{"name":"STYLE MATTERS LIMITED","company_number":"04346727","status":"Liquidation","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2002-01-03","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Xeinadin Corporate Recovery Limited, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester, M2 3BD","postcode":"M2 3BD","sic_codes":[{"code":31090,"description":"Manufacture of other furniture"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":14,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","net_assets":426313,"cash":872111,"average_employees":14},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","net_assets":358266,"cash":385241,"average_employees":17},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":333142,"cash":466601},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":350623,"cash":652483},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":327455,"cash":799903}],"officers":{"current":1,"resigned":8,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[{"date":"2026-08-24","kind":"other"},{"date":"2026-08-24","kind":"other"}],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Style Matters Limited operated as a profitable, cash-generative contract furniture manufacturer serving the UK hospitality sector, with its most recent accounts showing strong profitability evidenced by corporation tax liabilities and substantial dividend payments. However, the company's current Liquidation status fundamentally reframes all financial metrics — the significant increase in trade creditors to £711,202, the near-doubling of dividends to £453,950, and the resignation of two directors collectively suggest value extraction preceding formal closure. The business exemplifies the challenges facing small premium manufacturers in the current environment: despite viable trading performance, the decision to liquidate indicates either shareholder-driven rationalisation or insurmountable structural concerns not fully visible in the balance sheet alone.","website":"https://stylematters.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/style-matters","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/style-matters/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/style-matters/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04346727","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/style-matters/financial","gazette":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/style-matters/gazette","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/style-matters/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/style-matters/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/style-matters/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/style-matters"}