MICROWN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23M
+10.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£34M
+10.7% vs 2024
Employees
97
+12.8% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£6M
+26.1% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £29,179,868 | £32,440,783 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £4,106,992 | £5,473,369 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £4,984,567 | £6,285,761 | |
| Net profit | £351,604 | — | — | — | £3,846,032 | £4,677,146 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £20,488,000 | £22,567,254 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £31,301,680 | £34,630,093 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £30,707,002 | £34,001,303 | |
| Equity | — | — | £22,193,325 | £25,176,885 | £30,707,002 | £34,001,303 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 79 | — | — | 86 | 97 | |
| Wages | £0 | — | — | — | £3,662,565 | £3,958,875 |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 14.1% | 16.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 13.2% | 14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 13.1% | 15.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 6.58x | 6.78x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MICROWN LIMITED · parent
- Palace Chemicals Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Revenue for the year has increased by 11.2%.”
- “The group continues to maintain strong controls over fixed costs and other overheads whilst also investing in manufacturing capability, quality, marketing and research and development.”
- “The most significant risks faced by the group are the continuing knock-on effect of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union and the continued unrest in the Ukraine which has created an energy crisis.”
- “Post year end the company has continued to hold sufficient stock to provide stability through disruption caused by disputes around the world.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD, John Paul | Secretary | 2024-02-17 | — | — |
| CLAPHAM, Charles | Director | — | Aug 1946 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWEENEY, Christopher John | Secretary | — | 2024-02-16 |
| HAGGER, Stewart | Director | — | 2013-09-02 |
| SWEENEY, Christopher John | Director | — | 2024-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Charles Clapham | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-08-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-12-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-06-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-04 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-22 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 5
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+11.2%
£29,179,868 £32,440,783
-
Cash
+10.1%
£20,488,000 £22,567,254
-
Net assets
+10.7%
£30,707,002 £34,001,303
-
Employees
+12.8%
86 97
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+33.3%
£4,106,992 £5,473,369
-
Profit before tax
+26.1%
£4,984,567 £6,285,761
-
Wages
+8.1%
£3,662,565 £3,958,875
highest in 3 filed years
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