G.P.S. COLOUR GRAPHICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-28 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-14
Watchouts
Cash
£331K
+3,151.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-9.2% vs 2024
Employees
62
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£382K
-184.8% vs 2024
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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,661,100 | £8,362,495 | |
| Operating profit | £583,962 | -£185,679 | |
| Profit before tax | £450,914 | -£382,442 | |
| Net profit | £335,143 | -£291,413 | |
| Cash | £10,169 | £330,632 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,573,729 | £7,321,126 | |
| Net assets | £4,722,616 | £4,287,203 | |
| Equity | £4,722,616 | £4,287,203 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 62 | |
| Wages | £1,806,549 | £1,943,951 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | -2.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | -3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | -2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.8% | 59.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 0.82x | |
| Interest cover | 4.39x | -0.94x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HM Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Directors have prepared budgets and cash flows demonstrating no material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to meet its liabilities and continue as a going concern for at least twelve months. The auditors confirmed that the directors' use of the going concern basis is appropriate and found no material uncertainties.”
Group structure
- G.P.S. COLOUR GRAPHICS LIMITED · parent
- Nelson & Knox (Northern Ireland) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Irene Elizabeth | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BELL, David Richard | Director | 2012-03-17 | Mar 1981 | British |
| BELL, Derek A | Director | — | Mar 1944 | British |
| BELL, Irene Elizabeth | Director | — | Jul 1948 | British |
| BELL, Lorraine Ann | Director | 2002-06-21 | Apr 1973 | British |
| MCCLAY, Bryan | Director | 2008-07-31 | Aug 1967 | British |
| MCCLAY, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2006-03-24 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, John Septon | Director | — | 2002-06-21 |
| MCCURRY, Ian | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2014-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Irene Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2025-05-08 |
| Mr Derek Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-03-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-04-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-04-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-04-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-04-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-04-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
-3.4%
£8,661,100 £8,362,495
-
Cash
+3,151.4%
£10,169 £330,632
-
Net assets
-9.2%
£4,722,616 £4,287,203
-
Employees
0%
62 62
-
Operating profit
-131.8%
£583,962 -£185,679
-
Profit before tax
-184.8%
£450,914 -£382,442
-
Wages
+7.6%
£1,806,549 £1,943,951
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