{"name":"NPS (SHOES) LIMITED","company_number":"05678953","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2006-01-18","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"South Street, Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7RY","postcode":"NN29 7RY","sic_codes":[{"code":82990,"description":"Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"The company's principal activity during the year continued to be manufacture of footwear.","previous_names":[{"name":"HOWPER 568 LIMITED","changed_on":"2006-06-19"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Medium","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":58,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","turnover":13678767,"profit_loss":2851111,"net_assets":12085047,"cash":8393313,"average_employees":58},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","turnover":11619704,"profit_loss":2635189,"net_assets":9603936,"cash":6726513,"average_employees":60},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","turnover":9351058,"net_assets":7268747,"cash":4022470},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","turnover":7942585,"net_assets":5451514,"cash":3836385},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":3463150,"cash":2782915}],"officers":{"current":4,"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":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"NPS (Shoes) Limited is an outlier performer within the UK footwear manufacturing sector, delivering compound annual revenue growth of approximately 20% against an industry characterised by secular decline and offshoring. Its strategic investments in vertical integration, direct-to-consumer channels, and European distribution infrastructure have created a genuinely differentiated competitive position, underpinned by an exceptionally strong balance sheet with £8.39M cash representing 64% of total assets. The primary risks are margin compression – gross margins have fallen 5 percentage points to 44% as the company prioritises volume and market share over pricing – and production capacity constraints that limit the ability to capitalise on demand that already exceeds output. The concentrated family ownership structure provides strategic clarity but introduces key-person and succession risks that the board should address as the business continues to scale.","website":"https://uk.nps-solovair.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/nps-(shoes)","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/nps-(shoes)/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/nps-(shoes)/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05678953","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/nps-(shoes)/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/nps-(shoes)/control","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/nps-(shoes)/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/nps-(shoes)"}