SEDDONS (PLANT AND ENGINEERS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+483.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5M
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
48
+11.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£293K
-34.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £15,474,517 | £14,834,552 | |
| Operating profit | — | £385,535 | £204,441 | |
| Profit before tax | £870,679 | £446,242 | £293,446 | |
| Net profit | £706,293 | £341,933 | £219,636 | |
| Cash | £670,023 | £486,560 | £2,839,157 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,400,818 | £5,592,751 | £5,312,387 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,592,751 | £5,312,387 | |
| Equity | £5,400,818 | £5,592,751 | £5,312,387 | |
| Average employees | 46 | 43 | 48 | |
| Wages | £1,228,100 | £1,029,310 | £1,251,162 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.5% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.2% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.9% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.80x | 3.19x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company 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.”
Significant events
- “A difficult trading year with higher interest rates dampening the construction market, as a result the business recorded a fall in turnover of 4.1% to £14,834,552 (2023: £15,474,517) and gross margins were squeezed.”
- “The business had planned significant investment in new employees in 2024, however difficulties in recruitment resulted in cost savings helping to generate a pre-tax profit greater than budget but, as expected, lower than the previous year of £293,446 (2023: £446,242)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2014-02-06 | — | — |
| DERBYSHIRE, Christopher James | Director | 2023-10-02 | Jul 1979 | British |
| PROBERT, David | Director | 2022-06-13 | Oct 1959 | British |
| RAWLINSON, Celia | Director | 2024-11-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SEDDON, Stephen John | Director | 1994-05-05 | May 1966 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDLEY, David Michael | Secretary | 2007-07-31 | 2014-02-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen | Secretary | — | 2007-07-31 |
| BESWICK, Neil | Director | 2014-01-06 | 2015-11-25 |
| BROWN, Stephen Charles | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2023-12-31 |
| DONNELLY, Harold | Director | — | 1996-01-09 |
| GOULBOURNE, Paul Alan | Director | 1994-05-05 | 2021-11-30 |
| HANDLEY, David Michael | Director | 2009-07-21 | 2009-09-24 |
| HARDMAN, Christopher John | Director | — | 1998-10-01 |
| JINKS, John Douglas | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
| RODDEN, Campbell Taylor | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2022-01-28 |
| SEDDON, George | Director | — | 2009-09-24 |
| SOUGHTON, David Jeremy | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2020-11-30 |
| SUMNER, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1994-05-05 |
| WINNINGTON, Philip Thomas | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2011-02-28 |
| WRIGHT, Lee Robert | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2018-11-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seddon Engineering Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-4.1%
£15,474,517 £14,834,552
-
Cash
+483.5%
£486,560 £2,839,157
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-5%
£5,592,751 £5,312,387
-
Employees
+11.6%
43 48
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-47%
£385,535 £204,441
-
Profit before tax
-34.2%
£446,242 £293,446
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+21.6%
£1,029,310 £1,251,162
highest in 3 filed years
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