The Paint Shed Holdings Limited
Registered name: THE PAINT SHED HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of C.brewer & Sons Limited groupThe Paint Shed Holdings Limited made £16.1m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
The Paint Shed Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £16.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £1m profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£7.3m | −£9.1m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £879k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £879k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 45% | 43.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £180k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | £11.9k | £11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- C.brewer & Sons Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Paint Shed Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ian Russell(Paints)limitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (20)
- The Paint Shed LimitedRev. £27.1m · Profit £1.7m
- Abx Coatings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C Brewer & Sons Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- C Brewer & Sons Propco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C Brewer & Sons Retirement Benefits Scheme Trustees LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cane Adam LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Colour Consultant Service LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Colour Supplies (2024) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Decorate Now LtdFigures not disclosed
- Decorators Warehouse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Designerpaint LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fred Williamson,& Sons,limitedFigures not disclosed
- Handyman's Corner (Brixton) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Humberside Decorative Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paint and Decorative Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Robinson & Neal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spraystore LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Decorating Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tradipaints LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wallpaperdirect LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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