D R KITCHEN APPLIANCES LIMITED
Company number 01416524 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
D R Kitchen Appliances Limited presents a mixed credit profile: a long-established business with a strong net asset base (£4.06M) and low gearing, but facing significant headwinds from declining revenues (~40% cumulative decline over two years), critically low cash reserves, and an aggressive dividend policy that is eroding capital reserves. The company remains profitable with healthy gross margins (40.1%), and liabilities are reducing, but the sustainability of the dividend extraction and dependency on intra-group financing warrant caution. A conditional approval with covenants restricting dividend payouts and requiring regular financial reporting is recommended.
Shareholders' funds
£4,059,125
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the distribution of kitchen appliances, particularly cooker hoods.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1979-02-22
- Employees
- 16 (2025 accounts · was 18 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 91 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EX
- Postcode
- EC1V 7EX
- Capital
- 25,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-29
- Next due by
- 2027-08-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46499 Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 5 resigned
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| D.R. COOKER HOODS LIMITED | 2011-04-01 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 50-52 GREAT SUTTON STREET, LONDON, EC1V 0DJ | 2009-09-09 |
| 10 INVINCIBLE ROAD, FARNBOROUGH, HANTS, GU14 7QU | 1999-03-08 |
| 48 CAMP ROAD, FARNBOROUGH, HAMPSHIRE, GU14 6ED | 1987-04-02 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 71 similar companies in EC
2nd largest employer among its local peers (16 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1979.
Competitors London
This company ranks 2 among wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 1979
49%
of the 8,387 companies incorporated in 1979 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.