ARCHITECTURAL DECORATORS LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have identified no material uncertainties that cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. Based on the current resources available and the measures undertaken so far to mitigate the current adverse conditions, the directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”

Significant events

• “The directors of Architectural Decorators Ltd (AD) are pleased to present our latest set of accounts, which reflect a healthy increase in both turnover and profit.”
• “Recruitment challenges have eased, with a higher volume and quality of applications received for advertised positions. The slowdown in the wider construction sector, particularly in new-build projects, has increased the availability of skilled tradespeople and site management professionals. We have also experienced improved staff retention over the year.”
• “Our continued growth has created further opportunities for staff development and career progression. This year saw more employees successfully complete apprenticeships, college courses, and degree programmes, with the majority moving into more senior roles.”
• “Cash flow remains robust, allowing us the flexibility to pay suppliers early when needed. This approach has strengthened loyalty within our supply chain, with some partners prioritising our projects over others.”
• “While inflationary pressures on households and wages have eased, there remains a risk of renewed wage growth should the new-build sector recover.”
• “The global economic outlook remains uncertain. Although falling interest rates are encouraging, we believe the economy remains vulnerable to external shocks, with ongoing global security concerns posing potential risks to stability.”
• “We are aware that many landlords face significant backlogs in compliance related works, including but not limited to completing fire risk assessments and electrical safety checks, with some still delaying essential works.”
• “housing providers are under increasing pressure to retrofit ageing stock to meet net-zero and energy-efficiency targets built into their business plans.”
• “AD have been awarded numerous accolades and accreditations for our ESG/Social Value and CSR in the 2024/25 period.”
• “Through 2024 - 2025 AD has provided in excess of £100,000 in social value donations and over 1,000 hours of free/volunteer time.”
• “our Scope 1 emissions still dominate our data. However, we have seen a decrease of 18.58 tCO2e (4.02%) on the previous 2023 - 2024.”
• “With regards our Scope 2 emissions for July 2024-June 2025 we saw an increase of 9.17 tCO2e (45.83%), compared to July 2023 - June 2024.”
• “Finally, our Scope 3 emissions for our full trading period was 23.19tCO2e. This represents a decrease on our 2023-2024 figures by 18.46%.”
• “Although not included as part of our carbon emissions data, we have seen the EV charging points demonstrating a saving against fossil fuel-based vehicles in 2024-2025 of 57.31 tCO2e compared to 2023-2024, which was 9.29 tCO2e.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +5.3%

  £53,678,978 → £56,527,338

  highest in 5 filed years

• Cash

  +29.6%

  £9,878,450 → £12,804,298

  highest in 5 filed years

• Net assets

  +5.5%

  £12,600,857 → £13,290,643

  highest in 3 filed years

• Employees

  -0.6%

  167 → 166

• Operating profit

  +13.6%

  £849,457 → £964,827

• Profit before tax

  +13.6%

  £850,227 → £966,027

• Wages

  +7%

  £6,788,794 → £7,262,126

  highest in 5 filed years

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