MICHAEL SPIERS (JEWELLERS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£56K
-85.8% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+13.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
68
+1.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
-20.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £24,603,075 | — | £26,500,211 | — | £28,748,130 | £33,744,372 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3,487,318 | — | £3,243,116 | — | £3,527,169 | £2,834,797 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3,468,637 | — | £3,219,131 | — | £3,472,616 | £2,756,041 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,696,247 | — | £2,532,408 | — | £2,550,374 | £1,947,050 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,877,290 | £2,877,290 | £2,960,975 | £2,960,975 | £394,369 | £56,080 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £10,886,521 | — | £12,805,282 | — | £15,884,360 | £18,197,226 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £9,360,950 | — | £11,893,358 | — | £14,443,732 | £16,390,782 | |
| Equity | £5,639,994 | — | £9,360,950 | £9,360,950 | £11,893,358 | £11,893,358 | £14,443,732 | £16,390,782 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 59 | — | 60 | — | 67 | 68 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,088,839 | — | £2,093,343 | — | £2,543,984 | £2,509,327 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 14.2% | — | 12.2% | — | 12.3% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 11.0% | — | 9.6% | — | 8.9% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 32.0% | — | 25.3% | — | 22.2% | 15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32.1% | 32.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.99x | 2.86x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 186.68x | — | 61.56x | — | 32.28x | 35.99x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- MICHAEL SPIERS (JEWELLERS) LIMITED · parent
- Boarleigh Investment Co. Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Our newly expanded store in Exeter opened in September 2024 and has achieved a significant increase in sales.”
- “After the year end, the company have taken out bank loans of £1,500,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPIERS, Adam Matheson | Director | 1998-11-17 | Aug 1966 | British |
| SPIERS, Elizabeth Ann | Director | — | Sep 1940 | British |
| WALKER, James | Director | 2019-01-15 | Feb 1969 | British |
| WHITE, Rita | Director | — | Jan 1940 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, Keith Anthony | Secretary | — | 2025-10-07 |
| COX, Michael Goldwell | Director | — | 2024-06-09 |
| SPIERS, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 1999-08-25 |
| SPIERS, Stephen Richard | Director | — | 2015-02-16 |
| WHITE, Keith Anthony | Director | — | 2025-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adam Matheson Spiers | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-10-02 | Active |
| The Estate Of Keith Anthony White | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Elizabeth Ann Spiers | Individual | voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Norman Schuman | Individual | Voting 50–75%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Richard Hugh Galabin Michlemore | Individual | voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+17.4%
£28,748,130 £33,744,372
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-85.8%
£394,369 £56,080
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+13.5%
£14,443,732 £16,390,782
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+1.5%
67 68
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-19.6%
£3,527,169 £2,834,797
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-20.6%
£3,472,616 £2,756,041
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-1.4%
£2,543,984 £2,509,327
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