ZIP HEATERS (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-08 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£694K
+25.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£68M
+18% vs 2023
Employees
295
+6.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
+15.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ZIP HEATERS (UK) LTD 2012-11-08 → present
- ZIP INDUSTRIES (UK) LTD 2012-10-03 → 2012-11-08
- ZIP HEATERS (UK) LIMITED 1991-09-24 → 2012-10-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,666,000 | £59,079,000 | |
| Operating profit | £11,883,000 | £13,430,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,011,000 | £13,848,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,561,000 | £10,337,000 | |
| Cash | £554,000 | £694,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,760,000 | £68,097,000 | |
| Net assets | £57,353,000 | £67,690,000 | |
| Equity | £57,353,000 | £67,690,000 | |
| Average employees | 278 | 295 | |
| Wages | £12,260,000 | £13,384,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.7% | 22.7% | |
| Net margin | 19.3% | 17.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | 19.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.90x | 3.64x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the year end the company has net current assets of £65,993,000 (31 December 2023: £55,794,000) and net assets of £67,690,000 (31 December 2023: £57,353,000). The directors have considered the financial requirements of the company for the period of twelve months from approval of the balance sheet being the going concern review period assessed by the directors. Forecasts are based on expected future trading performance and working capital requirements. The company is part of a group cash-pooling arrangement whereby funds are swept on a daily basis. As a result, the company is reliant on parental support. Osmosis Holdings LP, the ultimate parent undertaking has agreed to provide continuing financial support to enable the company to meet its obligations as and when they fall due during the going concern review period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Michael Richard | Director | 2025-08-29 | Aug 1967 | Australian |
| ASKEW, Thomas James | Director | 2025-03-07 | Jan 1984 | British |
| DOLAHENTY, Stephen Paul | Director | 2014-10-24 | Apr 1970 | Australian |
| SHEPHERD, Reyaan Edward | Director | 2025-12-18 | Aug 1989 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BINNIE, Christopher John | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2010-03-19 |
| BOWHILL, John Herbert Frederick | Secretary | 1993-03-25 | 2002-03-01 |
| HANNANT, Christopher James | Secretary | 2010-03-19 | 2016-03-31 |
| KENT, Jamie Christian | Secretary | 2018-01-18 | 2022-11-04 |
| WALSHE, Brian | Secretary | 2016-10-17 | 2017-12-31 |
| GRAY'S INN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1993-03-25 |
| BAMBER, Tracey Ann | Director | 2015-09-07 | 2022-11-01 |
| BINNIE, Christopher John | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2015-03-27 |
| BOWHILL, John Herbert Frederick | Director | 2010-06-29 | 2013-12-17 |
| BOWHILL, John Herbert Frederick | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2004-02-25 |
| BREWSTER, Stephen Michael | Director | — | 2004-11-03 |
| BUTLER, Alan Trevor | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2013-12-17 |
| CAMPBELL, Shaun Edward | Director | 2022-09-08 | 2025-08-29 |
| CHERTKOW, Brian | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2015-02-27 |
| CROUCH, Michael Jenkins | Director | — | 2013-12-17 |
| DOUMANI, John Anthony | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2025-08-29 |
| FOXALL, James Peter | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2009-06-30 |
| KENT, Jamie Christian | Director | 2022-11-04 | 2025-03-14 |
| KETT, Mark Steven | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2018-01-31 |
| LAWSON, Michael | Director | 1993-08-18 | 1994-02-16 |
| LEE, Michael | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2014-10-01 |
| MASSEY, Raymond Dennis | Director | 1993-08-18 | 2002-06-30 |
| POPE, Murray Robert | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2002-06-30 |
| SAMUEL, Kevin Ian | Director | 1999-10-27 | 2007-07-01 |
| SINCLAIR, Anthony | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2004-06-30 |
| VALLIS, John Edward | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Sarah Anne | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2024-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ai Aqua Zip Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-01-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2023-02-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.1%
£54,666,000 £59,079,000
-
Cash
+25.3%
£554,000 £694,000
-
Net assets
+18%
£57,353,000 £67,690,000
-
Employees
+6.1%
278 295
-
Operating profit
+13%
£11,883,000 £13,430,000
-
Profit before tax
+15.3%
£12,011,000 £13,848,000
-
Wages
+9.2%
£12,260,000 £13,384,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers