CONTOUR SHOWERS LIMITED
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Cash
£61k
-82.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.9m
+2.3% vs 2024
Employees
24
+14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£104k
-69.7% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-02-07 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,112,351 | £8,162,852 | £4,334,218 | £5,058,498 | £4,011,040 | -20.7% | |
| Operating profit | £265,953 | £609,674 | -£4,635,068 | £343,997 | £104,804 | -69.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £226,707 | £573,213 | -£4,635,071 | £342,192 | £103,788 | -69.7% | |
| Net profit | £181,350 | £400,934 | -£4,688,372 | £207,924 | £42,912 | -79.4% | |
| Cash | £196,355 | £25,520 | £503,451 | £340,269 | £60,791 | -82.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,525,002 | £6,747,792 | £1,718,150 | £1,949,446 | £2,010,496 | +3.1% | |
| Net assets | £6,297,631 | £6,698,565 | £1,691,599 | £1,899,523 | £1,942,435 | +2.3% | |
| Equity | £6,297,631 | £6,698,565 | £1,691,599 | £1,899,523 | £1,942,435 | +2.3% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 52 | 26 | 21 | 24 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £1,339,282 | £1,413,380 | £652,575 | £636,905 | £746,201 | +17.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £218,930 | £208,502 | £125,456 | £145,201 | £118,114 | -18.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £5,017 | £4,635 | £5,682 | +22.6% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £89,394 | £106,234 | £110,371 | +3.9% |
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 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-02-07 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 7.5% | -106.9% | 6.8% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 4.9% | -108.2% | 4.1% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 9.0% | -269.8% | 17.6% | 5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.9% | 23.9% | 17.4% | 18.8% | 21.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 5.57x | 5.18x | 4.48x | |
| Interest cover | 6.78x | 16.72x | — | — | — |
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
- CONTOUR SHOWERS LIMITED 1994-07-27 → present
- CONTOUR DOORS LIMITED 1978-01-13 → 1994-07-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG Audit LLC
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Restructuring costs relate to the reorganization of the business to accommodate kitchen manufacture which has been moved from DLP Limited. The prior year restructuring costs relate to relocating the business premises from Winsford to Middlewich.”
- “Write off amount due from group company, Elfreed Limited: £127,481.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARLISLE, John Anthony | Director | 2026-02-03 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Robert James, Mr. | Secretary | 2006-05-06 | 2006-05-15 |
| HICKSON, Peter | Secretary | — | 2006-05-06 |
| WHITEHEAD, David John | Secretary | 2006-05-15 | 2026-03-31 |
| BAILEY, Anthony | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2006-05-06 |
| BENSON, Valerie | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2006-05-06 |
| BOWER, Kevin Paul | Director | 2007-08-16 | 2022-10-31 |
| CARVER, Jeffrey | Director | 2017-03-20 | 2025-04-20 |
| HICKSON, Ethel | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| HICKSON, Frank | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| HICKSON, Peter | Director | — | 2006-05-06 |
| HICKSON, Sandra Eileen | Director | — | 2006-05-06 |
| HOGG, William Scott | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2021-03-31 |
| MADDEN, Christopher John | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2006-05-06 |
| MENDELSOHN, Fredric William | Director | 2006-05-06 | 2022-02-07 |
| PARSONS, Nicholas James | Director | 2022-02-07 | 2025-11-07 |
| PATTON, Sylvia | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2006-05-06 |
| ROBINSON, Timothy | Director | 2006-05-08 | 2011-05-06 |
| SCHOLES, Raymond | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2000-11-01 |
| SMULDERS, Patrick | Director | 2006-05-08 | 2018-09-27 |
| TERRY, Kenneth John | Director | 2006-05-06 | 2018-09-27 |
| WHITEHEAD, David John | Director | 2007-03-16 | 2026-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elfreed Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-08-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.