ORANGEBOX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£879K
-73.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
-20.5% vs 2024
Employees
359
-13.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
-3,526.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- ORANGEBOX LIMITED 2002-05-10 → present
- GENETIX GX LIMITED 1998-01-06 → 2002-05-10
- GENETIX SOLUTIONS LIMITED 1997-12-04 → 1998-01-06
- GIROFLEX (UK) LIMITED 1997-10-21 → 1997-12-04
- HOLT THE BOLT LIMITED 1997-07-21 → 1997-10-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-23 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,549,562 | £56,684,126 | |
| Operating profit | -£162,877 | -£4,535,039 | |
| Profit before tax | -£125,052 | -£4,535,511 | |
| Net profit | -£225,356 | -£4,043,404 | |
| Cash | £3,356,775 | £879,288 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,082,009 | £16,502,900 | |
| Net assets | £19,688,478 | £15,645,074 | |
| Equity | £19,688,478 | £15,645,074 | |
| Average employees | 417 | 359 | |
| Wages | £16,998,195 | £16,097,777 |
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 | 2024-02-23 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | -8.0% | |
| Net margin | -0.4% | -7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | -27.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.68x | 2.03x | |
| Interest cover | -1.07x | -67.38x |
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
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The trading year following 28th February 2025 has continued to be challenging, and we continue to review our cost base relative to the sales level, to ensure we are as efficient as we can be with our resources. As a result, we have announced to reduce our headcount by 5 - 8 roles in September 2025.”
- “Also, in August 2025, it was announced that HNI Corporation expects to acquire Steelcase Inc (our ultimate parent Company).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THIBON, Tracy Yolande Virginie | Secretary | 2024-01-08 | — | — |
| BARNES, Nicholas James | Director | 2022-08-29 | Mar 1970 | British |
| CASTLE, Simon James | Director | 2015-01-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| DEEPROSE, Jeffrey Allan | Director | 2016-06-08 | May 1967 | British |
| HAY, David Scott | Director | 2022-08-29 | Feb 1968 | British |
| SMITH, JR., Allan Wesley | Director | 2018-09-19 | Nov 1967 | American |
| SYLVESTER, David Charles | Director | 2018-09-19 | Dec 1964 | American |
| WRONG, Sebastian Murray | Director | 2023-12-01 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUDRU, Severine Antoinette Marie | Secretary | 2018-09-19 | 2024-01-08 |
| VERNASCHI, Remo Giacomo Vittorio | Secretary | 1997-10-13 | 2018-09-19 |
| CO FORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-07-21 | 1997-10-13 |
| ARMSTRONG, David Charles | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2024-02-28 |
| FORSTER, Urs | Director | 1997-12-19 | 2001-03-13 |
| HORT, Erwin | Director | 1997-12-05 | 2018-09-10 |
| HURLEY, Peter Timothy | Director | 1997-10-13 | 2018-09-19 |
| LE PELTIER, Jean Marc Gerard | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-11-13 |
| ROBBINS, Philip Antony | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2024-02-28 |
| TOZER, Ewan | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| VERNASCHI, Giacomino Pietro | Director | 1997-10-13 | 2023-02-28 |
| VERNASCHI, Remo Giacomo Vittorio | Director | 1997-10-13 | 2018-09-19 |
| CO FORM (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-07-21 | 1997-10-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangebox Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-23
-
Turnover
-7.9%
£61,549,562 £56,684,126
-
Cash
-73.8%
£3,356,775 £879,288
-
Net assets
-20.5%
£19,688,478 £15,645,074
-
Employees
-13.9%
417 359
-
Operating profit
-2,684.3%
-£162,877 -£4,535,039
-
Profit before tax
-3,526.9%
-£125,052 -£4,535,511
-
Wages
-5.3%
£16,998,195 £16,097,777
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