THE COVENTRY GROUP LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 20411Where the company stands among the 852 active companies whose first SIC code is 20411 (Manufacture of soap and detergents).
- ECOLAB LIMITED£124.6m
- MEDIK8 LIMITED£67.7m
- ARCH UK BIOCIDES LIMITED£61.4m
- STAR BRANDS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£50.3m
- CHRISTEYNS UK LTD£41m
- CLEAN TOPCO LIMITED£39.3m
- STAR BRANDS LIMITED£37.1m
- AUTOSMART HOLDINGS LIMITED£31.2m
- EASY CLEANING SOLUTIONS LIMITED£15.7m
- SC JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL LIMITED£14.9m
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 852. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: THE COVENTRY GROUP LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
THE COVENTRY GROUP LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03806687. It was incorporated on 14 Jul 1999. Its status is active. The registered office is in Coventry (CV3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of soap and detergents (20411).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Nov 2025); the company files medium company accounts. Turnover was £0. Profit for the year was £1,988,000. Net assets were £2,717,000, down 0.4% on the previous year. The company had an average of 2,000 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2019/20–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 852 active companies whose first SIC code is 20411: By turnover it ranks lower than 85% of the 42 that publish turnover (median £9,574,847). By net assets it ranks higher than 92% of them (median £1,870). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 90% of them (median age 5.0 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, soaps and waxes, inorganic chemicals. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly inorganic chemicals, paints, dyes and inks, soaps and waxes.
Who runs and controls the company?
The company has 2 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 6 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Aug 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 2 Aug 2027.
Dividends
from the accountsDividends paid in the financial year: £2,000,000 (101% of the profit for the year).
Filed accounts2019/20–2024/25
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 1,129,000 | 874,000 | 384,000 | 5,000 | 0 |
| Profit for the year | 859,000 | 257,000 | 167,000 | 90,000 | 1,988,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 4,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 0 | — |
| Total assets | 4,129,000 | 4,111,000 | 4,113,000 | 4,183,000 | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net assets / total equity | 2,315,000 | 2,572,000 | 2,739,000 | 2,729,000 | 2,717,000 |
| Average number of employees | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Dividends paid | 520,000 | — | — | 100,000 | 2,000,000 |
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.
Principal activity
Accounts 2025The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the manufacture and distribution of hygiene products and that of an intermediate holding company.
As described in the company's latest filed accounts.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, soaps and waxes, inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals and miscellaneous chemicals.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: inorganic chemicals, paints, dyes and inks, soaps and waxes, miscellaneous chemicals and perfumery and cosmetics.
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
53 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £0, net assets £2.7m, 2,000 employees
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £5,000, net assets £2.7m, 2,000 employees
- Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £384k, net assets £2.7m, 2,000 employees
- Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £874k, net assets £2.6m, 2,000 employees
- Paul MARSH resignedDirector
- Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: turnover £1.1m, net assets £2.3m, 3,000 employees
- Financial year 2019/20 endedAccounts: net assets £2m, 198 employees
- Peter John BRIDGE resignedDirector
Earlier events (45)
- The Coventry Group Topco Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Michael Montgomery Scott-Underdown ceased to be a person with significant control
- Mr Michael Montgomery Scott-Underdown registered as a person with significant control
- Michael Montgomery SCOTT-UNDERDOWN resignedDirector
- Mr Michael Scott Underdown ceased to be a person with significant control
- Mr Stephen Quinlan ceased to be a person with significant control
- Stephen Eugene MURRAY resignedDirector
- Darren Paul LANGDON appointedDirector
- Paul MARSH appointedDirector
- Stephen Eugene MURRAY appointedDirector
- Martin HOVARD resignedSecretary
- Martin John HOVARD resignedDirector
- Stephen QUINLAN appointedSecretary
- Stephen QUINLAN resignedSecretary
- Martin HOVARD appointedSecretary
- Mr Michael Scott Underdown registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Stephen Quinlan registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Stephen Quinlan registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Stephen Quinlan ceased to be a person with significant control
- Peter John BRIDGE appointedDirector
- Martin John HOVARD appointedDirector
- Paul Robert STANILAND resignedDirector
- Mark Edward WARD resignedDirector
- Christopher Dathan ROBERTS resignedDirector
- Christopher Dathan ROBERTS appointedDirector
- Mark Edward WARD appointedDirector
- Anthony Colin BARTON resignedDirector
- Valerie Jean BENNETT resignedDirector
- Claudia Lynn ROGERS resignedSecretary
- Stephen QUINLAN appointedDirector
- Stephen QUINLAN appointedSecretary
- Anthony Colin BARTON appointedDirector
- Michael Montgomery SCOTT-UNDERDOWN appointedDirector
- Paul Robert STANILAND appointedDirector
- Shaun Kevin PERRY resignedSecretary
- Claudia Lynn ROGERS appointedSecretary
- Michael Scott GAY resignedSecretary
- Simon Hugh GREGORY resignedDirector
- Shaun Kevin PERRY appointedSecretary
- Valerie Jean BENNETT appointedDirector
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedNominee secretary (corporate)
- Michael Scott GAY appointedSecretary
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedNominee secretary (corporate)
- Simon Hugh GREGORY appointedDirector
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.