AVC (STAIRBOX) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-29 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15M
+7% vs 2024
Employees
145
+11.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£12M
+10.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- AVC (STAIRBOX) LIMITED 2018-04-27 → present
- AVC (CLASSIC WOODWORKERS) LIMITED 1995-03-21 → 2018-04-27
- GEMINI LIMITED 1993-12-15 → 1995-03-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,159,707 | £39,133,506 | |
| Operating profit | £10,817,618 | £11,924,161 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,028,118 | £12,180,241 | |
| Net profit | £8,191,742 | £9,011,976 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,769,183 | £23,083,555 | |
| Net assets | £14,483,562 | £15,493,776 | |
| Equity | £14,483,562 | £15,493,776 | |
| Average employees | 130 | 145 | |
| Wages | £4,507,638 | £5,872,231 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 31.7% | 30.5% | |
| Net margin | 24.0% | 23.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 47.5% | 51.7% | |
| Interest cover | 42.71x | 51.82x |
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 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework'
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the financial position and future prospects of the company for the twelve months from the date of signing the accounts and believe that, with the support of the wider Grafton Group, the company has access to sufficient resources to manage its business successfully. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared under the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The company is closely monitoring the current conflict in the Middle East and the resulting instability across the region's primary trade routes. Following the commencement of major hostilities in late February 2026, global energy markets have experienced significant volatility. The disruption of the Strait of Hormuz - a critical artery for global oil - poses a direct risk to the availability and pricing of fuel within our supply chain. These geopolitical tensions have contributed to a significant increase in domestic fuel costs which is likely to have an adverse impact on consumer confidence and resulting discretionary spend.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAFTON GROUP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-11-30 | — | — |
| O'DONOGHUE, David, Mr. | Director | 2025-05-30 | May 1985 | Irish |
| POPE, Alison | Director | 2023-06-27 | Oct 1967 | British |
| WINTER, Mark Leslie | Director | 2025-05-30 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 1993-12-15 | 1994-01-10 |
| HANCOCK, Andrew Philip | Secretary | 1994-01-10 | 2020-11-30 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 1993-12-15 | 1994-01-10 |
| HANCOCK, Alex Matthew | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| HANCOCK, Andrew Philip | Director | 1994-01-10 | 2020-11-30 |
| HANCOCK, Thomas Andrew | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2020-11-30 |
| RINN, Charles Anthony | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2024-07-03 |
| SOWTON, Jonathon Paul | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2023-06-30 |
| STEELE, Vaughn Graham | Director | 1994-01-10 | 2017-09-20 |
| WALKER, Michael Peter | Director | 2023-06-27 | 2026-03-27 |
| WALKER, Michael Peter | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2020-11-30 |
| WINTER, Mark Leslie | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2020-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stairbox Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-04-11 | Active |
| Mrs Carol Hancock | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-25 |
| Mr Vaughn Graham Steele | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+14.6%
£34,159,707 £39,133,506
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+7%
£14,483,562 £15,493,776
-
Employees
+11.5%
130 145
-
Operating profit
+10.2%
£10,817,618 £11,924,161
-
Profit before tax
+10.4%
£11,028,118 £12,180,241
-
Wages
+30.3%
£4,507,638 £5,872,231
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