AFFORDABLE WINDOW SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-10 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£739K
+114.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+61.7% vs 2024
Employees
208
+0.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+29.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AFFORDABLE WINDOW SYSTEMS LIMITED 1994-02-14 → present
- K-SHIELD PVCU LIMITED 1992-12-09 → 1994-02-14
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £23,689,198 | £26,781,970 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,689,077 | £2,169,702 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,800,993 | £2,286,458 | £1,680,653 | £2,169,702 | |
| Net profit | £2,221,712 | £1,927,405 | £1,186,744 | £1,684,812 | |
| Cash | £432,255 | £519,752 | £344,319 | £739,329 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,979,074 | £5,764,428 | £2,883,696 | £4,627,407 | |
| Net assets | £3,618,295 | £5,545,700 | £2,732,444 | £4,417,256 | |
| Equity | £3,618,295 | £5,545,700 | £2,732,444 | £4,417,256 | |
| Average employees | 280 | 237 | 207 | 208 | |
| Wages | £8,167,594 | £7,191,474 | £6,975,503 | £7,829,614 |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 7.1% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 5.0% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 58.6% | 46.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.81x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 200.51x | — |
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
- JS. Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company experienced a growth in demand in 2025 and is expected to be stable in 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAUGHAN, Michael | Secretary | 1993-12-23 | — | Irish |
| COCKER, Paula | Director | 2018-09-21 | Jan 1975 | British |
| GAUGHAN, Edward | Director | — | Oct 1949 | English |
| GAUGHAN, Michael | Director | 1993-12-23 | Sep 1954 | Irish |
| HOOP, Andrew | Director | 2001-10-25 | Mar 1966 | British |
| MAGEEAN, Karen | Director | 2006-05-26 | Jan 1965 | British |
| MYERS, Laurence Sydney George | Director | 2001-10-25 | Oct 1969 | British |
| STANTON, Nigel | Director | 2018-09-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAUGHAN, Mary | Secretary | — | 1992-12-23 |
| CORPORATE NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-12-09 | 1992-12-09 |
| BLYTH, Norman Mckenzie | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2006-05-26 |
| GAUGHAN, Lucy Theresa | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2018-09-21 |
| GAUGHAN, Mary | Director | — | 1992-12-23 |
| GAUGHAN, Matthew Stephen | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2018-09-21 |
| RIDGEWAY, Karen | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2018-09-21 |
| CORPORATE NOMINEE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-12-09 | 1992-12-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Aluminium Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+13.1%
£23,689,198 £26,781,970
-
Cash
+114.7%
£344,319 £739,329
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+61.7%
£2,732,444 £4,417,256
-
Employees
+0.5%
207 208
-
Operating profit
+28.5%
£1,689,077 £2,169,702
-
Profit before tax
+29.1%
£1,680,653 £2,169,702
-
Wages
+12.2%
£6,975,503 £7,829,614
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