CPI COLOUR LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£762K
+16.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+7.6% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£306K
+195.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- CPI COLOUR LTD 2014-03-11 → present
- FULMAR GROUP LIMITED 2006-10-23 → 2014-03-11
- FULMAR LIMITED 2006-09-07 → 2006-10-23
- FULMAR PLC 1996-03-08 → 2006-09-07
- FULMAR GROUP PLC 1989-02-13 → 1996-03-08
- FULMAR COLOUR PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED 1971-11-18 → 1989-02-13
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £0 | £240,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£222,139 | £354,515 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£321,082 | £306,042 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£355,573 | £212,266 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £653,052 | £762,203 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £4,593,648 | £3,419,814 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £2,810,006 | £3,022,272 | |
| Equity | £23,224,847 | — | £18,009,750 | £17,776,414 | £18,761,035 | £2,810,006 | £3,022,272 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 147.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -4.8% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 49.7% | 26.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.33x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -1.87x | 7.31x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “The UK business was affected by a cyber attack in February 2025 which impacted all 7 UK factories with production being stopped for between 3 and 14 weeks depending on the site and process complexity. All factories are now fully functional; however, IT development was restricted as resources were deployed to the cyber incident and this impact will continue throughout the next financial year.”
- “As part of the recovery, significant improvements have been made to our cyber security leaving the business in a more robust position than before the attack.”
- “On the 4th of October 2024 the bank reviewed and removed existing covenants. Therefore, the Group has no banking covenants in place for its borrowings.”
- “In the reported year, there were new borrowings to finance capital projects in the UK and Spain, and a new loan was taken by Spain in April 2024 and an additional drawdown from an existing facility in Moravia, also in April 2024.”
- “on 14 December 2024, a variation to the covenants was agreed following a technical breach for the September 2023 quarter, for which a waiver was obtained. Revised covenants were put in place and the UK was compliant with them at the next year end date which was 31 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAYE, Alison Margaret | Director | 2019-04-09 | Oct 1974 | British |
| MALLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2023-11-13 | May 1967 | British |
| OWEN, Jonathan Spencer | Director | 2022-01-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| URMSTON, Gary Martin | Director | 2024-01-19 | May 1967 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, John | Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2022-04-20 |
| HARRIS, Derek John | Secretary | 1996-02-13 | 2010-05-25 |
| ROBSON, Matthew William | Secretary | 2008-02-01 | 2021-08-17 |
| TAYLOR, Frances Mary | Secretary | — | 1996-02-13 |
| ANDREOU, Panayiotis | Director | 2018-07-25 | 2019-04-09 |
| AUSTIN, Michael Anthony | Director | 1996-01-02 | 2010-05-25 |
| BOVARD, Timothy Landon | Director | 2006-07-09 | 2008-10-06 |
| CATTE, Pierre Francois | Director | 2008-10-07 | 2010-04-01 |
| DE HAAS, Joost | Director | 2018-07-25 | 2019-04-09 |
| DUTTON, Jonathan | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| EVANS, John | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2022-04-20 |
| GOLICHEFF, Francois Jacques Pierre | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2015-04-20 |
| GUILLIER TUAL, Natalie | Director | 2006-07-09 | 2008-07-24 |
| HARRIS, Derek John | Director | — | 2010-05-25 |
| HEWITT, Jeffrey Lindsey | Director | 1996-02-23 | 2001-05-11 |
| MCKAY, Janette | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2006-06-30 |
| O SHAUGHNESSY, David Hiram | Director | 1996-02-23 | 2004-09-28 |
| ROBSON, Matthew William | Director | 2011-08-31 | 2021-08-17 |
| ROBSON, Matthew William | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2010-04-01 |
| TAYLOR, Michael Edward | Director | — | 2009-10-23 |
| TAYLOR, William Edward | Director | — | 1995-12-13 |
| WHITLOCK, Kenneth Albert | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael Owen | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2011-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpi Group (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 272 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+16.7%
£653,052 £762,203
-
Net assets
+7.6%
£2,810,006 £3,022,272
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+259.6%
-£222,139 £354,515
-
Profit before tax
+195.3%
-£321,082 £306,042
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