COSBY BRUSHES (CHRH) LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-16 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+2.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-2.9% vs 2023
Employees
40
+2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£47K
+105.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COSBY BRUSHES (CHRH) LTD. 2002-12-03 → present
- COSBY HYGIENIC REFILLABLE HAIR BRUSH,LIMITED(THE) 1924-05-15 → 2002-12-03
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | — | — | — | — | — | £6,736,661 | £8,126,068 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£926,413 | £38,563 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£924,414 | £47,496 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£924,414 | £45,799 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,015,477 | £1,044,872 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £8,901,595 | £8,672,665 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £7,954,303 | £7,725,373 | |
| Equity | £67,125 | £70,419 | £75,015 | £76,510 | £80,814 | £5,493,227 | £5,337,586 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 40 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,400,842 | £1,468,611 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -13.8% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -13.7% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -10.4% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 6.37x | 4.13x |
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
- JLA (UK) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the overall strength of the business the Directors are confident that the subsidiary and holding Company are both a going concern.”
Group structure
- COSBY BRUSHES (CHRH) LTD. · parent
- GB Kent & sons PLC 0.7046%
Significant events
- “The company installed solar panels to generate electricity for their own consumption within their offices, factory and warehouse. Any surplus electricity is given back to the grid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSBY, Alan Hugo Lambert | Director | — | Aug 1948 | British |
| COSBY, Benjamin Giles Hugo | Director | 2013-09-11 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWSHAW, Dennis Horton | Secretary | — | 1996-10-01 |
| DAVIS, Stephen Peter | Secretary | 1996-10-01 | 2009-10-10 |
| COSBY, Marcia Rose | Director | — | 2025-06-23 |
| CRAWSHAW, Dennis Horton | Director | — | 1996-10-01 |
| KERN, Leon | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2013-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Hugo Lambert Cosby | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-
Turnover
+20.6%
£6,736,661 £8,126,068
-
Cash
+2.9%
£1,015,477 £1,044,872
-
Net assets
-2.9%
£7,954,303 £7,725,373
-
Employees
+2.6%
39 40
-
Operating profit
+104.2%
-£926,413 £38,563
-
Profit before tax
+105.1%
-£924,414 £47,496
-
Wages
+4.8%
£1,400,842 £1,468,611
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers