SIFCON INTERNATIONAL PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£631K
+67.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-11.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
54
+5.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2M
-137.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SIFCON INTERNATIONAL PLC 1978-12-31 → present
- G.TIFFIN LIMITED 1946-10-25 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £19,103,350 | £19,655,007 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£594,326 | -£1,781,791 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£919,279 | -£2,181,866 | |
| Net profit | £760,294 | — | -£639,429 | -£1,957,779 | |
| Cash | £2,116,931 | — | £375,788 | £630,940 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £7,076,712 | £6,657,072 | |
| Net assets | £7,607,615 | — | £6,983,699 | £6,181,161 | |
| Equity | — | £6,576,012 | £6,983,699 | £6,181,161 | |
| Average employees | 44 | — | 51 | 54 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,037,825 | £3,149,966 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -3.1% | -9.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -3.3% | -10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -8.4% | -26.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 52.6% | 63.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.66x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -1.82x | -4.42x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SIFCON INTERNATIONAL PLC · parent
- Sifcon International SARL 100%
Significant events
- “The effect of dramatically increasing freight costs, due to the closure of the Suez Canal, had not been anticipated.”
- “Our investment in new designs has led to an increase in sales of 13% in the period to September 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.”
- “In summary we are now showing growth in sales and margin.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIMM, Alan Charles | Secretary | — | — | British |
| PIMM, Alan Charles | Director | — | Jun 1949 | British |
| STORAN, Tracy Frances | Director | 2014-04-07 | Jun 1965 | British |
| TIFFIN, Nicholas Stephen | Director | — | Sep 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Graham John | Director | 1995-11-06 | 1997-08-05 |
| PUGH, John | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2025-09-18 |
| TIFFIN, Garry Ernest | Director | — | 2009-12-03 |
| TUCK, Peter Michael | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2021-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Stephen Tiffin | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+2.9%
£19,103,350 £19,655,007
-
Cash
+67.9%
£375,788 £630,940
-
Net assets
-11.5%
£6,983,699 £6,181,161
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+5.9%
51 54
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-199.8%
-£594,326 -£1,781,791
-
Profit before tax
-137.3%
-£919,279 -£2,181,866
-
Wages
+3.7%
£3,037,825 £3,149,966
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