NEWMET LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-10 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+95.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+34.7% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
33
+6.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+105.8% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £13,096,978 | £13,102,050 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £913,056 | £1,891,610 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £920,236 | £1,893,480 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £704,656 | £1,518,921 | |
| Cash | £3,052,094 | £2,525,699 | £1,811,623 | £1,512,472 | £1,258,015 | £2,458,658 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,074,914 | £3,080,329 | £3,161,857 | £3,673,494 | £4,379,578 | £5,987,467 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,673,494 | £4,378,150 | £5,897,071 | |
| Equity | £3,074,914 | £3,080,329 | £3,161,857 | £3,673,494 | £4,378,150 | £5,897,071 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 33 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,174,637 | £2,576,655 |
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 7.0% | 14.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 5.4% | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 20.8% | 31.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 26.5% | 36.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.72x | 2.70x |
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
- Thickbroom Coventry
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- NEWMET LIMITED · parent
- NewMet GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “The group acquired a building in Harlow in 2024 which has been refurbished. This will house the NewMet Limited activities from late 2025. This re-location will give the company room to expand and should allow efficiency to improve.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY, Denise | Secretary | 2015-05-05 | — | — |
| BUCHGRABER, Walter | Director | 2004-01-30 | Aug 1969 | Austrian |
| LINDSAY, Denise | Director | 2024-04-24 | May 1966 | British |
| LINDSAY, Jonathan Paul | Director | 1998-01-15 | Jul 1967 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 1995-01-16 | 2015-05-05 |
| TILBROOK, Sylvia | Secretary | — | 1995-01-16 |
| BACON, Cyril Godfray | Director | — | 1997-01-13 |
| HANCOCKS, Michael | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
| HOARE, Timothy Edward Charles, Sir | Director | — | 2008-01-19 |
| LINDSAY, Robert Keith | Director | — | 2015-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Metals And Chemicals (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-04-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
0%
£13,096,978 £13,102,050
-
Cash
+95.4%
£1,258,015 £2,458,658
-
Net assets
+34.7%
£4,378,150 £5,897,071
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+6.5%
31 33
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
+107.2%
£913,056 £1,891,610
-
Profit before tax
+105.8%
£920,236 £1,893,480
-
Wages
+18.5%
£2,174,637 £2,576,655
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