PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-29
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+19.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-1.8% vs 2023
Employees
86
+7.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+83.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-29.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,999,468 | £13,301,463 | |
| Operating profit | £711,783 | £1,347,891 | |
| Profit before tax | £760,207 | £1,394,970 | |
| Net profit | £618,436 | £981,754 | |
| Cash | £1,446,814 | £1,732,828 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,661,389 | £6,714,739 | |
| Net assets | £6,518,193 | £6,399,947 | |
| Equity | £6,518,193 | £6,399,947 | |
| Average employees | 80 | 86 | |
| Wages | £2,713,068 | £3,052,394 |
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 | 5.9% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.7% | 20.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.8% | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.28x | 3.67x | |
| Interest cover | — | 928.30x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company continues to maintain considerable financial resources and in the unlikely event that it is needed, also has the wider support of its parent, although this is not considered necessary when arriving at their conclusion in this respect. Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company remains well placed to manage its business risks successfully. After making enquiries, the directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue its operational existence for a period until 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “Energy and raw material costs continue to impact long-term margins, with UK domestic energy costs remaining double pre-war rates. PLP-GB invested in energy-saving technology and solar power to mitigate these effects. The audit business of Haines Watts was acquired by Cooper Parry Group Limited on 30th September 2024, leading to a change in auditors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEPPLEWHITE, Samantha | Secretary | 2024-04-25 | — | — |
| BENTLEY, John Alexander | Director | 2014-06-03 | Nov 1972 | British |
| KIDD, Gavin James | Director | 2025-05-29 | Feb 1974 | British |
| MCKENNA, Dennis | Director | 2018-02-06 | Jan 1967 | American |
| RUHLMAN, Robert Grant | Director | 1999-05-04 | Apr 1956 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGES, Christopher Neil | Secretary | 2017-01-19 | 2024-04-25 |
| MASON, Geoffrey David | Secretary | — | 2013-10-31 |
| ROWCLIFFE, Trevor Garwood | Secretary | 2013-10-31 | 2017-01-19 |
| CARLEY, Stephen William | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2019-06-01 |
| GRIFFITH, Patrick Shaun | Director | — | 1995-05-19 |
| HAAG, William Henry | Director | 1999-02-10 | 2018-02-06 |
| HEARNSHAW, David | Director | — | 2005-05-31 |
| MASON, Geoffrey David | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| MELDRUM, Gordon William | Director | — | 1999-02-10 |
| RUHLMAN, Barbara Ann Peterson | Director | — | 2004-05-18 |
| RUHLMAN, Jon Randall | Director | — | 2004-05-18 |
| SPAYES, Martin Jeremy | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2019-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preformed Line Products Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-09 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-03-08 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+10.9%
£11,999,468 £13,301,463
-
Cash
+19.8%
£1,446,814 £1,732,828
-
Net assets
-1.8%
£6,518,193 £6,399,947
-
Employees
+7.5%
80 86
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Operating profit
+89.4%
£711,783 £1,347,891
-
Profit before tax
+83.5%
£760,207 £1,394,970
-
Wages
+12.5%
£2,713,068 £3,052,394
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers