Symphony Coatings Group Limited
Registered name: SYMPHONY COATINGS GROUP LIMITED
Part of East Anglian Holdings Limited groupSymphony Coatings Group Limited made £1.3m revenue and £65.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Symphony Coatings Group Limited’s revenue was £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £65.9k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Gloucester,; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester,, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company of this company is East Anglian Holdings Limited. East Anglian Holdings Limited's registered office is Unit 3 Ambrose House, Meteor Court, Barnett Way, Gloucester, GL4 3GG.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | £613 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £378k | £243k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £243k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £65.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £65.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 90.2% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £109k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼94.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £116k | £55k |
| Net assets | £549k | £331k |
| Fixed assets | £971 | £971 |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £0 | £1.1k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £12.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼40%
- Now £331k
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £55k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £12.2k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £971
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- East Anglian Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Symphony Coatings Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- All-Finishes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hallam (P.M.) Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Industrial Wood Coatings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rapidpaint (Birmingham) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Symphony Coatings (East) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Symphony Coatings (West Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- Blue Line Abrasives LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eah Commercial LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eah Finishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eah Residential LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marrable & Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- Symphony Coatings (Northern Ireland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Symphony Finishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Symphony IT Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £65.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.