COLT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-26 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-33.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£19M

+9.9% vs 2023

Employees

279

+1.1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

-21.4% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

COLT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1991-01-01 → present
COLT SOLAR CONTROL LIMITED 1989-07-01 → 1991-01-01
ALCO ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS LIMITED 1987-04-16 → 1989-07-01
COLT SOLAR CONTROL LIMITED 1975-08-14 → 1987-04-16

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

COLT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£40,167,257	£37,535,349
Operating profit	£2,579,884	£1,711,609
Profit before tax	£2,482,521	£1,950,171
Net profit	£2,460,486	£1,758,346
Cash	£5,843,761	£3,862,314
Total assets less current liabilities	£20,264,491	£21,327,634
Net assets	£17,370,351	£19,084,401
Equity	£17,248,654	£18,986,857
Average employees	276	279
Wages	£12,849,779	£13,273,362

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	6.4%	4.6%
Net margin	6.1%	4.7%
Return on capital employed	12.7%	8.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	40.2%	35.5%
Current ratio	2.80x	3.05x
Interest cover	26.50x	14.30x

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: Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed budgets and projected cash flows for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. On that basis, the directors have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that would cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. For this reason, the directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

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

People

6 active · 36 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
KINGSPAN GROUP LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2020-04-17	—	—
CLARK, Donna Louise	Director	2021-06-30	Jan 1973	British
HICKS, Matthew	Director	2023-08-01	Aug 1970	British
KENNEDY, Michael	Director	2023-01-25	Jan 1985	Irish
MCDANIEL, Liam	Director	2020-04-17	Jun 1972	Irish
ROTH, Raoul Eugene Camille	Director	2022-04-01	Jan 1967	French

Show 36 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HUMPHREY, Joanne	Secretary	2013-02-01	2017-09-12
LIDDIARD, James Anderson	Secretary	2017-09-12	2020-05-11
WARD PENNY, Michael Reginald	Secretary	—	2006-02-01
WINFIELD, Paul John	Secretary	2006-02-01	2013-02-01
BAKER, Stephen Mark	Director	2002-02-01	2023-12-31
BUCKINGHAM, Nicholas John	Director	2014-11-05	2023-08-01
CLAASZEN, Bernardus Gerardus Petrus	Director	2020-12-31	2022-03-31
COMPTON, Paul David	Director	2008-01-01	2013-03-04
CORR, Peter	Director	2011-12-20	2013-03-04
CROWE, Garrett	Director	2020-04-17	2023-01-25
DAVIS, Helen Mary	Director	2014-01-13	2019-11-18
DELVE, Peter John	Director	1996-06-10	2002-12-31
DYMOTT, Neil John	Director	2007-01-02	2012-05-31
EARP, David William Henry	Director	1994-10-01	2013-03-04
FERROL, David	Director	2003-10-01	2014-12-31
GREEN, Charles John George	Director	—	1996-06-14
HUMPHREY, Joanne	Director	2011-04-28	2017-05-02
KEEN, Rodney Leonard	Director	1993-09-22	1996-12-05
LANGFORD, Paul Wayne	Director	2009-05-01	2013-03-04
LEITCH, Andrew Jack	Director	2019-11-18	2020-12-31
LIDDIARD, James Anderson	Director	2017-09-12	2020-12-31
MAJOR, Kenneth Leon	Director	—	1993-09-22
MORTIMER, Steven Keith	Director	2011-06-08	2013-03-04
NASH, Keith William	Director	—	1993-09-30
O'HEA, Paul Jerome	Director	—	2004-03-31
OHEA, Jerome	Director	—	2001-12-01
OLIVER, Mark Stephen	Director	2016-05-10	2020-12-31
RICKINSON, Keith William	Director	2000-09-01	2007-03-31
ROSS, Andrew	Director	2014-01-13	2014-09-30
SIDDALL, Rodney	Director	—	1993-09-30
TROTTER, Hugh John	Director	—	2000-03-31
VAN HAREN, Gerardus Hendrikus Maria	Director	2004-05-01	2008-05-31
WARD PENNY, Michael Reginald	Director	2006-02-01	2011-04-28
WEST, Simon James	Director	1997-07-01	2004-05-07
WHITLOCK, Steven Paul	Director	2015-07-29	2021-06-30
WILLIAMS, David Anthony Ellis	Director	2000-05-19	2003-01-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Colt Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 204 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-11	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2024-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-12-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-15	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-08-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-02-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-02-27	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-12-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-11-12	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-09-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-03-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-12-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-6.6%

£40,167,257 £37,535,349
Cash

-33.9%

£5,843,761 £3,862,314
Net assets

+9.9%

£17,370,351 £19,084,401
Employees

+1.1%

276 279
Operating profit

-33.7%

£2,579,884 £1,711,609
Profit before tax

-21.4%

£2,482,521 £1,950,171
Wages

+3.3%

£12,849,779 £13,273,362

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

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