A.C. PUDDLE & CO. LIMITED
Company number 01168355 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
A.C. Puddle & Co. Limited is a solvent, debt-free, 51-year-old family plumbing and HVAC contractor whose financial health has been quietly deteriorating for three years: net assets have fallen 30.9% from their 2022 peak to £91,025, working capital has thinned to just £4,065 (current ratio 1.07), and the most recent year's asset growth was funded entirely by a 19% rise in short-term creditors rather than by earnings. The company is not in distress — there is no long-term debt, no overdue filing and no insolvency indicator — and the sharply decelerating rate of decline suggests the position may be stabilising, but the absence of any filed profit and loss account means the underlying cause cannot be confirmed from public data. The priority actions are to produce monthly management accounts, explain the outsized 2024 fall in reserves, and rebuild working capital toward a 1.25–1.5 current ratio before the thin liquidity cushion is tested.
Shareholders' funds
£100,253
Balance sheet as at 2026-04-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1974-04-29
- Employees
- 5 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- 111 Osborne Road, Pontypool, Gwent, NP4 6LU
- Postcode
- NP4 6LU
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2028-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-20
- Next due by
- 2027-04-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43220 Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Officers 7 current
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 192 similar companies in NP
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (5 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1974.
Competitors Newport
This company ranks 26 among plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation in Newport.
The class of 1974
53%
of the 5,338 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2007-03-06
- Price paid, where recorded
- £25,000
- Where
- Torfaen (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA337801 | Torfaen | Freehold | 2007-03-06 | — |
| WA658470 | Torfaen | Freehold | 1997-08-04 | £25,000 |
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