EXOLUM SEAL SANDS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-17 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-8.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£36M
+1.4% vs 2023
Employees
72
-1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+88.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- EXOLUM SEAL SANDS LTD 2021-02-11 → present
- INTER TERMINALS SEAL SANDS LIMITED 2015-07-01 → 2021-02-11
- SEAL SANDS STORAGE LIMITED 1949-03-09 → 2015-07-01
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 | £21,220,000 | £23,977,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,849,000 | £5,271,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,729,000 | £5,151,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,027,000 | £3,731,000 | |
| Cash | £4,872,000 | £4,457,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,872,000 | £44,130,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,395,000 | £35,876,000 | |
| Equity | £35,395,000 | £35,876,000 | |
| Average employees | 73 | 72 | |
| Wages | £3,534,000 | £3,654,000 |
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 | 13.4% | 22.0% | |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 15.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.38x | 0.58x | |
| Interest cover | 23.74x | 43.92x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After taking into account each of the factors noted above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Directors therefore have adopted the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 22 January 2024, the Group entered into a bulk annuity insurance contract with an insurer (qualifying insurance asset), typically referred as buy-in transaction, in relation to the liabilities of the defined benefit scheme.”
- “Revenue has increased by 13% due to inflation indexation in the existing contracts and an increase in variable income together with revenue recognised following the completion of an LPG project for the construction of LPG storage tanks, secured by a long-term contract.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAI, Yufan | Director | 2024-09-09 | Jun 1975 | English |
| O'NEILL, Mark Ernest | Director | 2024-09-09 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLDREY, Nicholas Charles | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2021-02-26 |
| PARSONS, Neil | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2004-04-30 |
| SAMMONS, Richard Douglas | Secretary | — | 2006-03-31 |
| BETTS, Philip Roger | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| BIGGS, Nigel Parris | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| CATT, Richard John | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2003-01-13 |
| CHANNING, Peter Brian | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| DEL RIEGO DE GUZMAN, Borja | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2024-09-09 |
| DEVINE, Ian Crawford | Director | 1992-05-21 | 1993-11-29 |
| HARTLESS, Roger Evelyn | Director | — | 2006-04-30 |
| JACKSON, Keith Lionel | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2020-05-01 |
| LAND, Stephen David | Director | 2021-02-26 | 2024-09-09 |
| LYONS, Martyn Joseph Augustine | Director | 2004-02-09 | 2020-12-18 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, David James | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2021-02-26 |
| PARSONS, James | Director | 2006-12-08 | 2011-07-15 |
| POULTON, Simon Nicholas | Director | 1995-01-09 | 1996-09-20 |
| REDBURN, Timothy John | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2003-01-13 |
| RENDALL, Peter | Director | — | 2006-12-08 |
| SAMMONS, Richard Douglas | Director | — | 2015-01-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, Mark David | Director | 1996-12-10 | 2000-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exolum Terminals Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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
+13%
£21,220,000 £23,977,000
-
Cash
-8.5%
£4,872,000 £4,457,000
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£35,395,000 £35,876,000
-
Employees
-1.4%
73 72
-
Operating profit
+85%
£2,849,000 £5,271,000
-
Profit before tax
+88.8%
£2,729,000 £5,151,000
-
Wages
+3.4%
£3,534,000 £3,654,000
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