QUEST CONSUMABLES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-27 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-13
Watchouts
Cash
£469K
-56.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-12.2% vs 2023
Employees
92
-2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+18.3% 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
- QUEST CONSUMABLES LIMITED 2008-08-07 → present
- QUALITY ENGINEERING SUPPLIES & TOOLS LIMITED 1998-09-11 → 2008-08-07
- ROCK MOTOR PARTS LIMITED 1973-04-02 → 1998-09-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,617,991 | £17,698,015 | |
| Operating profit | £1,820,403 | £2,153,005 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,820,403 | £2,153,005 | |
| Net profit | £1,388,418 | £1,615,051 | |
| Cash | £1,078,120 | £468,920 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,985,741 | £3,509,151 | |
| Net assets | £3,985,741 | £3,500,792 | |
| Equity | £3,985,741 | £3,500,792 | |
| Average employees | 94 | 92 | |
| Wages | £3,168,323 | £3,329,293 |
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 | 10.3% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.7% | 61.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.88x | 1.85x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and to meet all liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “On 15 May 2024, the immediate parent undertaking became Rema Tip Top Holdings UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAYMENT, Victoria | Secretary | 2022-03-28 | — | — |
| INSLEY, Mark Brian | Director | 2017-11-23 | Oct 1959 | British |
| MACARTHUR, George Robert | Director | 2026-04-01 | Aug 1985 | British |
| RAYMENT, Victoria | Director | 2022-03-28 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANNHAUSER, David Stephen | Secretary | 1992-12-30 | 1994-02-04 |
| ELLISON, Martin Edward | Secretary | 1997-03-04 | 1998-07-31 |
| HARRISON, Andrew | Secretary | — | 1992-12-30 |
| LINTOTT, Graham Gordon | Secretary | 1994-02-04 | 1997-03-04 |
| MACARTHUR, Geoffrey Simon George | Secretary | 1998-07-10 | 2005-08-10 |
| MANGHAM, Garry | Secretary | 2017-11-23 | 2022-03-28 |
| GW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-12-03 | 2005-06-10 |
| HBJGW SECRETARIAL SUPPORT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-01-19 | 2011-02-16 |
| P & P SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-06-10 | 2006-12-01 |
| ANDREWS, Giles Edward Charles | Director | 1998-06-01 | 1998-07-10 |
| COTTAM, David | Director | 2002-09-27 | 2010-02-26 |
| DANNHAUSER, David Stephen | Director | — | 1994-02-04 |
| ELLISON, Martin Edward | Director | 1996-02-06 | 1998-07-10 |
| GODRICH, Stephen John | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| GODRICH, Stephen John | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-11-23 |
| HARRISON, Andrew | Director | — | 1992-10-16 |
| KNIGHT, Jill | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-11-23 |
| LEWIS, Brian John Wyndham | Director | 1999-12-16 | 2002-09-27 |
| LINTOTT, Graham Gordon | Director | 1994-02-04 | 1997-03-04 |
| MACARTHUR, Geoffrey Simon George | Director | 1998-07-10 | 2019-03-29 |
| MACARTHUR, Gillian Melanie | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2017-11-23 |
| MANGHAM, Garry | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2022-03-28 |
| NERDRUM, Arild | Director | 1992-10-16 | 1998-07-10 |
| ROBINSON, Gary Paul | Director | 1998-07-10 | 1999-12-16 |
| RUSSELL, Ian | Director | 2006-10-18 | 2017-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rema Tip Top Holdings Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-09-18 | Active |
| Firstserve Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-09-25 | Ceased 2024-09-18 |
| Firstserve Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-03-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
+0.5%
£17,617,991 £17,698,015
-
Cash
-56.5%
£1,078,120 £468,920
-
Net assets
-12.2%
£3,985,741 £3,500,792
-
Employees
-2.1%
94 92
-
Operating profit
+18.3%
£1,820,403 £2,153,005
-
Profit before tax
+18.3%
£1,820,403 £2,153,005
-
Wages
+5.1%
£3,168,323 £3,329,293
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