AMALGAMATED METAL TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-22 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£49M
-54.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£69M
+3.6% vs 2024
Employees
47
-7.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£16M
+25.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AMALGAMATED METAL TRADING LIMITED 1987-12-24 → present
- HENRY GARDNER & CO.,LIMITED 1919-07-11 → 1987-12-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,729,000 | £26,898,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,665,000 | £15,865,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,665,000 | £15,865,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,446,000 | £11,845,000 | |
| Cash | £107,087,000 | £48,607,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £66,948,000 | £69,347,000 | |
| Equity | £66,948,000 | £69,347,000 | |
| Average employees | 51 | 47 | |
| Wages | £7,545,000 | £8,912,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 58.3% | 59.0% | |
| Net margin | 43.5% | 44.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | 2.66x | 4.21x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements, as set out in Note 1(b) to the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company continues to invest in new technologies to enhance its product offering to clients and to improve internal operational efficiency.”
- “The Company had a strong year, maintaining its position as one of the leading global brokers of metal derivatives.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMPSEY, Stephen Christopher Roland | Secretary | 2024-03-19 | — | — |
| COLLIS, Matthew James | Director | 2024-11-28 | Oct 1969 | Australian |
| FRANCIS, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2023-02-14 | Sep 1974 | British |
| MICHIE, Hamish, Mr | Director | 2008-06-27 | Jul 1967 | British |
| SHER, David Stephen | Director | 2016-06-30 | Jul 1983 | British |
| STEEL, George William | Director | 2023-02-23 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROMLEY, Paul Gerald | Secretary | 2023-03-08 | 2024-03-19 |
| CORCOS, Edward David | Secretary | 2006-06-06 | 2023-03-08 |
| LAND, James William | Secretary | — | 2006-06-06 |
| BEALE, Michael John | Director | — | 2001-11-30 |
| BROMLEY, Paul Gerald | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2026-03-31 |
| CORCOS, Edward David | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2023-03-08 |
| DAVIS, Jack William | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2024-04-05 |
| FELLOWES, Nicholas John Ailwyn | Director | 2000-10-11 | 2024-10-31 |
| FITZGERALD, Alan O'Brian | Director | 2012-06-14 | 2019-12-31 |
| GAUNT, Keith Hunton | Director | — | 2000-10-11 |
| LAND, James William | Director | — | 2017-06-27 |
| LATCHAM, Kevin Dunn | Director | — | 2008-06-30 |
| LIVINGS, Michael Terence | Director | 2003-12-18 | 2011-06-30 |
| LOCK, Thomas Graham | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| MONTROSE, Peter Anthony | Director | 2000-10-11 | 2013-04-19 |
| PEMBERTON, Peter Alfred | Director | — | 2001-02-28 |
| ROBBINS, Giles Pruen | Director | 2015-02-26 | 2016-06-30 |
| ROWAN, Geoffrey Charles Leacroft | Director | 1991-12-10 | 2015-02-26 |
| SHARPLEY, Mark Alistair | Director | — | 1993-12-24 |
| SHER, Victor Herman | Director | — | 2015-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Amalgamated Metal Investments Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+23.8%
£21,729,000 £26,898,000
-
Cash
-54.6%
£107,087,000 £48,607,000
-
Net assets
+3.6%
£66,948,000 £69,347,000
-
Employees
-7.8%
51 47
-
Operating profit
+25.3%
£12,665,000 £15,865,000
-
Profit before tax
+25.3%
£12,665,000 £15,865,000
-
Wages
+18.1%
£7,545,000 £8,912,000
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