20 |
| KNIGHT, Richard David | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2015-12-30 |
| RICHARDSON, Geoffrey John | Director | 1991-05-10 | 1993-12-31 |
| STRINGELL, Brian Anthony | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholls And Clarke Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-04-28 | Active |
| Nicholls & Clarke Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-10-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1%
£46,492,539 £46,045,457
-
Cash
+16.3%
£979,974 £1,139,420
-
Net assets
-10.3%
£9,335,014 £8,374,271
-
Employees
-4.6%
261 249
-
Operating profit
+14.5%
-£1,123,503 -£960,743
-
Profit before tax
+14.5%
-£1,123,503 -£960,743
-
Wages
+2.7%
£7,277,417 £7,476,254
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