THE SYMPHONY GROUP PLC

Active
Company number 01022506Public limited companyIncorporated 1971

Key figures

£96,022,000-17.6%
Net assets 2025
-17.6%
Average annual change 2024–2025
050 m100 m150 m20242025

† THE SYMPHONY GROUP PLC filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 31020

Where the company stands among the 2,264 active companies whose first SIC code is 31020 (Manufacture of kitchen furniture).

Turnover£332,931,000
Higher than 97% · median £430,945 among 38 that publish turnover
Net assets£96,022,000
Higher than 99% · median £10,199
Total assets£147,191,000
Higher than 99% · median £73,842
Cash£24,681,000
Higher than 99% · median £27,927
Employees1,685
Higher than 99% · median 2
Company age55.2 years
Older than 99% · median 7.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. THE SYMPHONY GROUP PLC£96m
  2. WILSONART LIMITED£62.1m
  3. ULTIMA FURNITURE SYSTEMS LIMITED£47.4m
  4. E.L.HEAD LIMITED£28.3m
  5. SOUTHDOWN KITCHEN FURNITURE LIMITED£15.8m
  6. CROWN PRODUCTS (KENT) LIMITED£13.3m
  7. JOINERY AND TIMBER CREATIONS (65) LIMITED£12.6m
  8. SIGMA 3 (KITCHENS) LIMITED£11.2m
  9. TRADE MOULDINGS LIMITED£11.1m
  10. HILL'S PANEL PRODUCTS LIMITED£10.9m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 2,264. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: THE SYMPHONY GROUP PLC

What kind of company is it?

THE SYMPHONY GROUP PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01022506. It was incorporated on 27 Aug 1971. Its status is active. The registered office is in Barnsley (S72). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of kitchen furniture (31020).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £332,931,000. Profit for the year was £16,546,000. Net assets were £96,022,000, down 17.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £24,681,000. Total assets were £147,191,000 and total liabilities £46,223,000. The company had an average of 1,685 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,264 active companies whose first SIC code is 31020: By turnover it ranks higher than 97% of the 38 that publish turnover (median £430,945). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £10,199). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £73,842). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £27,927). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 99% of them (median age 7.0 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 47 public contract award notices from 28 public sector buyers since 2012. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £196.6m. Its most frequent buyer is QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED (8 contracts). 30 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, glass, iron and steel articles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, miscellaneous metal articles. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 23 days to pay suppliers, and 26% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 2.6% higher than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 18 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 9 Aug 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover319,979,000332,931,000
Profit for the year8,276,00016,546,000
Cash at bank and in hand49,600,00024,681,000
Total assets171,885,000147,191,000
Total liabilities50,034,00046,223,000
Net assets / total equity116,476,00096,022,000
Average number of employees1,6831,685

