FRANK ARMITT & SON LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-14 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-04-30

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-16% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

-9% vs 2023

Employees

-2.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£110K

-86.2% vs 2023

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Industrials median

FRANK ARMITT & SON LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	£60,524,871	£54,531,863
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	£717,042	-£47,852
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	—	£799,515	£110,047
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	£528,596	£47,370
Cash	—	—	£1,508,417	—	—	£5,003,478	£4,202,262
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£2,660,706	—	—	£4,536,308	£4,206,355
Net assets	—	—	£2,047,411	—	—	£4,386,901	£3,994,271
Equity	£2,676,629	£2,545,331	£2,047,411	£1,998,931	£2,260,534	£4,386,901	£3,994,271
Average employees	—	—	50	—	—	40	39
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	£1,499,114	£1,528,909

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	1.2%	-0.1%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	0.9%	0.1%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	15.8%	-1.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	50.9%	57.5%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	1.80x	1.58x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	1056.03x	—

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: DJH Audit Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, I 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 I have performed, I have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent 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

FRANK ARMITT & SON LIMITED · parent
1. Widnes Steel Storage Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
2. North West Stevedores Limited 100% · UK · Stevedoring, warehousing, cargo handling &transport
3. Mersey Bunkering Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
4. Advanced Emission Solutions Limited 100% · UK · Dormant

Significant events

“2024 has been a satisfactory year for the Group overall despite multiple challenges across the markets and within the general economic climate. During the year the business was able to secure a number of new opportunities whilst protecting market share and is well placed to build for the coming year.”
“Following numerous challenges in previous years, our Automotive division had a very strong year with a significant volume increase, driven by some market recovery but mostly through key customer's increased focus into the production of electric vehicles.”

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

People

6 active · 14 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
SEEDHOUSE, Allan	Secretary	2002-02-26	—	British
GRAY, Charles William	Director	2006-09-13	Sep 1966	British
HOLDEN, Paul	Director	2017-05-10	Aug 1967	British
KRISTIANSEN, Alan Sverre	Director	2020-09-23	May 1978	British
SEEDHOUSE, Allan	Director	2006-02-13	Jun 1962	British
SEEDHOUSE, Paula Jayne	Director	1993-11-01	Oct 1962	British

Show 14 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
MARTINDALE, Kenneth Horace Ralph	Secretary	—	2002-02-26
ARMITT, Christine	Director	—	1992-08-29
ARMITT, Michael Kaye	Director	—	2012-03-19
ARMITT, Nellie Isabel	Director	—	2004-08-03
BURNS, Neil	Director	2009-09-14	2016-05-27
CHAPPELLS, John	Director	—	1998-01-10
CLARKSON, Jacqueline Kay	Director	1993-11-01	2001-06-03
LITTLER, Colin Joseph	Director	—	1995-02-22
LYNAGH, Catherine Elizabeth	Director	2014-08-28	2017-12-28
MARSHALL, Nicholas John	Director	2015-07-01	2018-12-24
MARTINDALE, Kenneth Horace Ralph	Director	—	2006-09-13
MCINTYRE, John William	Director	1995-06-14	2013-12-26
SHANAHAN, Stephen William	Director	1993-11-01	2012-09-14
WHITFIELD, Victoria Jane	Director	2020-09-23	2021-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mrs Paula Jayne Seedhouse	Individual	Shares 50–75%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 135 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-12-14 MA Memorandum articles
2023-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2023-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2025-09-19	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-05-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2024-05-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-12-14	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2023-12-09	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-12-09	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2023-05-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2022-05-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2021-05-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-04-27	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge part release with charge number	PDF
2021-04-06	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge part release with charge number	PDF
2020-12-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2020-12-01	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

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

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

Turnover

-9.9%

£60,524,871 £54,531,863
Cash

-16%

£5,003,478 £4,202,262
Net assets

-9%

£4,386,901 £3,994,271
Employees

-2.5%

40 39

lowest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

-106.7%

£717,042 -£47,852
Profit before tax

-86.2%

£799,515 £110,047
Wages

+2%

£1,499,114 £1,528,909

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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