STAIRCRAFT GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
Cash
£300K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12M
-42.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
330
-2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£500K
-83.9% first positive since 2021
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STAIRCRAFT GROUP LIMITED 2018-06-21 → present
- STAIRCRAFT (MIDLANDS) LTD 1995-10-02 → 2018-06-21
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £58,751,643 | £79,883,675 | £64,000,000 | £67,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £903,942 | £7,296,616 | £3,100,000 | £500,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,440,809 | £7,292,050 | £3,100,000 | £500,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£131,723 | £5,764,968 | £2,500,000 | £900,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,692,574 | £104,511 | — | £300,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £13,356,893 | £19,924,114 | £22,200,000 | £13,600,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £12,943,943 | £18,708,911 | £21,200,000 | £12,100,000 | |
| Equity | £10,030,340 | £10,960,478 | £12,943,943 | £18,708,911 | £21,200,000 | £12,100,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 297 | 354 | 339 | 330 | |
| Wages | — | — | £8,729,518 | £11,836,668 | £11,600,000 | £12,500,000 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.5% | 9.1% | 4.8% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -0.2% | 7.2% | 3.9% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 6.8% | 36.6% | 14.0% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.25x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 3.91x | 1598.03x | — | — |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has the resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements Thus it continues to adopt the going concern assumption in preparing the annual financial statements Further details regarding the going concern basis can be found in note 2 of the financial statements”
Significant events
- “On 30 April 2025 the Company was sold by Travis Perkins plc to Gait Consulting Ltd”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HACKNEY, Anthony Malcolm | Director | 2025-04-30 | Sep 1958 | British |
| HAMILTON, Andrew Melville | Director | 2025-04-30 | Feb 1965 | British |
| KEENAN, David Michael | Director | 2025-04-30 | Aug 1987 | British |
| NEWMAN, Mark | Director | 2025-04-30 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Andrew Melville | Secretary | 1995-10-02 | 2021-10-26 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-02 | 1995-10-02 |
| TPG MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-10-26 | 2025-04-30 |
| ELKINS, Francis Mark | Director | 2015-02-20 | 2023-06-30 |
| HAMILTON, Andrew Melville | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2023-05-22 |
| HAMILTON, Andrew Melville | Director | 1995-10-02 | 1995-11-01 |
| HAMILTON, John | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| LOWANS, Daniel | Director | 2023-05-22 | 2025-04-30 |
| LUCAS, Dean | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2021-10-26 |
| PRESTIDGE, James Edward | Director | 1995-10-02 | 2001-04-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Alan Richard | Director | 2023-02-15 | 2024-01-23 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-02 | 1995-10-02 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-02 | 1995-10-02 |
| TP DIRECTORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2021-10-26 | 2025-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gait Consulting Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-30 | Active |
| Travis Perkins Merchant Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-07 | Ceased 2025-04-30 |
| P H Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+4.7%
£64,000,000 £67,000,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-42.9%
£21,200,000 £12,100,000
lowest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-2.7%
339 330
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Operating profit
-83.9%
£3,100,000 £500,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-83.9%
£3,100,000 £500,000
first positive since 2021
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Wages
+7.8%
£11,600,000 £12,500,000
highest in 4 filed years
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