KOLORCRAFT LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-14 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-05-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

-3.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£10M

+7.6% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

187

-5.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£1M

-26% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

KOLORCRAFT LIMITED 1995-08-07 → present
K.B. KOLORCRAFT LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1995-08-07
DRIPHOLD LIMITED 1979-06-11 → 1979-12-31

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Industrials median

KOLORCRAFT LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

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

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£25,569,331	£20,856,106	—	—	—	—
Operating profit	—	£1,475,131	£1,147,309	—	—	—	—
Profit before tax	—	£1,403,439	£995,464	£995,999	£1,492,737	£1,470,294	£1,087,328
Net profit	—	£1,240,825	£812,647	—	£1,199,352	£1,166,203	£731,287
Cash	—	£268,648	£1,036,703	£1,289,455	£1,794,765	£3,262,107	£3,140,318
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£8,339,726	£8,648,204	£9,770,364	£10,132,411	£11,227,697	£12,796,057
Net assets	—	£5,539,369	£6,352,016	£7,290,923	£8,490,275	£9,656,478	£10,387,765
Equity	£4,298,544	£5,539,369	£6,352,016	£7,290,923	£8,490,275	£9,656,478	£10,387,765
Average employees	—	205	200	182	188	198	187
Wages	—	£7,276,315	£7,183,466	£6,689,056	£8,278,723	£8,839,852	£7,364,519

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	5.8%	5.5%	—	—	—	—
Net margin	—	4.9%	3.9%	—	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	—	17.7%	13.3%	—	—	—	—
Interest cover	—	19.44x	7.56x	—	—	—	—

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.

People

3 active · 18 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
STEPHENSON, Craig	Secretary	2019-10-10	—	—
ATKINSON, Michael	Director	2004-05-01	Dec 1968	British
STEPHENSON, Craig	Director	2019-10-10	Dec 1971	British

Show 18 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FIELDHOUSE, Derek	Secretary	1995-07-10	1999-03-31
MORTIMER, Mary Rose	Secretary	—	1995-07-10
STOTHART, Stephen	Secretary	2017-10-23	2019-10-10
STOTHART, Steven	Secretary	1999-05-27	2017-10-06
BATES, Timothy Michael	Director	2000-04-03	2003-09-01
BOWER, Sheila	Director	1997-06-16	1998-09-21
FIELDHOUSE, Derek	Director	1994-08-22	1999-03-31
FINDLEY, Philip	Director	—	2023-01-31
GREEN, Stephen Edward	Director	1996-02-17	2006-12-15
HAMPSHAW, Martin Edward	Director	2012-03-17	2013-12-01
HERRINGTON, Gary Andrew	Director	1996-07-01	1997-07-07
MORGAN, Carl Richard	Director	1996-02-17	2007-05-02
MORTIMER, Keith Harry	Director	—	1999-03-30
MORTIMER, Mary Rose	Director	—	1997-07-01
STOTHART, Stephen	Director	2017-10-23	2019-10-10
STOTHART, Steven	Director	1999-05-27	2017-10-06
SYKES, Jan Lesley	Director	1996-01-01	2014-02-28
TOWERS, David Paul	Director	2004-05-01	2006-04-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Kolorcraft Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 177 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-05-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-06-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-25	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2019-10-25	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2019-10-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2019-10-25	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2019-10-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-09-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

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

—

Not reported
Cash

-3.7%

£3,262,107 £3,140,318
Net assets

+7.6%

£9,656,478 £10,387,765

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

-5.6%

198 187
Profit before tax

-26%

£1,470,294 £1,087,328
Wages

-16.7%

£8,839,852 £7,364,519

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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