PIPER BOATS LIMITED

Company number 04471797 ·

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Executive summary

Piper Boats possesses genuine strategic assets—a defensible niche, manufacturing capability, and 20+ years of brand equity—but faces an existential liquidity crisis that demands immediate action before growth opportunities can be pursued. The path forward requires aggressive working capital optimisation (accelerating debtor collection, restructuring creditor terms, implementing milestone-based customer payments) and strategic clarification of group funding commitments to stabilise the cash position. Only with a secured liquidity floor can the company leverage its market position to capture the structural demand tailwinds in the inland waterways sector.

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Shareholders' funds

£406,915

Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2002-06-27
Employees
23 (2025 accounts · was 28 in 2024)
Registered office
Unit 6 Prospect Way, Knypersley, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST8 7PL
Postcode
ST8 7PL
Capital
25,000 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
3 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-06-30
Next due by
2027-03-31
Financial year end
30 June

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-27
Next due by
2027-07-11
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 25110 Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Officers 5 current · 3 resigned

MRS Andrea PIPER Director
Appointed 2013-10-17
MRS Joanne PLANT Director
Appointed 2013-10-17
Appointed 2008-03-01
MR NICHOLAS PLANT Secretary
ACCOUNTANT Appointed 2002-07-24
Appointed 2002-07-24

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Group structure

Controlled by PIPER BOATS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2018-03-01

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Contact details

Website
piperboats.com
Phone
01782510610

Piper Boats design and build a fantastic range of Dutch style barges, visit our website for more details.

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
UNIT 2A, 6 PROSPECT WAY KNYPERSLEY, STOKE ON TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST8 7PL2011-07-15
3 P W S INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, TUNSTALL ROAD, BIDDULPH, STOKE ON TRENT, ST8 7BE2005-10-25
THE COACH HOUSE MOSSLEY HALL, BIDDULPH ROAD, CONGLETON, CW12 3LZ2002-08-17
192 SHERINGHAM AVENUE, MANOR PARK, LONDON E12 5QP2002-07-18

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Among the biggest employers

of 37 similar companies in ST, with 23 staff.

Competitors Stoke-On-Trent

This company ranks 33 among manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures in Stoke-On-Trent.

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The class of 2002

48%

of the 274 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.

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

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