MELROSE INTERIORS LIMITED
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Cash
£186K
-68.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£3.3M
-23.5% vs 2023
Employees
77
+35.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£966K
-842.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,812,312 | £9,702,537 | +24.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£101,898 | -£961,512 | -843.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£102,463 | -£965,777 | -842.6% | |
| Net profit | -£96,875 | -£1,006,054 | -938.5% | |
| Cash | £582,233 | £185,948 | -68.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,461,994 | £3,455,940 | -22.5% | |
| Net assets | £4,276,512 | £3,270,458 | -23.5% | |
| Equity | £4,276,512 | £3,270,458 | -23.5% | |
| Average employees | 57 | 77 | +35.1% | |
| Wages | £1,400,861 | £2,228,515 | +59.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £83,806 | £102,739 | +22.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.3% | -9.9% | |
| Net margin | -1.2% | -10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.3% | -27.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.0% | 62.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.25x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- MELROSE INTERIORS LIMITED 2019-05-25 → present
- MELROSE TEXTILE CO.,LIMITED 1968-05-16 → 2019-05-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the Company will continue to receive the support of its ultimate parent undertaking, Headlam Group PLC. 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.”
Significant events
- “On 4th January 2023, Headlam Group PLC acquired 100% of Birch Close Trading Limited's share capital. Birch Close Trading Limited is the immediate parent company of Melrose Interiors Limited.”
- “During the previous year the Company acquired the trade and assets of P. D. Pattern Books Limited which manufactures floorcovering pattern books.”
- “In January 2025, the Group reduced its committed sterling facility agreement from £81.5 million to £61.0 million, and short term uncommitted facilities from £15.0 million to £7.5 million (and €4.7 million to €2.7 million).”
- “The Group has agreed new covenant arrangements with its lenders, first agreed in June 2024 and rolled forward in September 2025 to cover the period up to, and including, November 2026.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Alison Jane Margaret | Secretary | 2023-12-14 | — | — |
| JONES, Richard Crispin | Director | 2026-03-31 | May 1966 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGLEY, William Anthony | Secretary | — | 2005-09-01 |
| FARBRIDGE, Caroline | Secretary | 2023-01-04 | 2023-12-14 |
| SORMUS, Tracy | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2016-09-28 |
| ARMSTRONG, Christopher Brian | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2005-08-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Shelley Louise | Director | 1998-10-12 | 2004-12-31 |
| EDGLEY, Lynne Hannam | Director | — | 2000-09-29 |
| EDGLEY, William Anthony | Director | — | 2016-09-28 |
| HARRIS, Adrian | Director | 2023-01-04 | 2024-01-25 |
| JACKSON, Helen Louise | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-09-28 |
| MURPHY, Andrew Peter | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2024-12-20 |
| MURPHY, Helen Louise | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2023-01-04 |
| PAYNE, Christopher Richard | Director | 2023-01-04 | 2025-10-13 |
| PHILLIPS, Adam David | Director | 2024-10-07 | 2026-03-31 |
| SORMUS, Tracy | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2016-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Close Trading Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.