A. & B. GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£780K
-42.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+0.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
177
+0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-33.6% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £36,000,761 | £22,856,148 | — | — | £29,868,586 | £27,599,649 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,058,678 | — | — | £2,641,494 | £1,895,606 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £229,345 | £1,008,496 | £1,028,802 | £749,741 | £2,411,626 | £1,600,443 | |
| Net profit | — | £131,063 | £836,633 | £855,436 | £536,578 | £1,840,988 | £1,381,568 | |
| Cash | — | £26,850 | £404,285 | £1,060,314 | £1,136,947 | £1,362,720 | £780,123 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,837,402 | £4,924,201 | £6,346,053 | £6,723,298 | £8,082,588 | £9,997,775 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,679,844 | £4,516,477 | £5,371,913 | £5,408,491 | £5,899,479 | £5,931,047 | |
| Equity | £3,548,781 | £3,679,844 | £4,516,477 | £5,371,913 | £5,408,491 | £5,899,479 | £5,931,047 | |
| Average employees | — | 279 | 185 | 181 | 198 | 176 | 177 | |
| Wages | — | £9,931,255 | £5,017,326 | £5,160,431 | £6,163,054 | £5,835,076 | £5,823,378 |
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 4.6% | — | — | 8.8% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.4% | 3.7% | — | — | 6.2% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 21.5% | — | — | 32.7% | 19.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.06x | 2.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 21.10x | — | — | 11.49x | 6.12x |
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
- Ensors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is well-established and has long-standing relationships with both customers and suppliers. The steadily increasing turnover, consistent profitability and positive cash generation over the last three years have all given the directors confidence that the company enjoys a new-found flexibility that will allow it to adapt to challenges to the commercial environment that may arise in the future. For these reasons the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- A. & B. GLASS COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Asset Manufacturing Limited 100%
- A & B Glass Properties Limited 100%
- Coastal Windows Limited 100%
- Coastal Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The uPVC production machinery replacement project was completed in April 2025.”
- “A decision was made to start an aluminium production facility and this new equipment project is currently ongoing in early 2025.”
- “The company secured its main site at Sudbury on a new long-term lease and invested in additional solar power and upgraded its fleet.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCMANUS, Paul Brian | Director | 2012-04-25 | Apr 1967 | British |
| RICHARDSON, David Andrew | Director | 2022-11-15 | Nov 1962 | British |
| SOWTER, Darren Mark | Director | 2022-11-15 | Sep 1964 | British |
| STREET, Graham Richard | Director | 2022-11-15 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDISON, Margaret Rosemary | Secretary | — | 1995-02-17 |
| BYFORD, Karen Margaret | Secretary | 1995-02-17 | 2012-04-25 |
| BARRETT, David Frank | Director | 2000-06-29 | 2022-11-15 |
| BYFORD, Martin John | Director | 2003-03-28 | 2012-04-25 |
| BYFORD, Paula Anne | Director | 2003-03-28 | 2012-04-25 |
| BYFORD, Raymond Walter | Director | — | 2012-04-25 |
| STONE, Stephen Derek | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2022-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A&B Glass Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2026-03-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
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Turnover
-7.6%
£29,868,586 £27,599,649
-
Cash
-42.8%
£1,362,720 £780,123
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£5,899,479 £5,931,047
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+0.6%
176 177
-
Operating profit
-28.2%
£2,641,494 £1,895,606
-
Profit before tax
-33.6%
£2,411,626 £1,600,443
-
Wages
-0.2%
£5,835,076 £5,823,378
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