NEW MILTON SAND AND BALLAST LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-06-29 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-19 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-05

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3K

-97.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£11M

-8.3% vs 2023

Employees

150

-2.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£1M

-649.3% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

NEW MILTON SAND AND BALLAST LIMITED 2021-06-14 → present
H.H.& D.E.DREW LIMITED 1957-04-05 → 2021-06-14

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

NEW MILTON SAND AND BALLAST LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=623

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	—	£19,453,554	£20,234,602
Operating profit	—	£84,525	-£1,469,733
Profit before tax	—	£252,941	-£1,389,447
Net profit	£1,642,070	-£62,075	-£1,019,381
Cash	£388,928	£132,123	£3,223
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£16,770,369	£14,984,728
Net assets	£10,608,475	£12,218,078	£11,198,697
Equity	—	£12,218,078	£11,198,697
Average employees	138	154	150
Wages	£4,695,675	£5,077,070	£5,348,418

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	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	—	0.4%	-7.3%
Net margin	—	-0.3%	-5.0%
Return on capital employed	—	0.5%	-9.8%
Current ratio	—	1.41x	1.04x
Interest cover	—	0.33x	-5.29x

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
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

NEW MILTON SAND AND BALLAST LIMITED · parent
1. New Milton Concrete Limited 100% · UK · Concrete plant operators
2. Solent Industrial Estates Limited 100% · UK · Property and land management
3. W. G. Hibbs & Co. Limited 100% · UK · Non trading company

Significant events

“NMSB made key strategic investments to secure its long-term operational and financial health. The company secured a new aggregate reserve at Ashley Manor Farm with Hampshire County Council and commenced the application process for an extension to the North of its existing Hurn quarry with BCP Council.”
“2024 saw the business receive two awards: the prestigious Sustainable Green Investment Award at the Hampshire Business Awards, recognising our leadership in sustainability.”
“A key initiative this year was the successful launch of our new Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental (HSQE) management system.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 18 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GOSDEN, Glenn Richard	Secretary	2022-09-30	—	—
BADCOCK, Michael Adrian	Director	—	Dec 1945	British
FRANCIS, Paul Ian	Director	1998-01-28	Jun 1954	British
GARFIELD, Marian Adele	Director	2025-11-13	Feb 1983	British
GOSDEN, Glenn Richard	Director	2024-01-01	Jul 1980	British
LAFARGUE, Rodolphe	Director	2019-07-01	Jan 1983	French
SACCHETTI, Nicola	Director	—	Jul 1945	Italian
STUBBS, Charles Andrew	Director	2004-01-01	Oct 1952	British

Show 18 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FRANCIS, Paul Ian	Secretary	—	2020-09-08
HASSALL, Elliot Richard	Secretary	2020-09-08	2022-09-30
BROWN, David England	Director	1999-12-01	2004-01-01
DREW, Claudia Elda Maria	Director	—	2015-03-09
DREW, Dudley Ernest	Director	—	1997-09-05
FLOWER, Robert Daniel	Director	2014-08-04	2025-07-31
GILBERT, Peter Eric	Director	—	1994-11-04
HARTY, Kevin Adrian	Director	2008-04-22	2019-03-31
HASSALL, Elliot Richard	Director	2019-04-01	2022-09-30
HOPKINS, John Kenneth	Director	2001-12-07	2004-01-01
LAST, Terence Robert	Director	1995-01-18	1997-08-27
LEAN, Michael Philip	Director	1992-11-11	1996-08-01
POOLE, Trevor	Director	2007-05-01	2014-09-23
SHELTON, David	Director	—	1992-03-11
SMITH, Peter John	Director	1997-02-10	1999-12-01
SNAPE, Ross William	Director	2004-01-01	2005-07-31
WILSON, Stanley Kenneth	Director	1999-12-01	2001-10-31
WOOLLEY, David Glyn	Director	1998-09-28	1999-12-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Drew Group Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2022-11-22	Active
Hanson Quarry Product Ventures Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2017-03-29	Ceased 2022-11-22

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 175 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-24	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-02-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-10-20	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-03-14	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-01-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-11-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2024-09-30	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2024-05-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-01-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-10	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-06-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-01-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-11-24	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-11-23	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-11-03	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-10-03	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-09-30	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-30	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2022-05-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

Turnover

+4%

£19,453,554 £20,234,602
Cash

-97.6%

£132,123 £3,223

lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets

-8.3%

£12,218,078 £11,198,697
Employees

-2.6%

154 150
Operating profit

-1,838.8%

£84,525 -£1,469,733
Profit before tax

-649.3%

£252,941 -£1,389,447
Wages

+5.3%

£5,077,070 £5,348,418

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

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