CROWN ARTIST BRUSH LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,302,000 | £3,319,000 | £2,792,000 | -15.9% | |
| Operating profit | £23,000 | -£36,000 | £102,000 | +383.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,000 | -£61,000 | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£16,000 | -£53,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,696,000 | £1,511,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,585,000 | £1,439,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,585,000 | £1,439,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 55 | 51 | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,384,000 | £1,388,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £289,000 | £397,000 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | -1.1% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | -1.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | -2.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.1% | 54.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.03x | — | |
| Interest cover | 0.28x | -0.43x | 1.76x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CROWN ARTIST BRUSH LIMITED 1993-02-15 → present
- WINSOR & NEWTON LIMITED 1990-03-15 → 1993-02-15
- CHARLES G.PAGE LIMITED 1932-07-18 → 1990-03-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Nortons Assurance Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis... The Company is dependent for its working capital on funds provided to it by Lindengruppen AB, the Company's ultimate parent, through a Group cash pool arrangement”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRINDLE, Mark Richard | Director | 2022-01-20 | Nov 1976 | British |
| SPIGHT, Jonathan Paul William | Director | 2020-01-07 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES, Michael | Secretary | 2011-06-17 | 2013-05-31 |
| DOMINGO, Theriza | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2015-08-07 |
| EVANS, Richard Jean Llewellyn | Secretary | 2013-05-31 | 2014-04-01 |
| KEIGHTLEY, Janet Rosalyn | Secretary | 2006-07-06 | 2011-06-17 |
| WALKER, Michael Frederick | Secretary | — | 2006-07-06 |
| ASTON, Paul | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2010-04-21 |
| BARRATT, Mark | Director | 2015-09-07 | 2019-12-31 |
| CHARGE, Stephen John | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| KEIGHTLEY, Janet Rosalyn | Director | 1994-04-15 | 2011-06-17 |
| LLEWELLYN, Richard Gwilym | Director | 2010-03-09 | 2022-01-19 |
| PLEUNE, Steven Christiaan | Director | 1992-12-14 | 2003-12-31 |
| ROPER, Gordon Edward Lawrence | Director | 2011-06-17 | 2015-09-04 |
| ROUVRE, Herve Philippe Pierre | Director | 1992-12-23 | 1994-04-13 |
| WRAIGHT, Christopher Edward | Director | — | 2008-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colart International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-03-31 | Active |
| Colart Fine Art And Graphics Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-12-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2020-12-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2020-12-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.