MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-14 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

-35.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

-59.2% lowest in 6 filed years

Employees

-16.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

+33.1% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED 1989-06-26 → present
MAGNA DYESTUFFS & CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED 1978-07-13 → 1989-06-26

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=623

Accounts

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

Metric	2020-04-30	2020-05-01	2021-04-30	2021-05-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£10,822,895	—	£11,996,235	—	£9,773,932	—	£14,042,498	—	£12,393,797	£12,460,999
Operating profit	£1,281,714	—	£2,459,366	—	£947,744	—	£1,366,878	—	£1,088,344	£1,522,431
Profit before tax	£1,303,059	—	£2,459,366	—	£948,666	—	£1,368,478	—	£1,162,993	£1,547,525
Net profit	£1,104,651	—	£2,036,234	—	£819,254	—	£1,086,588	—	£1,157,362	£1,160,140
Cash	£2,606,542	£2,606,542	£4,071,083	£4,071,083	£1,311,208	£1,311,208	£3,070,754	£3,070,754	£4,104,697	£2,651,669
Total assets less current liabilities	£6,083,701	—	£7,612,300	—	£8,456,522	—	£9,650,722	—	£10,760,660	£4,496,059
Net assets	£6,065,723	—	£7,561,957	—	£8,381,211	—	£9,467,799	—	£10,625,161	£4,335,557
Equity	£6,065,723	—	£7,561,957	—	£8,381,211	—	£9,467,799	—	£10,625,161	£4,335,557
Average employees	40	—	37	—	50	—	52	—	48	40
Wages	£1,492,514	—	£1,332,065	—	£1,472,915	—	£2,097,151	—	£1,901,934	£1,855,329

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	2020-04-30	2020-05-01	2021-04-30	2021-05-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	11.8%	—	20.5%	—	9.7%	—	9.7%	—	8.8%	12.2%
Net margin	10.2%	—	17.0%	—	8.4%	—	7.7%	—	9.3%	9.3%
Return on capital employed	21.1%	—	32.3%	—	11.2%	—	14.2%	—	10.1%	33.9%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.23x	2.41x

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: Shorts
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Company is in a strong financial position to allow it to meet its financial obligations for the foreseeable future. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“The outbreak of conflict in the Ukraine in the early part of 2022 created unprecedented issues across many areas of the global economy, not least in the energy markets.”

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

People

4 active · 21 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WOODWARD, Alison Kay	Secretary	2012-08-20	—	—
BOX, Peter Andrew	Director	2022-11-09	Jul 1983	British
JAMES, Robert Kenneth	Director	2021-07-01	Aug 1979	American
SAAL, Amanda Jayne	Director	2021-07-01	Jun 1974	British

Show 21 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ABBEY, Judith Margaret	Secretary	2005-08-01	2012-08-20
HASELGROVE, Richard Anthony	Secretary	—	1994-01-17
OLDMEADOW, Colin Leslie	Secretary	2004-06-01	2005-08-01
SCHOFIELD, Jane Lesley	Secretary	1994-01-17	2004-05-31
ABBEY, James Sidney	Director	—	2012-08-20
ABBEY, Judith Margaret	Director	1993-05-04	2012-08-20
ABBEY, Thomas James	Director	1993-12-15	2021-07-01
BELL, Steven Derek	Director	2000-04-03	2004-06-30
COLE, Robert Charles	Director	2018-01-08	2018-05-18
CRAWFORD, Zach David	Director	2021-07-01	2024-07-31
HARDY, Jeanette Wallace	Director	2005-07-01	2016-08-26
HASELGROVE, Richard Anthony	Director	1993-12-15	1994-01-17
HASELGROVE, Richard Anthony	Director	1993-12-15	1995-06-30
HIGGINSON, Keith	Director	1993-12-15	1995-07-31
JOWETT, Desmond Graham	Director	1993-12-15	1994-01-31
KAELIN, Hermann Fredrick	Director	—	2012-04-01
KEATON, James, Professor	Director	—	2003-07-31
PARRY, Helen Mary	Director	2016-12-05	2022-09-01
RILEY, Jack	Director	—	1992-04-30
SCHOFIELD, Jane Lesley	Director	—	2004-05-31
WALKER, Stephen	Director	—	1993-01-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Thomas James Abbey	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-07-01
Magna Colours Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 186 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-12-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-11-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-11-11	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-11-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-11-10	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2021-10-14	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current shortened	PDF
2021-07-22	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-07-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-07-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-07-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-07-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination 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

+0.5%

£12,393,797 £12,460,999
Cash

-35.4%

£4,104,697 £2,651,669
Net assets

-59.2%

£10,625,161 £4,335,557

lowest in 6 filed years
Employees

-16.7%

48 40
Operating profit

+39.9%

£1,088,344 £1,522,431
Profit before tax

+33.1%

£1,162,993 £1,547,525
Wages

-2.5%

£1,901,934 £1,855,329

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

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