CRIMSON GUITARS LIMITED
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Executive summary
Crimson Guitars Limited has built differentiated capabilities in the niche UK musical instrument manufacturing space, but its financial position has deteriorated significantly from a 2020 peak, with net assets declining 85% and working capital turning negative. The "Proposal to Strike Off" status and overdue accounts represent an existential governance crisis that must be resolved immediately, while the 23% inventory build-up and doubling of short-term bank debt signal operational and financial stress that, if unaddressed, will likely push the company back toward insolvency within 12-18 months.
Shareholders' funds
£119,259
Balance sheet as at 2020-06-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the financial year was the manufacture and retail of both production and bespoke guitars, as well as the manufacture and retail of luthier tools and accessories.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2013-04-09
- Employees
- 18 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- The Old Dairy, Piddlehinton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7TH
- Postcode
- DT2 7TH
- Capital
- 200 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-29
- Financial year end
- 29 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-09
- Next due by
- 2027-04-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32200 Manufacture of musical instruments
Officers 2 current · 2 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- crimsonguitars.com
- Phone
- 0071189821, 01300 348863, 01626609444
Crimson Guitars, based in Dorset, is the premier UK manufacturer of both production and bespoke guitars to the highest of standards. We also manufacture a range of fine luthiers tools and have the largest purpose built guitar building school in the world.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 8 RIDGEWAY ROAD, SALISBURY, SP1 3BU | 2014-07-10 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 76 similar companies in DT — measured against the wider sector
3rd largest employer among its local peers (18 staff).
Trading since 2013.
The class of 2013
23%
of the 530,500 companies incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 75% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.