JOHN KNIGHT GLASS LIMITED

Company number 01898755 ·

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Executive summary

John Knight Glass Limited is a long-established regional glazing installer with valuable brand heritage and a diversified product portfolio, but is currently experiencing significant financial deterioration evidenced by a £136,521 decline in net assets and a 42.8% drop in cash reserves. The company's immediate strategic priority must be working capital optimization—particularly aggressive debtor collection to reverse the dangerous trend of rising trade debtors alongside declining cash. With energy efficiency regulations creating structural demand and the premium orangery/extension market offering margin expansion, the growth opportunity is real, but only if the company first stabilizes its operational and financial foundation.

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Shareholders' funds

£524,528

Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1985-03-25
Employees
30 (2025 accounts · was 33 in 2024)
Registered office
Barnston House, Beacon Lane, Heswall Wirral, Merseyside,, CH60 0EE
Postcode
CH60 0EE
Capital
201 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-04-30
Next due by
2027-01-31
Financial year end
30 April

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-07
Next due by
2027-07-21
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 43290 Other construction installation

Officers 5 current · 2 resigned

Appointed 2021-09-01
Appointed 1991-08-10
COMPANY SECRETARY Appointed 1991-08-10

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA810514 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.

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Contact details

Website
johnknightglass.co.uk
Phone
01513420200, 01513422266, 03031231113

John Knight Glass, established in 1984, offer a complete range of windows, doors, structural glazing, orangery's and other home improvements.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
BELLVINES LIMITED1985-05-09

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
169/171 TELEGRAPH ROAD, HESWALL, WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE L60 7SE1993-01-19
47 FLEETCROFT ROAD, ARROWPARK, UPTON, MERSEYSIDE, L49 5LZ1988-01-29
BRADBURN AND CO, DUCHY CHAMBERS, 24 SIR THOMAS STREET, LIVERPOOL1987-11-30

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 166 similar companies in CH

3rd largest employer among its local peers (30 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1985.

No.6 of the largest other construction installation companies in Chester →

182 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Chester

This company ranks 6 among other construction installation in Chester.

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The class of 1985

49%

of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2021-04-21
Where
Merseyside
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
MS688696 Merseyside Leasehold 2021-04-21

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