COLCHESTER MACHINE TOOL SOLUTIONS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-18 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+78.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+4.9% vs 2023
Employees
42
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£540K
-53.1% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,068,221 | £12,859,706 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,148,226 | £534,948 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,151,103 | £540,428 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £862,294 | £539,317 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,393,586 | £2,484,633 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £11,016,294 | £11,555,611 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £11,016,294 | £11,555,611 | |
| Equity | — | — | £11,016,294 | £11,555,611 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 42 | 42 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,723,493 | £1,912,333 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 8.8% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 6.6% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 10.4% | 4.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 14.2% | 15.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 6.82x | 6.19x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months following the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 8 April 2022, Colchester Machine Tool Solutions Ltd was wholly acquired by Incompass LLC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUSSAIN, Sarah Shabbir | Secretary | 2021-11-16 | — | — |
| CATTOOR, Christopher | Director | 2024-01-29 | Aug 1982 | American |
| WRIGHT, Jonathan | Director | 2021-02-10 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRICK, Neil Richard | Secretary | 2012-01-18 | 2012-06-20 |
| GREEN, Arthur Richard | Secretary | 2011-03-14 | 2012-01-18 |
| MYERS, Alan Roy | Secretary | 1995-04-03 | 2011-03-14 |
| ROTHWELL, Alan | Secretary | — | 1995-04-03 |
| TAYLOR, Richard James | Secretary | 2012-06-20 | 2017-07-06 |
| TEARNE, Andrew Donald | Secretary | 2017-07-06 | 2021-11-16 |
| CARRICK, Neil Richard | Director | 2012-01-18 | 2020-12-22 |
| COLEMAN, Micah | Director | 2024-02-19 | 2025-02-21 |
| CONSDORF, Arnold Blake | Director | 2025-02-21 | 2025-12-31 |
| DICK, Andrew James | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2008-08-06 |
| DUPEE, Paul Rich | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2022-04-08 |
| EDGELEY, David George | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| FUSSEY, John Rowntree | Director | 1996-06-17 | 2006-12-20 |
| GASKELL, Colin Simister | Director | 1992-08-01 | 1997-08-20 |
| GASKELL, Colin Simister | Director | — | 1991-11-27 |
| KRASNY, Gary Mitchell | Director | 2020-12-22 | 2021-02-10 |
| MYERS, Alan Roy | Director | 2008-08-06 | 2009-02-05 |
| NORMAN, David Howard | Director | 2009-02-05 | 2012-03-26 |
| POWELL, Simon Robert James | Director | 1995-01-27 | 1996-02-01 |
| ROGERS, Nigel Foster | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2015-04-30 |
| ROTHWELL, Alan | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| SMITH, Brian Barrington John | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| SWEETEN, Anthony Ricardo | Director | — | 2006-01-25 |
| WAKEMAN, Martyn Gordon David | Director | 2006-12-20 | 2012-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 Group Public Limited Company (The) | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-12 | RP04PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing change details of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | RP04PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-23 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-11-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-20 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-11-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-11-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-11-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-1.6%
£13,068,221 £12,859,706
-
Cash
+78.3%
£1,393,586 £2,484,633
-
Net assets
+4.9%
£11,016,294 £11,555,611
-
Employees
0%
42 42
-
Operating profit
-53.4%
£1,148,226 £534,948
-
Profit before tax
-53.1%
£1,151,103 £540,428
-
Wages
+11%
£1,723,493 £1,912,333
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers