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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

  1. AVC (STAIRBOX) LIMITED 2018-04-27 → present
  2. AVC (CLASSIC WOODWORKERS) LIMITED 1995-03-21 → 2018-04-27
  3. GEMINI LIMITED 1993-12-15 → 1995-03-21

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31
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 130145
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 2024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 31.7%30.5%
Net margin 24.0%23.0%
Return on capital employed 47.5%51.7%
Interest cover 42.71x51.82x

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

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 PDF
2025-12-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-11-25 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-06-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-06-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-02 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2025-05-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2025-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-21 CH04 officers Change corporate secretary company with change date PDF
2024-08-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-09 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-12-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-08-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-07-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-07-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

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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