SHAPERS' TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£55k
-50.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£370k
-166.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
55
-8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£924k
-2,399.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-17.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-07-22 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £9,087,822 | £8,124,484 | £11,358,660 | £8,534,636 | -24.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,747,745 | -£1,280,968 | £69,430 | -£751,761 | -1,182.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,762,494 | -£1,312,483 | -£36,955 | -£923,813 | -2,399.8% | |
| Net profit | — | -£2,762,494 | -£1,312,483 | -£36,955 | -£923,813 | -2,399.8% | |
| Cash | — | £34,552 | £29,820 | £109,828 | £54,597 | -50.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,371,268 | £1,935,910 | £1,841,330 | £1,387,710 | -24.6% | |
| Net assets | — | £1,903,143 | £590,660 | £553,705 | -£370,108 | -166.8% | |
| Equity | — | £1,903,143 | £590,660 | £553,705 | -£370,108 | -166.8% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 69 | 54 | 60 | 55 | -8.3% | |
| Wages | — | £2,675,031 | £2,055,664 | £2,818,269 | £2,372,302 | -15.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £175,354 | £236,900 | £232,885 | £258,861 | +11.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £10,923 | £16,215 | £16,359 | +0.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £137,500 | £148,500 | +8% |
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 | 2021-07-22 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -30.2% | -15.8% | 0.6% | -8.8% | |
| Net margin | — | -30.4% | -16.2% | -0.3% | -10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -115.9% | -66.2% | 3.8% | -54.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 64.2% | 88.4% | 89.6% | 107.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.11x | 1.10x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -40.65x | 0.65x | -3.90x |
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
- SHAPERS' TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED 2021-10-19 → present
- CHERRY LVP LIMITED 2021-07-23 → 2021-10-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Directors of the Company confirms their assumptions that the Company is a going concern and no uncertainty exists in that respect.”
Significant events
- “During the summer of 2025 the Company has renewed its financing arrangements with IGF Business Credit Limited extending the current agreement through to 2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUGHLAN, Barry | Director | 2022-11-07 | Sep 1971 | Scottish |
| MUGFORD, Gary John | Director | 2022-01-05 | Oct 1965 | British |
| WESTWOOD, Steve | Director | 2023-06-29 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, Simon | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2021-12-31 |
| HONNA, Kenichi | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2021-12-31 |
| HOPKINS, Richard | Director | 2022-01-24 | 2023-08-31 |
| LOWE, Antony Stephen Hunter | Director | 2021-12-31 | 2022-11-07 |
| YUILL, William George Henry | Director | 2021-07-23 | 2021-09-29 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2021-07-23 | 2021-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shapers' Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-31 | Active |
| Arrk Product Development Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-29 | Ceased 2021-12-31 |
| Mitre Secretaries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-07-23 | Ceased 2021-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.