FORD WINDOWS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-26 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+9.7% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£6M

+5.8% vs 2023

Employees

130

-12.2% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

+37.7% vs 2023

Net assets

4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

FORD WINDOWS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

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

Metric	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£17,909,955	£17,953,129
Operating profit	—	—	£1,494,948	£2,066,705
Profit before tax	£1,324,191	£2,100,059	£1,498,300	£2,063,646
Net profit	—	£1,703,304	£1,109,134	£1,516,329
Cash	£919,840	£986,138	£1,376,140	£1,508,960
Total assets less current liabilities	£5,817,913	£6,714,204	£5,778,540	£6,111,638
Net assets	£5,463,016	£6,306,320	£5,415,454	£5,731,783
Equity	£5,463,016	£6,306,320	£5,415,454	£5,731,783
Average employees	152	156	148	130
Wages	£3,727,518	£4,150,138	£4,106,445	£4,007,560

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	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	8.3%	11.5%
Net margin	—	—	6.2%	8.4%
Return on capital employed	—	—	25.9%	33.8%
Current ratio	—	—	2.95x	2.82x
Interest cover	—	—	79.95x	113.05x

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: Hart Shaw LLP
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.”

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

People

3 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
SHACKLEY, Courtney	Director	2022-08-01	Oct 1988	British
SHACKLEY, Philip	Director	2010-09-12	Dec 1955	British
SHACKLEY, Wesley	Director	2022-08-01	Oct 1980	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
SIDEBOTTOM, Roger	Secretary	1994-09-12	1994-11-14
TAYLOR, Dennis	Secretary	1994-11-14	2018-04-27
THORPE, Andrew Julian	Secretary	2019-05-01	2025-12-10
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1994-09-12	1994-09-12
HALL, Garry	Director	1999-03-01	2003-04-08
SIDEBOTTOM, Roger	Director	1994-09-12	2016-07-15
SMITH, Alan	Director	2000-01-01	2001-01-05
TAYLOR, Dennis	Director	1994-09-12	2018-04-27
THORPE, Andrew Julian	Director	1999-03-01	2025-12-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

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

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 92 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-11	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-12-11	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-07-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-09-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-10-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-08-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-08-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-05-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-05-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-09-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-06-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-09-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-06-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-05-07	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2019-03-07	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 2

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

+0.2%

£17,909,955 £17,953,129
Cash

+9.7%

£1,376,140 £1,508,960

highest in 4 filed years
Net assets

+5.8%

£5,415,454 £5,731,783
Employees

-12.2%

148 130

lowest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

+38.2%

£1,494,948 £2,066,705
Profit before tax

+37.7%

£1,498,300 £2,063,646
Wages

-2.4%

£4,106,445 £4,007,560

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

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