COLOUR SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£563K
-46.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-13.6% vs 2023
Employees
55
-3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£676K
-47.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COLOUR SUPPLIES LIMITED 1987-11-20 → present
- WEALTHSCRATCH LIMITED 1987-08-03 → 1987-11-20
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £5,684,531 | £5,490,191 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£435,591 | -£655,914 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£457,348 | -£675,770 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£457,348 | -£675,770 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,052,869 | £563,492 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £5,507,763 | £4,716,575 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £5,214,418 | £4,506,648 | |
| Equity | £5,572,307 | £5,583,935 | — | — | — | £5,214,418 | £4,506,648 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | 55 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,134,668 | £1,170,961 |
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 | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -7.7% | -11.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -8.0% | -12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -7.9% | -13.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 5.22x | 3.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -20.02x | -33.03x |
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
- Auditor
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- “On 28 October 2024, the company purchased certain property from Colour Supplies, which is an unincorporated sole trader business operated by one of the directors, for £325,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARDING, Alan George | Secretary | 2018-10-26 | — | — |
| HARDING, Alan George | Director | 2002-06-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
| PEMBERTON, Denzil | Director | — | Nov 1955 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELSLEY, Pauline | Secretary | 1998-09-11 | 2018-10-26 |
| JONES, Pamela | Secretary | — | 1998-09-11 |
| ALLMAN, Jayne | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2018-12-02 |
| ALLMAN, Marion Jane | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| ELSLEY, Pauline | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2018-10-26 |
| HARDING, Edna Marion | Director | — | 2018-03-23 |
| HARDING, George Henry | Director | — | 2019-05-01 |
| JONES, Pamela | Director | — | 1998-09-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan George Harding | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-05-01 | Active |
| Mr George Henry Harding | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-02-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-3.4%
£5,684,531 £5,490,191
-
Cash
-46.5%
£1,052,869 £563,492
-
Net assets
-13.6%
£5,214,418 £4,506,648
-
Employees
-3.5%
57 55
-
Operating profit
-50.6%
-£435,591 -£655,914
-
Profit before tax
-47.8%
-£457,348 -£675,770
-
Wages
+3.2%
£1,134,668 £1,170,961
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