NPS (SHOES) LIMITED
Company number 05678953 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
NPS (Shoes) Limited is an outlier performer within the UK footwear manufacturing sector, delivering compound annual revenue growth of approximately 20% against an industry characterised by secular decline and offshoring. Its strategic investments in vertical integration, direct-to-consumer channels, and European distribution infrastructure have created a genuinely differentiated competitive position, underpinned by an exceptionally strong balance sheet with £8.39M cash representing 64% of total assets. The primary risks are margin compression – gross margins have fallen 5 percentage points to 44% as the company prioritises volume and market share over pricing – and production capacity constraints that limit the ability to capitalise on demand that already exceeds output. The concentrated family ownership structure provides strategic clarity but introduces key-person and succession risks that the board should address as the business continues to scale.
Shareholders' funds
£12,085,047
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The company's principal activity during the year continued to be manufacture of footwear.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-01-18
- Employees
- 58 (2025 accounts · was 60 in 2024)
- Registered office
- South Street, Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7RY
- Postcode
- NN29 7RY
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-22
- Next due by
- 2027-08-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
-
GOLDSMITH & CO (XEN) LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- nps-shoes.com
The only official online store for Solovair, Gripfast and NPS Shoes. Made in England at the NPS factory located in Wollaston, Northamptonshire. We are aware of fraudulent websites! The official NPS Solovair website URL is nps-solovair.com. Please be vigilant of scam or phishing websites circulating.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HOWPER 568 LIMITED | 2006-06-19 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| OXFORD HOUSE, CLIFTONVILLE, NORTHAMPTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NN1 5PN | 2006-05-26 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,382 similar companies in NN
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (58 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2006.
Competitors Northampton
This company ranks 4 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Northampton.
The class of 2006
20%
of the 18,620 companies in this sector incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 78% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 8 titles
- Freehold
- 8
- Most recent registration
- 2022-05-03
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,229,999
- Where
- North Northamptonshire (8)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN115494 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2022-05-03 | £405,000 |
| NN260151 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2021-07-20 | £499,999 |
| NN368991 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2019-08-20 | £325,000 |
| NN157885 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2018-01-04 | — |
| NN251497 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2018-01-04 | — |
| NN170345 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2013-05-15 | — |
| NN311414 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2012-07-11 | — |
| NN263973 | North Northamptonshire | Freehold | 2006-05-30 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
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