CONTRACTOR UMBRELLA LIMITED
Company number 04324081 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Contractor Umbrella Limited represents a cautionary case study of the structural pressures facing mid-tier UK umbrella companies in the post-IR35 era. The company's 0.44% gross margin — well below the 1-2% sector norm — combined with balance sheet insolvency (net liabilities of £99,098), an 85% cash decline over four years, and the resignation of its principal shareholder-director, signal a business that has been unable to withstand the twin pressures of agency margin compression and HMRC compliance requirements. The company's move into liquidation reflects the broader market reality that only umbrella operators with sufficient scale, compliance infrastructure, and pricing power can sustain viability in this heavily regulated, low-margin sector.
Shareholders' funds
-£99,198
Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company is that of a contracting umbrella company.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-11-16
- Employees
- 656 (2025 accounts · was 692 in 2024)
- Registered office
- C/O CG & CO, 27 Byrom Street, Manchester, M3 4PF
- Postcode
- M3 4PF
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-04-30
- Next due by
- 2027-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-10
- Next due by
- 2026-11-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 69201 Accounting and auditing activities
Officers 2 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by D'ANCONIA LTD — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Gender pay gap
33.86%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom 10% for parity
Contact details
- Website
- contractorumbrella.org.uk
- Phone
- 07955838743, 01206591000, 01206761326
The hassle-free, straight talking umbrella company that provides umbrella employment for UK based Contractors and Freelancers.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SJD SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 2002-04-26 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 12 ST PETER'S COURT, ST PETER'S STREET, COLCHESTER, ESSEX, CO1 1WD | 2019-03-11 |
| BOWIE HOUSE 20 HIGH STREET, TRING, HERTFORDSHIRE HP23 5AH | 2005-10-13 |
| BOWIE HOUSE 20 HIGH STREET, TRING, HERTFORDSHIRE HP23 5AH | 2005-10-13 |
| S J D ACCOUNTANCY NORMAN HOUSE, BLACK PRINCE YARD, 207-209 HIGH STREET BERKHAMSTED, HERTFORDSHIRE HP4 1AD | 2002-07-03 |
| S J D ACCOUNTANCY NORMAN HOUSE, BLACK PRINCE YARD, 207-209 HIGH STREET BERKHAMSTED, HERTFORDSHIRE HP4 1AD | 2002-07-03 |
| 44 UPPER BELGRAVE ROAD, CLIFTON BRISTOL, BS8 2XN | 2001-11-22 |
| 44 UPPER BELGRAVE ROAD, CLIFTON BRISTOL, BS8 2XN | 2001-11-22 |
The class of 2001
49%
of the 803 companies in this sector incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.