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STYLES & BROWN LTD
Profile
- Company number
- 03507847
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1998-02-10
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-04-30
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 47190
- Hubs
- UK Consumer / DTC
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The trading conditions, the ongoing review of refinancing, and on what terms, and the availability of shareholder support as required, together represent a material uncertainty in respect of going concern, as discussed further in the going concern accounting policy on p.22.”
Subsidiaries
- Axminster Tool Centre Limited · 100% held · England & Wales
- Styles & Brown Property Holdings Limited · 100% held · England & Wales
Significant events
- “The 12 months of FY 2023/24 saw a further deterioration in sales and profit from the previous year's loss-making position. The numbers of staff employed by the business fell from 223 (on a full-time basis) at the start of the year to 193 at year end and to 159 by April 2025. Restructuring costs have been disclosed as Exceptional within the Profit and Loss Account. Supply chain from our key Far Eastern suppliers became stretched as a result of cargo ships being diverted away from the Red Sea & the Suez canal.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STYLES, Alan Victor | Director | 2013-06-13 | Feb 1976 | British |
| STYLES, Bernard George | Director | 1998-02-10 | Oct 1949 | British |
| STYLES, Ian Victor | Director | 1998-02-10 | Aug 1957 | British |
| STYLES, Katina Jean | Director | 1998-02-10 | Aug 1958 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STYLES, Ian Victor | Secretary | 1998-02-10 | 2007-04-01 |
| STYLES, Marjorie Anne | Secretary | 2013-06-06 | 2014-04-10 |
| THOMAS, Andrew Neil | Secretary | 2007-04-01 | 2016-12-20 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-10 | 1998-02-10 |
| STYLES, Marjorie Anne | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2013-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-11-14 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2023-11-13 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-02-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2022-02-07 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2022-02-07 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2022-02-07 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2022-01-24 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2022-01-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2022-01-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2021-03-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2021-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2020-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-01-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory