A high-end bathroom retailer with showrooms across the UK grew sales by 10.2% last year to £37.6 million.

CP Hart, founded in London by Charles Percival Hart in 1937, suffered a slip in pre-tax profits by 6% to £1.7 million according to its latest accounts filed at Companies House.

Expanded by its founder’s sons Tom and John, the business is today owned by Charco 2010 Ltd, which has made Crossways Business Park in Dartford its head office, where it has a showroom.

The company continued to focus on developing its nine existing showrooms in affluent parts of London, plus another seven across the country, including Tunbridge Wells High Street.

It is also trying to increase contract sales with hotels and property developers.