ORIGIN FRAMES LIMITED
Company number 04449292 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Origin Frames Limited occupies a strong strategic position in the UK premium aluminium fenestration market, underpinned by operational differentiation (24-hour lead times, "On Time and In Full" delivery), a fortress balance sheet with £14.7m cash and £22m net assets, and the patient capital advantage of family ownership. However, the 35% profit decline against a 10% revenue decline signals margin compression that must be addressed, the loss-making US subsidiary requires a clear path to profitability or strategic reassessment, and the company must convert its financial strength into decisive market share gains during the current cyclical downturn rather than simply riding out the storm.
Shareholders' funds
£19,308,673
Balance sheet as at 2023-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of the manufacture and sale of aluminium doors and windows.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-05-28
- Employees
- 353 (2023 accounts · was 389 in 2022)
- Registered office
- Origin Frames Limited Unit 7 Sands Industrial Estate, Hillbottom Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, HP12 4HS
- Postcode
- HP12 4HS
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-28
- Next due by
- 2027-06-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25120 Manufacture of doors and windows of metal
Officers 5 current · 8 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by ORIGIN FRAMES HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2024-10-28
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Gender pay gap
12%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1ST FLOOR BRIDGE HOUSE, 25 FIDDLE BRIDGE LANE, HATFIELD, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL10 0SP | 2020-08-25 |
| WATERMEAD HOUSE, 2 CODICOTE ROAD WELWYN, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL6 9NB | 2012-08-08 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 11 similar companies in HP
The largest employer among its local peers (353 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2002.
Competitors High Wycombe
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5. JFAN UK LTD
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of doors and windows of metal in High Wycombe.
The class of 2002
40%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 8 titles
- Leasehold
- 8
- Most recent registration
- 2023-09-20
- Where
- Buckinghamshire (6), Oxfordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON383476 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2023-09-20 | — |
| ON378637 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2023-01-30 | — |
| BM432847 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2019-05-17 | — |
| BM413471 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2017-04-04 | — |
| BM413472 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2017-04-04 | — |
| BM413473 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2017-04-04 | — |
| BM413474 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2017-04-04 | — |
| BM410114 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2016-11-22 | — |
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