HARSCO METALS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-20 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-06
Watchouts
Cash
£8K
-81.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£83M
-7.4% vs 2023
Employees
385
-20.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
-366.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Outstanding charges registered
One or more mortgages or charges remain undischarged on the Companies House register.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HARSCO METALS GROUP LIMITED 2010-02-01 → present
- MULTISERV GROUP LIMITED 2006-07-12 → 2010-02-01
- HECKETT INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 1961-09-08 → 2006-07-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £123,157,000 | £112,744,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,700,000 | -£3,751,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,714,000 | -£4,564,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,731,000 | -£8,893,000 | |
| Cash | £43,000 | £8,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £104,952,000 | £84,520,000 | |
| Net assets | £89,313,000 | £82,745,000 | |
| Equity | £89,313,000 | £82,745,000 | |
| Average employees | 487 | 385 | |
| Wages | £27,780,000 | £24,076,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | -3.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.2% | -7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | -4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.9% | 38.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 1.19x | -1.68x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to there being sufficient resources available to the company from various loan agreement facilities from other group companies. The directors have produced forecasts that have been reviewed by the directors and are satisfied that the company remains a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- HARSCO METALS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Altek Melting Solutions Limited 100%
- Faber Prest Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During December 2024 the company issued one ordinary share totaling £1 at a premium of £2,324,999 to its parent Harsco (UK) Group Limited in exchange for the 35% investment in Altek Europe Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNE, Christopher | Director | 2025-11-11 | Oct 1974 | British |
| LIMA SOLLERO, Alberto | Director | 2025-11-11 | Sep 1981 | Brazilian |
| ROOSENSCHOON, Emile | Director | 2025-10-01 | Feb 1984 | British |
| SIDDIQI, Saad Naved | Director | 2025-11-11 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE TURRIS, Atillia Gabriella | Secretary | 1996-03-20 | 1998-02-06 |
| DONALD, Keith Malcolm Hamilton | Secretary | 1995-03-10 | 1995-11-30 |
| GOULDING, Graham Thomas | Secretary | 1998-06-12 | 2003-04-25 |
| MCMILLAN, Kenneth Hutchison | Secretary | — | 1995-03-10 |
| OAKES, Paul Harry | Secretary | 2003-06-06 | 2018-06-30 |
| PRICHARD, Teresa Joan | Secretary | 1998-02-06 | 1998-06-12 |
| BARRETT, John William | Director | 2008-03-26 | 2010-05-31 |
| BOUGHTON, Roger Francis | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2006-12-31 |
| BUTLER, Geoffrey Doy Hopson | Director | 1995-03-10 | 2010-12-31 |
| CLARO, Galdino Jose | Director | 2009-10-24 | 2014-06-05 |
| COOPER, Stephen Richard | Director | 2014-06-05 | 2025-10-01 |
| CUBITT, Michael Harry | Director | 1996-03-20 | 2010-12-31 |
| CURI, Mauro | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2024-09-22 |
| HOAD, Martin Roger Gregory | Director | 2010-12-10 | 2011-11-01 |
| JACOBY, Paul Theodore | Director | — | 1995-03-10 |
| JANSEN, Johannes Gregorius Alphons Marie | Director | 2010-12-10 | 2014-06-05 |
| JARVIS, Malcolm | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| KIMMEL, Mark Edward | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2012-10-01 |
| KIRKWOOD, Clyde | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2010-12-10 |
| LECLERCQ, Herve Michal | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2014-06-05 |
| MCGALPINE, Christopher | Director | 2010-12-10 | 2014-06-05 |
| MELLODEY, Martin John | Director | 1995-03-30 | 1997-04-11 |
| MITCHELL, Albert Russell | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2023-09-01 |
| MULLEN, William Ian | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2020-04-29 |
| NAVARRA, Stephane | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2011-09-30 |
| PESCI, Donald Charles | Director | — | 1995-03-30 |
| RAISBECK, Geoffrey | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2018-04-12 |
| REITEMEIER, Christophe Nicolas | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2025-12-02 |
| STUBBS, Graham Martin | Director | 2009-10-24 | 2018-03-30 |
| SWEENEY, John Joseph | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2022-03-31 |
| UNDERWOOD, Eric | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2009-08-24 |
| WECKX, Rudi Alfons Maria | Director | 2018-04-12 | 2018-09-20 |
| WHISTLER, Christopher Claude Lashmer | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2020-12-31 |
| WRIGHT, Joseph Hockley | Director | 1995-03-10 | 1996-03-01 |
| ZAMAN, Shaima | Director | 2022-04-06 | 2025-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harsco (Uk) Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-8.5%
£123,157,000 £112,744,000
-
Cash
-81.4%
£43,000 £8,000
-
Net assets
-7.4%
£89,313,000 £82,745,000
-
Employees
-20.9%
487 385
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Operating profit
-238.9%
£2,700,000 -£3,751,000
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Profit before tax
-366.3%
£1,714,000 -£4,564,000
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Wages
-13.3%
£27,780,000 £24,076,000
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