Quest Consumables Limited
Wholesale of machine tools · Leeds
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1973Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£3,416,739
Cash
£1,055,409
Turnover
£17,331,087
Profit / loss
—
Current assets
£7,733,241
Creditors < 1 year
£4,486,437
Equity
£3,416,739
Average employees
87
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £3,416,739 | £3,500,792 |
| Equity | £3,416,739 | £3,500,792 |
| Share capital | £305,742 | £305,742 |
| Retained earnings | £3,110,997 | £3,195,050 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £174,888 | £190,340 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £174,888 | £190,340 |
| Current assets | £7,733,241 | £7,205,942 |
| Cash at bank | £1,055,409 | £468,920 |
| Debtors | £3,073,102 | £3,144,116 |
| Stock | £3,604,730 | £3,592,906 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors | £296,147 | £531,367 |
| Creditors within one year | £4,486,437 | £3,887,131 |
| Provisions | £4,953 | £8,359 |
| Net current assets | £3,246,804 | £3,318,811 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £3,421,692 | £3,509,151 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £17,331,087 | £17,698,015 |
| Profit before tax | £1,958,285 | £2,153,005 |
| Tax | £442,338 | £537,954 |
| Dividends | £1,600,000 | £2,100,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £69,615 | £63,035 |
| Operating lease charges | £439,596 | £408,265 |
| Audit fees | £38,300 | £35,600 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 87 | 92 |
| Staff costs | £3,780,071 | £3,649,130 |
| Wages & salaries | £3,374,514 | £3,329,293 |
| Social security costs | £342,549 | £261,168 |
| Pension costs | £63,008 | £58,669 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Rema Tip Top Holdings UK Limited
- Ultimate parent
- OWG Beteiligungs AG
- Accounts
- Full accounts · FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-02-20, signed by M B Insley
Turnover by segment (6)
- Supply and distribution of workshop consumables and tools: 17,331,087 (2025-12-31)
- Supply and distribution of workshop consumables and tools: 17,698,015 (2024-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 17,126,499 (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 17,499,711 (2024-12-31)
- Rest of Europe: 204,588 (2025-12-31)
- Rest of Europe: 198,304 (2024-12-31)
Related parties (3)
- FST Consumables Limited · fellow subsidiary company · Group VAT registration; VAT owed to HMRC · £113,365
- HMRC · Import duty guarantee · £40,000
- fellow group undertaking · fellow group undertaking · Group overdraft facility; year-end overdraft · £296,147
Borrowings (1)
- Group overdraft facility held by a fellow group undertaking · £296,147 · secured on a fixed and floating charge over the company's assets
Share classes (2)
- 255,742 Ordinary shares of £1 each of £1
- 50,000 Preference shares of £1 each of £1
Contingent liabilities (1)
- The company has given guarantees in respect of import duty payable to HMRC which amounted to £40,000 (2024 - £40,000) at the year-end.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesShow 5 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2004-09-20 · satisfied 2024-10-29
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2004-04-15 · satisfied 2019-01-30
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2004-04-15 · satisfied 2006-10-06
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 1998-07-31 · satisfied 2004-05-18
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 1985-02-26
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