SYMMETRY MEDICAL SHEFFIELD LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-03 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£667K
+66,600% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
-8.4% vs 2023
Employees
314
+5.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+33.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SYMMETRY MEDICAL SHEFFIELD LTD. 2010-05-21 → present
- THORNTON PRECISION COMPONENTS LIMITED 1999-03-04 → 2010-05-21
- BI THORNTON LIMITED 1997-04-17 → 1999-03-04
- GEORGE WM.THORNTON,LIMITED 1934-10-18 → 1987-02-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,961,000 | £42,591,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,660,000 | -£1,721,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,189,000 | -£2,128,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,189,000 | -£2,128,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £667,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,403,000 | £27,710,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,403,000 | £23,275,000 | |
| Equity | £25,403,000 | £23,275,000 | |
| Average employees | 297 | 314 | |
| Wages | £12,673,000 | £13,337,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.7% | -4.0% | |
| Net margin | -8.0% | -5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.5% | -6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 2.48x | |
| Interest cover | -5.03x | -4.23x |
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
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based upon the committed support of Tecostar Holdings Inc. and the Company's continued performance and cash flow projections, the Directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SYMMETRY MEDICAL SHEFFIELD LTD. · parent
- Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Limited
- Tecostar Holdings Inc.
- Symmetry Medical Lansing
- Symmetry Medical Malaysia
- Symmetry Medical Warsaw
- Symmetry Medical Lille
Significant events
- “There was a change of site leadership at the end of 2024 which has given a renewed energy and focus to building profitability going forward.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 51 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESSON, Dawn Michaela | Secretary | 2025-02-10 | — | — |
| RHODES, Ralph Scott | Director | 2024-12-02 | Feb 1970 | British |
| SANTAMARIA, Angelo Robert | Director | 2024-08-22 | Aug 1962 | American |
Show 51 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 1992-09-24 | 1994-02-28 |
| BROOKS, Mark | Secretary | 2008-04-30 | 2009-07-15 |
| HARDY, Paul James | Secretary | 1999-02-19 | 1999-04-23 |
| HARDY, Paul James | Secretary | — | 1992-09-24 |
| JONES, Adrian Robert | Secretary | 2010-07-23 | 2020-03-18 |
| NORMAN, Lynne | Secretary | 1999-04-23 | 2008-04-30 |
| REDFEARN, Benjamin David | Secretary | 2020-09-01 | 2021-08-19 |
| WAIN, Stephen Gerrard | Secretary | — | 1999-02-19 |
| WALKER, Joseph Paul | Secretary | 2009-07-15 | 2010-07-23 |
| WILCOCK, Thomas | Secretary | 2021-08-19 | 2023-08-04 |
| YATES, Paul | Secretary | 2023-08-02 | 2025-02-07 |
| AL ZANKI, Ihsan Ali, Doctor | Director | 1998-12-19 | 2000-04-14 |
| BATHIJA, Gautam Shyam | Director | 1994-09-16 | 1999-02-19 |
| BEDFORD, Ivan Edward | Director | 1994-09-16 | 1999-02-19 |
| BELL, Matthew | Director | 2002-09-02 | 2007-03-02 |
| BETTEGOWDA, Manu | Director | 2003-06-11 | 2006-03-09 |
| BROOKS, Mark | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2009-07-15 |
| CHANDLER, John Ernest | Director | 1994-02-18 | 1994-11-01 |
| CONROY, James | Director | 2003-06-11 | 2006-03-09 |
| FILLION, Mike | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-09-17 |
| GOLDE, David | Director | 2014-12-05 | 2017-05-01 |
| HAMILTON, Stewart Mckee | Director | 1994-10-18 | 1999-02-19 |
| HARDY, Paul James | Director | — | 2003-06-11 |
| HAYES, Stephen Hedley | Director | 1992-03-20 | 1999-02-19 |
| HEAFIELD, Cedric William | Director | — | 1999-02-19 |
| HILL, Stephen John | Director | 1998-12-19 | 1999-02-19 |
| HIRST, Michael Ian | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2002-07-12 |
| HITE, Fred | Director | 2006-07-28 | 2014-12-05 |
| HYNES, John James | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2010-04-26 |
| JOHNSON, Joseph | Director | 2022-02-24 | 2022-12-15 |
| JONES, Kelly Rene | Director | 2020-05-18 | 2020-10-31 |
| LAYLAND, Ernest James | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2021-07-16 |
| LEVISTON, Christopher Ian | Director | 1991-09-01 | 1996-12-20 |
| LIVERSIDGE, Douglas Brian | Director | — | 1993-01-18 |
| MACPHERSON, Duncan Campbell Neil | Director | 1996-12-11 | 1999-02-19 |
| MARSHALL, Andrew Simon | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2024-08-19 |
| MCFARLANE, Gordon | Director | — | 1996-03-18 |
| MILLS, Steven Geoffrey | Director | 1992-03-20 | 1994-09-08 |
| MISCHIANTI, Louis John | Director | 2003-06-11 | 2006-03-09 |
| MOORE, Brian Stanley | Director | 1999-04-23 | 2011-12-31 |
| MORRIS, Robert | Director | 2003-06-11 | 2006-03-09 |
| PALING, Ian Hamilton | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| RUSSELL, Gordon Mcfarlane | Director | — | 1991-03-29 |
| RUTLEDGE, Robert | Director | 2014-12-05 | 2017-05-01 |
| SALLOUM, Abdallah Mehdi | Director | 2023-07-21 | 2024-08-22 |
| SENIOR, Richard John | Director | 1996-08-19 | 2008-01-21 |
| TOMLINSON, Alan | Director | — | 1993-03-15 |
| TURNER, Frank | Director | 2006-07-28 | 2009-07-15 |
| VAUGHAN, Kester | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2022-03-31 |
| WELLS, Colin | Director | — | 1999-02-19 |
| WESTWOOD, Stephen | Director | — | 1993-01-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tecostar Holdings Inc | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 284 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | RP04TM02 | officers | Second filing of secretary termination with name | |
| 2025-02-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-09-16 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-18 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-08-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+6.6%
£39,961,000 £42,591,000
-
Cash
+66,600%
£1,000 £667,000
-
Net assets
-8.4%
£25,403,000 £23,275,000
-
Employees
+5.7%
297 314
-
Operating profit
+35.3%
-£2,660,000 -£1,721,000
-
Profit before tax
+33.3%
-£3,189,000 -£2,128,000
-
Wages
+5.2%
£12,673,000 £13,337,000
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