ESAB GROUP (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-05 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7K
-84.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£76M
+5.4% vs 2023
Employees
34
-2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+6.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ESAB GROUP (UK) LIMITED 1984-03-27 → present
- ESAB LIMITED 1933-05-16 → 1984-03-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,843,000 | £35,794,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,521,000 | £1,313,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,880,000 | £4,135,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,548,000 | £3,922,000 | |
| Cash | £46,000 | £7,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £72,418,000 | £76,387,000 | |
| Net assets | £72,418,000 | £76,340,000 | |
| Equity | £72,418,000 | £76,340,000 | |
| Average employees | 35 | 34 | |
| Wages | £2,004,000 | £1,932,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.1% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.9% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | 16.90x | 19.28x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of ESAB Corporation to continue as a going concern or its ability to continue with the current banking arrangements. The letter of support confirms that ESAB Corporation will support the company to meet all liabilities for a period to 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has impacted the manufacturing cost base of our supply chain, specifically around energy and raw materials costs. Furthermore, the UK cost of living crisis has also led to increased costs and inflation.”
- “During 2024 we saw further small reductions in the impact arising from this conflict and the overall cost of manufacturing”
- “The Company has assessed the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and determined there is no material impact on its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEWELL, Curtis Evan | Director | 2022-02-14 | Dec 1981 | American |
| JOHNSON, Kevin | Director | 2022-02-14 | Sep 1975 | British |
| MANSELL, Christopher Edwin | Director | 2011-07-13 | Jul 1970 | British |
| TODD, David | Director | 2023-04-03 | Jul 1970 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2010-12-31 | 2012-01-27 |
| DUHIG, Melanie | Secretary | 2010-07-16 | 2010-12-31 |
| GIBSON, David John Armstrong | Secretary | 1994-02-07 | 2011-07-13 |
| MACLEOD, Roderick | Secretary | — | 1994-02-07 |
| STEBBINGS, Paul | Secretary | 2009-02-17 | 2010-07-16 |
| THOMAS, Walter Joe, Dr | Secretary | 2007-04-16 | 2008-12-17 |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-04-02 | 2017-03-30 |
| BRANNAN, Charles Scott | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2016-09-01 |
| CLARK, Robin Hurst | Director | 2013-04-05 | 2014-11-30 |
| DODD, Peter Gerald | Director | — | 2011-07-13 |
| EGAN, David John | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2012-12-07 |
| FLEXON, William (Bill) | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2020-02-05 |
| GIBSON, David John Armstrong | Director | 1994-02-07 | 2012-10-25 |
| KISBY, Gary Paul | Director | 2009-05-14 | 2023-04-03 |
| LEHMAN, Mark Paul | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2019-10-01 |
| MACLEOD, Roderick | Director | — | 1997-01-10 |
| MURRAY, Thomas Anthony | Director | 2013-04-05 | 2014-11-21 |
| PATEY, John | Director | 1995-10-12 | 2004-11-10 |
| PRYOR, Daniel Alexis | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2022-02-14 |
| PUCKETT, Anne Lynne | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2019-02-12 |
| STOCKWELL, Andrew James | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2013-03-31 |
| TEMPLEMAN, Jonathan | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2009-05-08 |
| WILKINSON, John Graham | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esab Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to 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
- 0
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
-5.4%
£37,843,000 £35,794,000
-
Cash
-84.8%
£46,000 £7,000
-
Net assets
+5.4%
£72,418,000 £76,340,000
-
Employees
-2.9%
35 34
-
Operating profit
-13.7%
£1,521,000 £1,313,000
-
Profit before tax
+6.6%
£3,880,000 £4,135,000
-
Wages
-3.6%
£2,004,000 £1,932,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers