MIDDLESEX GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£148K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
Equity attributable
Employees
101
Average over period
Profit before tax
£657K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MIDDLESEX GROUP LIMITED 1987-06-02 → present
- MIDDLESEX MACHINE TOOL COMPANY LIMITED 1962-05-07 → 1987-06-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,998,711 | £17,855,360 | |
| Operating profit | -£145,919 | £654,311 | |
| Profit before tax | -£239,226 | £657,466 | |
| Net profit | £27,932 | £454,438 | |
| Cash | £19,300 | £148,030 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,090,657 | £6,269,209 | |
| Net assets | £5,176,901 | £5,498,339 | |
| Equity | £5,176,901 | £5,498,339 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 101 | |
| Wages | £4,414,763 | £4,632,270 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.0% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.4% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.8% | 59.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | -1.04x | 4.26x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have also considered the impact of the current general economic outlook including conditions arising from the conflict in Ukraine on the going concern of the Group. The Group has significant secured orders at the year end and headroom within its facilities to mitigate operational risks.”
Group structure
- MIDDLESEX GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Middlesex Automation Limited 100%
- Middlesex Machine Tools (Sales) Limited 100%
- Leit 1 Limited 100%
- Middlesex Tool Gauge Company Limited 100%
- Weyside Engineering (1926) Limited 100%
- Nash & Hodge Engineers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Leadership changes occurred during the year following the death of former Chief Executive Paul Foulds in March 2024. Laurence Foulds assumed the role of Chief Executive. Stephen Miller assumed the role of Managing Director. Pablo Martin joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director.”
- “The overdraft facility was increased by £300,000 in May 2025.”
- “On 5 August 2024, amendments were made to the designation of share classes. 928,676 Ordinary shares were redesignated as non-voting shares with effect from 20 March 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOULDS, Laurence Emerson | Director | 1993-08-06 | May 1962 | British |
| MARTIN, Paul Pablo Daniel | Director | 2024-08-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOULDS, Paul Stuart | Secretary | 2017-09-26 | 2024-03-20 |
| FOULDS, Paul Stuart, Mr. | Secretary | 2004-11-30 | 2011-03-07 |
| WEBB, Ian Martin | Secretary | — | 2004-11-30 |
| WONG, Lynn | Secretary | 2011-03-07 | 2017-09-26 |
| BUTCHER, Nicola Sarah | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2021-05-01 |
| COLE, Paul | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2018-10-23 |
| FOULDS, Paul Stuart, Mr. | Director | — | 2024-03-20 |
| MARTIN, Helen Vivien | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2021-05-01 |
| OLDFIELD, Stephen Robin | Director | — | 2019-03-29 |
| OUGHTON, Allan Roy | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2015-12-01 |
| RIMINGTON, Richard John | Director | — | 1993-11-03 |
| WEEKES, Peter William | Director | — | 2001-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licia Jennifer Isobel Venturi | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-09-18 | Active |
| Mr. Paul Stuart Foulds | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-20 |
| Mr Laurence Emerson Foulds | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-08-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-08-05 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2024-05-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-23 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-02-23 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31