{"name":"FAULKS & COX LIMITED","company_number":"04566788","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2002-10-18","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"21 Moat Way, Barwell, Leicestershire, LE9 8EY","postcode":"LE9 8EY","sic_codes":[{"code":46190,"description":"Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"RED GORILLA INTERNATIONAL LTD","changed_on":"2017-01-20"},{"name":"FAULKS & COX LIMITED","changed_on":"2017-01-18"},{"name":"FAULKS & CO LIMITED","changed_on":"2011-10-04"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":32,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":1177854,"cash":372860,"average_employees":32},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":1104372,"cash":426316,"average_employees":33},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":1168120,"cash":430956,"average_employees":30},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":1117164,"cash":537505},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":970068,"cash":596935}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":4,"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":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Faulks & Cox is a sub-£10m-turnover, 32-employee general merchandise distributor/agent (SIC 46190) whose 40% equity ratio, £1.18m net assets and near-zero bank debt place it well ahead of the highly-leveraged norm for small UK wholesalers, though a 1.36x current ratio and 0.79x quick ratio leave it unusually dependent on £1.16m of trade credit. Cash has fallen 58% since 2020 as working capital absorbed £160k in 2025, funded by a £110k increase in intra-group borrowing and a 63% jump in tax and social security creditors — the two items most deserving of scrutiny. Against a sector backdrop of NIC and wage inflation, inventory deflation and channel disintermediation, it is a resilient niche player rather than a scale competitor, best positioned for cash-generative stability or a trade sale than for aggressive expansion.","website":"http://faulks.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/faulks-cox","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/faulks-cox/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/faulks-cox/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04566788","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/faulks-cox/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/faulks-cox/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/faulks-cox/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/faulks-cox/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/faulks-cox"}