Rainbow Blinds and Fabrics Limited
Registered name: RAINBOW BLINDS AND FABRICS LIMITED
Part of Crest (Properties) Scotland Ltd groupRainbow Blinds and Fabrics Limited made £4.1m revenue and £318k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rainbow Blinds and Fabrics Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £4.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £318k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of soft furnishings” and is based in Wishaw; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wishaw, Scotland
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- 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: “GC Group Limited”
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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.1m | £4.2m | £4.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.9m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £561k | £337k | £414k |
| Profit before tax | — | £561k | £339k | £411k |
| Profit after tax | — | £426k | £254k | £318k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £426k | £254k | £318k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 54 | 51 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 8.4% | 6.1% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 56.5% | 56.9% | 57% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £93.9k | £82k | £82.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7.9k | £5k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼17.5% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼40.4% | ▲25% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼5.6% | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £943k | £1m | £972k | £562k |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £4.6m | £4.8m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £322k | £294k | £274k | £240k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £5m | £5.2m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £509k | £401k | £244k | £294k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £562k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £240k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Crest (Properties) Scotland Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- GC Group Limited75–100%
- Rainbow Blinds and Fabrics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Blinds4you LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cruickshanks Blinds LtdFigures not disclosed
- Dutton & Gavin (Textiles) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John King & Son LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scotblinds Larbert LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sutherland Blinds Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- The Shutter Company 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 2025 (profit £318k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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