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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-21 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£7M

+6% vs 2023

Net assets

£74M

+13.4% vs 2023

Employees

2,293

+6.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£18M

-5.5% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. UK PLUMBING SUPPLIES LIMITED 2020-01-06 → present
  2. PLUMBING AND HEATING INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2016-10-27 → 2020-01-06
  3. MARLOWE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1992-07-27 → 2016-10-27
  4. INHOCO 190 LIMITED 1992-06-18 → 1992-07-27

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £802,971,000£833,790,000
Operating profit £30,757,000£28,641,000
Profit before tax £18,815,000£17,789,000
Net profit £11,110,000£8,595,000
Cash £7,033,000£7,454,000
Total assets less current liabilities £193,921,000£219,415,000
Net assets £65,003,000£73,722,000
Equity £65,003,000£73,722,000
Average employees 2,1572,293
Wages £87,886,000£95,925,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 3.8%3.4%
Net margin 1.4%1.0%
Return on capital employed 15.9%13.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 78.3%77.5%
Current ratio 2.13x2.25x
Interest cover 2.26x2.15x

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
RSM UK Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Company meets its working capital requirements through its financial reserves, bank facilities and group funding facilities. The Company has an unconditional right to defer repayment of a group loan and this has been invoked as at 31 December 2024 (note 16). Management forecasts have been prepared for a 24 month period from 31 December 2024 and have been tested under different potential trading outcomes. The Company's annual forecasts show that the Company will be able to operate within the level of its current resources for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. UK PLUMBING SUPPLIES LIMITED · parent
    1. Abode Heat Limited 1% · Environmental Consulting
    2. AMS Plumbers Merchants Holdings Limited 1% · Intermediate Holding Company
    3. AMS Plumbers Merchants Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    4. Bathroom Centre Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    5. Castlegate 788 Limited 1% · Intermediate Holding Company
    6. Crossling CBM Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    7. Crossling Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    8. Farr & Harris Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    9. GB Willbond Limited 1% · Intermediate Holding Company
    10. Gallery Bathrooms Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    11. Gas Centre Holdings Limited 1% · Intermediate Holding Company
    12. Gas Centre Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    13. Heating Plumbing Supplies Group Limited 1% · Intermediate Holding Company
    14. Heating Plumbing Supplies Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    15. Heating Studio Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    16. Keystone Contracts (Bristol) Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    17. Maymask (249) Limited 1% · Intermediate Holding Company
    18. Michael Pavis Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    19. Millbrook Distribution and Spares Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    20. Northern Tools & Accessories Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    21. Plumbase Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    22. Plumbcity Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    23. Plumbclick Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    24. Plumbclick.co.uk Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    25. Plumbing and Heating Investments Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    26. Plumbing Supplies Company Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    27. Plumbstop Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    28. Plumbstore (Plumbing + Heating Supplies) Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    29. Potter Cowan (Pipe Fittings) Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    30. Stokplas Limited 1% · Dormant Company
    31. T. Crossling & Co. Limited 1% · Intermediate Holding Company

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 9 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MCKERRACHER, John James Secretary 2024-10-15
FALCONER, Angus Kenneth Director 2017-12-01 Oct 1969 British
HOGG, Anthony Director 2016-10-31 Dec 1953 British
LOVE, Gordon Alexander Director 2016-10-31 Jan 1955 British
MCKERRACHER, John James Director 2024-09-01 May 1982 British
MCNAIR, Gordon Douglas Director 2026-04-01 Sep 1975 British
WIMBLEDON, Steven John Director 2018-05-25 Jan 1971 British
WOOF, William Sones Director 2017-08-29 May 1951 British
Show 9 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BALLANTYNE, Ronald Young Secretary 1992-08-06 2002-10-31
CHRISTIE, Douglas Brash Secretary 2021-06-30 2024-10-15
GODDARD, Roger David Secretary 2002-10-31 2021-06-30
A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1992-06-18 1992-08-06
BALLANTYNE, Ronald Young Director 1992-08-06 2002-10-31
CHRISTIE, Douglas Brash Director 2016-10-31 2024-10-15
GODDARD, Roger David Director 2002-10-31 2021-06-30
MCNAIR, Douglas Talbot Director 1992-08-06 2026-04-01
INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1992-06-18 1992-08-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Marlowe Holdings Investments Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 106 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-15 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-10-15 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-01-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-05-10 AUD auditors Auditors resignation company
2022-01-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-01 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2021-07-01 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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