SPERLING RETAIL LIMITED
Company number 06784789 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Sperling Retail Limited operates as a niche manufacturer in the competitive UK metal fabrication and contract furniture sector, where its financial profile reveals a business that has achieved meaningful balance sheet recovery but remains structurally constrained. The restoration of positive net assets from a (£663,929) deficit in 2022 to £401,650 in 2024 is commendable, yet this improvement masks operational fragility: critically low cash reserves of £15, heavy dependency on invoice financing (£1.26M secured against assets), and stretched trade creditor terms indicate a business operating at the margins of working capital viability. The company's competitive position as a smaller-tier manufacturer with limited fixed assets and historical accumulated losses suggests vulnerability to sector headwinds, though parental backing from Ets Group Holdings provides a potential safety net.
Shareholders' funds
£824,531
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2009-01-07
- Employees
- 46 (2025 accounts · was 40 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 31 High Street, Haverhill, England, CB9 8AD
- Postcode
- CB9 8AD
- Capital
- 181,882 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-08
- Next due by
- 2027-01-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
- 31010 Manufacture of office and shop furniture
Officers 1 current · 12 resigned
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| TAYVIN 406 LIMITED | 2009-04-27 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2 MILL ROAD, HAVERHILL, SUFFOLK, CB9 8BD, ENGLAND | 2019-08-06 |
| 6 MANOR ROAD, HAVERHILL, SUFFOLK, CB9 0EP | 2018-12-06 |
| MERLIN PLACE MILTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB4 0DP | 2009-05-12 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 12/05/2009 FROM, MERLIN PLACE MILTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB4 0DP | 2009-05-12 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 47 similar companies in CB
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (46 staff).
Trading since 2009.
Competitors Cambridge
This company ranks 11 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Cambridge.
The class of 2009
40%
of the 443 companies in this sector incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.