CATHELCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-04 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+85.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+30.5% vs 2024
Employees
123
+0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-44.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CATHELCO LIMITED 1989-11-03 → present
- CATHODIC AND ELECTROLYTIC ENGINEERS COMPANY LIMITED 1956-03-15 → 1989-11-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,611,595 | £38,090,155 | |
| Operating profit | £7,209,946 | £4,442,557 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,883,902 | £4,397,515 | |
| Net profit | £7,155,227 | £4,241,380 | |
| Cash | £5,266,112 | £9,771,231 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,088,773 | £18,392,330 | |
| Net assets | £13,895,138 | £18,136,518 | |
| Equity | £13,895,138 | £18,136,518 | |
| Average employees | 122 | 123 | |
| Wages | £5,545,552 | £5,992,271 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.1% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 21.9% | 11.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 51.2% | 24.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 2.05x | |
| Interest cover | 78.75x | 257.24x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- CATHELCO LIMITED · parent
- Corrintec Limited 100%
- Cathelco SEA (PTE) Limited 100%
- Seafresh Desalinators Limited 100%
- Cathelco Middle East FZC 89.75%
- Echo Marine Service S.L.U 100%
- Cathelco Systems India Private Limited 99%
- Cathelco Middle East L.L.C-FZ 100%
Significant events
- “Before the reporting date, Bridgepoint Group plc, the ultimate controlling party of the group, entered into an agreement for the sale of Evac Holding Oy (the Company's ultimate parent undertaking) to funds managed by Altor Equity Partners AB. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary conditions and is expected to occur in 2026. Completion had not occurred at the date these financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Danny | Secretary | 2020-03-18 | — | — |
| BELL, Christian Richard Armstrong | Director | 2018-07-16 | Mar 1974 | British |
| COWLEY, Nick | Director | 2023-03-14 | Feb 1972 | British |
| TAYLOR, Danny Peter | Director | 2020-03-18 | Nov 1982 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALISBURY, Justin William Joseph | Secretary | — | 2020-03-18 |
| BROWN, Richard Stuart | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2005-12-20 |
| FIELD, Robert Douglas Reginald | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| HAVIA, Jukka | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2023-12-31 |
| HOLLIS, John Roger | Director | 2005-12-20 | 2019-11-21 |
| HVALVIK, Harald | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2011-08-05 |
| KOLUNSARKA, Tapio Juhani | Director | 2020-03-18 | 2023-01-31 |
| MACDONALD, Alan | Director | 1995-08-07 | 2004-12-24 |
| PETERS, David Philip George | Director | 1994-08-15 | 1995-03-31 |
| SALISBURY, Justin William Joseph | Director | — | 2020-03-18 |
| SALISBURY, Teifion Luther George | Director | — | 2004-04-01 |
| SALISBURY, William George | Director | — | 2007-06-11 |
| SCOTLAND, Nicholas John | Director | 2003-10-30 | 2005-11-01 |
| SMITH, Peter | Director | 2009-09-18 | 2018-04-01 |
| SUTHERLAND, James Talbot | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2020-03-18 |
| VALKONEN, Tuomo Kalevi | Director | 2020-03-18 | 2021-01-04 |
| VARLEY, Eric Graham, Lord | Director | — | 1999-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathelco Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-05-30 | Active |
| Sarem Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-05-29 | Ceased 2018-05-30 |
| Mr Justin William Joseph Salisbury | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-29 |
| Mr Teifion Luther George Salisbury | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-15 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+16.8%
£32,611,595 £38,090,155
-
Cash
+85.5%
£5,266,112 £9,771,231
-
Net assets
+30.5%
£13,895,138 £18,136,518
-
Employees
+0.8%
122 123
-
Operating profit
-38.4%
£7,209,946 £4,442,557
-
Profit before tax
-44.2%
£7,883,902 £4,397,515
-
Wages
+8.1%
£5,545,552 £5,992,271
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