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

47 contracts

THE SYMPHONY GROUP PLC is named as a supplier in 47 public contract award notices from 28 public sector buyers since 2012. The 15 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £196.6m. 30 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers28
QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
8 contracts · £6m
CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD
4 contracts
PROSPER
3 contracts
Cirrus Consortium c/o Halton Housing
2 contracts · £180m
BERNESLAI HOMES LIMITED
2 contracts · £1.4m
Contracts
  1. NCC1588 Kitchen SupplyNorthumberland County Council · £360,000 · runs until Jul 2027
  2. Supply & Distribution of Kitchens FrameworkPROSPER PROCUREMENT LIMITED · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £4,500,000,000 in total · 6 lots · runs until Sep 2030
  3. Cirrus Consortium c/o Halton Housing Kitchen Supply Framework 2025CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £150,000,000 in total · runs until Jun 2029
  4. Cirrus Consortium Kitchen Supply Framework 2025Cirrus Consortium c/o Halton Housing · £150,000,000
  5. STAR & TPPL Materials Framework‡STAR Procurement C/O Trafford Council · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £25,000,000 in total
Show 42 more
  1. Procurement for Housing Planned Works (Scotland) Framework‡Procurement for Housing Ltd (t/a PfH Scotland) · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £20,000,000 in total
  2. EEM0072 Supply and Distribution of Materials FrameworkEFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £55,000,000 in total
  3. Places for People Group Kitchens‡Places for People Group Limited · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £10,000,000 in total
  4. Procurement for Housing: Planned Works Framework‡Procurement for Housing · shared by 67 suppliers · runs until Jul 2028
  5. Supply of kitchens‡Lancaster City Council · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £25,000,000 in total
  6. Kitchen SupplyBERNESLAI HOMES LIMITED · £450,000 · runs until Mar 2028
  7. Provision of a Decarbonisation Services Partner for the Education Sector‡West Mercia Energy · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total
  8. Supply and Distribution of Kitchens Framework‡PROSPER · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £50,000,000 in total · 6 lots
  9. Supply and Installation of Kitchens - Scotland‡Places for People Developments Limited · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £32,000,000 in total · 4 lots
  10. Framework Agreement for Goods and Materials (Planned Maintenance Works)PROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITED · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £80,000,000 in total
  11. NCC673 Call-off under Consortium Procurement Construction in association with the LHC Supply of Kitchen Unts and Work Top K6 Framework‡Northumberland County Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £450,000 in total
  12. NCC877 - Design,Supply & Installation of Kitchens at Whinney Hill Site‡Advance Northumberland Limited · £526,000
  13. Cirrus Consortium Kitchen Supply Framework 2021CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £30,000,000 in total
  14. Cirrus Consortium Kitchen Supply Framework 2021‡Cirrus Consortium c/o Halton Housing · £30,000,000
  15. Gentoo - Supply only and Supply and Fit of Kitchens‡PROSPER · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £18,210,127 in total · runs until Aug 2028
  16. Gentoo - Supply only and Supply and Fit of Kitchens‡Gentoo Group Ltd · £5,158,891
  17. Framework for the Supply and Distribution of Kitchens‡PROSPER · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £100,000,000 in total
  18. Kitchens Windows and Doors - 2020‡Procurement for Housing Ltd (t/a PfH Scotland) · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £40,000,000 in total
  19. Gallows Hill, Warwickshire‡QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED · £456,908
  20. Beaulieu Park, K&L‡QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED · £1,220,634
  21. London and Quadrant Housing Trust - Supply and Fix Kitchen Units Framework 2021 - 2025 - AWARD‡L&Q Construction · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £50,000,000 in total
  22. Fusion21 Material Supply & Associated Services Framework‡Fusion21 Members Consortium · shared by 37 suppliers, up to £460,000,000 in total
  23. Framework of Suppliers for Kitchens, including Adapted Kitchens and Sinks‡Ark Housing Consultancy · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £15,000,000 in total
  24. Supply of Building Materials - Kitchen UnitsNewcastle Bridges School · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £1,400,000 in total
  25. Kitchen Replacement Programme‡Beyond Housing Ltd · £168,000
  26. Planned Materials Framework - LOT 30‡BERNESLAI HOMES LIMITED · £918,000
  27. London and Quadrant Housing Trust - Kitchen Units Framework 2018 - 2020 - AWARD‡L&Q Construction · shared by 9 suppliers
  28. The Hyde‡QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED · £2,654,884
  29. Kitchen cabinets, worktops and associated productsLHC · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £60,000,000 in total
  30. 219-221 Bow Road‡QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
  31. Re:allies Framework Agreement for the Supply of Goods and MaterialsPROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITED · shared by 75 suppliers, up to £708,000,000 in total
  32. 202b - 203 Barking Riverside‡QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
  33. J105932 - Erith High Street‡QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED · £274,705
  34. YPO - 000831 Supply and Installation of fitted and Loose Furniture for Education, Social Housing and Assisted Living‡YPO · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £7,000,000 in total
  35. The Supply of Kitchens, Bathrooms and Associated Installation and Maintenance Services‡Procurement for Housing · shared by 13 suppliers, up to £15,000,000 in total
  36. Cirrus Consortium Kitchen Materials Supply Framework‡CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD · shared by 9 suppliers, up to £30,000,000 in total
  37. Quebec Way Phase B‡QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED · £574,601
  38. Sussex supply and design of kitchen units and associated products‡AMICUSHORIZON LIMITED · £3,000,000
  39. Quebec Way - Kitchens‡QUADRANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED · £795,892
  40. Cirrus Consortium Materials Framework‡CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD · shared by 20 suppliers, up to £350,000,000 in total
  41. Supply of Materials Framework‡Fusion 21 Limited · shared by 47 suppliers
  42. ICT SW Licence & Supp: GIS, NLPG, NSGTORBAY COUNCIL · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £93,500 in total

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
23 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
26%
Standard payment terms
1–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 71%
  • 31 to 60 days 13%
  • After 60 days 16%
Earlier periods (5)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
44
63%
21%
30 Jun 2025
24
70%
16%
31 Dec 2024
28
70%
16%
30 Jun 2024
24
70%
17%
31 Dec 2023
29
64%
15%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 2.6% higher
Mean hourly pay
women 11.2% lower
Median bonus pay
women 6.7% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter35% womenLower middle19% womenUpper middle37.3% womenUpper pay quarter20.3% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 4.8% lower
women 10.8% lower
2023/24
women 6.5% lower
women 16.3% lower
2022/23
women 37% lower
women 20.4% lower
2021/22
women 17.2% lower
women 24.3% lower
2020/21
women 17.4% lower
women 22% lower
2019/20
women 17.7% lower
women 17.6% lower
2018/19
women 21.2% lower
women 22.3% lower
2017/18
women 16.1% lower
women 23.2% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements6
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (3)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, glass, iron and steel articles, miscellaneous metal articles and furniture and lighting.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 9 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting and miscellaneous metal articles.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £332.9m, net assets £96m, 1,685 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £320m, net assets £116.5m, 1,683 employees
  3. Symphony Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.