JOHN KNIGHT GLASS LIMITED
Company number 01898755 · Monitor this company
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.
Shareholders' funds
£524,528
Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30
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
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43290 Other construction installation
Officers 5 current · 2 resigned
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
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BELLVINES LIMITED | 1985-05-09 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 169/171 TELEGRAPH ROAD, HESWALL, WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE L60 7SE | 1993-01-19 |
| 47 FLEETCROFT ROAD, ARROWPARK, UPTON, MERSEYSIDE, L49 5LZ | 1988-01-29 |
| BRADBURN AND CO, DUCHY CHAMBERS, 24 SIR THOMAS STREET, LIVERPOOL | 1987-11-30 |
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 →
Competitors Chester
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4. EVERCLAD LTD
This company ranks 6 among other construction installation in Chester.
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.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2021-04-21
- Where
- Merseyside
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS688696 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2021-04-21 | — |
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