TENSAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-10 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£64M
Equity attributable
Employees
109
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2024-08-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TENSAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2002-07-09 → present
- THE NETLON GROUP LIMITED 2000-01-24 → 2002-07-09
- NETLON LIMITED 1952-01-05 → 2000-01-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,966,000 | £36,690,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,288,000 | £4,884,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,288,000 | £4,884,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,158,000 | £4,670,000 | |
| Cash | £1,804,000 | £2,197,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £60,740,000 | £65,790,000 | |
| Net assets | £59,653,000 | £64,436,000 | |
| Equity | £59,653,000 | £64,436,000 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 109 | |
| Wages | £3,923,000 | £6,145,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 13.3% | |
| Net margin | 18.4% | 12.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.0% | 41.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.29x | 2.46x | |
| Interest cover | 1.35x | 1.01x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that it is appropriate for these financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- TENSAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Extruded Fabrics Limited 100%
- F.B. Mercer Limited 100%
- Geogrids Limited 100%
- Geosynthetic Products Limited 100%
- P.L.G. Research Limited 100%
- Shoretec Limited 100%
- The Tensar Sales Limited 100%
- Welded Technical Textiles Limited 100%
- Tensar International Design and Consult (Beijing) Limited 100%
- Tensar International s.r.o. 100%
- Tensar International SARL 100%
- Tensar International GmbH 100%
- Tensar Polska SP. Z o.o. 100%
- Tensar International B.V. 100%
- Tensar International Spain, S.L. 100%
- Tensar Geosynthetics India Private Limited 90%
- Netion Sentinel Limited 50%
- Tensar International co. LLC 100%
- Tensar U.K. Limited 0.0002%
- Geologics B.V. 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 March 2025, a fire occurred in the external storage yard at the Tensar Manufacturing Limited factory in Blackburn. There was loss of significant stock (rolls of grids) however details of the losses in both stock and the impact on sales have not yet been ascertained. Manufacturing capability was affected for a period of 7 days by the fire. Our insurance deductible for property damage events such as this is £100k per occurrence. As of the date of this report, due to the exact nature of this incident, we are not able to estimate any additional losses related to this event other than the property damage insurance deductible.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABSHER, Jody Konick, Ms. | Director | 2022-08-31 | Jul 1977 | American |
| BUCHANAN, Christopher Paul | Director | 2024-06-24 | Aug 1984 | British |
| DOUCET, Michael Allen | Director | 2024-06-24 | Oct 1972 | American |
| LAWRENCE, Paul James, Mr. | Director | 2022-08-31 | Jan 1970 | American |
| SHERLOCK, Mark Alexander | Director | 2024-06-24 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTONE, David Andrew | Secretary | 1997-03-13 | 2011-01-28 |
| SMITH, Frank | Secretary | — | 1997-10-17 |
| AMAT, Thierry Georges Yves Emile | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| BRIGGS, Robert Franklin | Director | 2021-09-28 | 2022-08-31 |
| DUCKWORTH, Roger Peter Terence | Director | — | 2004-04-16 |
| EDGECOMBE, Scott Allen | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| GARRISON, Ty Lansing, Mr. | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2024-06-23 |
| HICKEY, David Gerard | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2024-06-23 |
| JAS, Hendrik Adriaan | Director | 2004-04-16 | 2010-12-31 |
| JOHNSTONE, David Andrew | Director | 1997-03-13 | 2011-01-28 |
| KENNERLEY, Cyril | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| KIELY, John Joseph | Director | 2004-04-16 | 2011-12-30 |
| LAWRENCE, Michael David | Director | 2015-04-17 | 2023-09-01 |
| MARTIN, Keith Fraser | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| MCNALLY, James | Director | 2004-04-16 | 2010-09-30 |
| MECHELAERE, Luc Jozef | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2023-11-07 |
| MELTZER, Donald Bruce | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2015-04-17 |
| MERCER, Frank Brian, Dr | Director | — | 1994-05-27 |
| MORRIS, David James | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2015-11-30 |
| PARSONS, Howard William | Director | — | 1996-12-12 |
| PAUL, James | Director | — | 2006-06-23 |
| RUSSELL, Peter Raymond | Director | 1994-02-10 | 1998-10-09 |
| SMITH, Frank | Director | — | 1997-10-17 |
| VEVODA, Robert | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2012-01-25 |
| WRIGLEY, Nigel Edwin | Director | — | 1998-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tensar Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31