{"name":"CAPRICORN DETERGENTS LIMITED","company_number":"04262158","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2001-07-31","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"64 Bilton Way, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, LU1 1UU","postcode":"LU1 1UU","sic_codes":[{"code":20411,"description":"Manufacture of soap and detergents"}],"principal_activity":"20411","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":7,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":477992,"cash":356166,"average_employees":7},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":339802,"cash":307182,"average_employees":7},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":268722,"cash":250412,"average_employees":9},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":154352,"cash":122859},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":121571,"cash":126226}],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":2,"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":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Capricorn Detergents is a well-managed niche formulator that has delivered exceptional balance sheet growth over the past decade, transforming from near-insolvency in 2015 (£3,029 net assets) to a solidly capitalized small manufacturer (£339,802 net assets). Its conservative leverage, strong cash generation, and consistent equity building outperform typical small UK detergent manufacturers, many of which struggle with raw material volatility and margin compression. However, its sub-£1 million asset base and 7-employee headcount mean it lacks the procurement economies and market power of larger sector participants, positioning it as a capable but inherently scale-constrained niche player vulnerable to customer concentration and input cost pressures.","website":"https://capricorndetergents.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/capricorn-detergents","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/capricorn-detergents/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/capricorn-detergents/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04262158","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/capricorn-detergents/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/capricorn-detergents/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/capricorn-detergents/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/capricorn-detergents/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/capricorn-detergents"}