A.P.M. METALS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-04 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-20

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£83K

-93.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£4M

-0.9% vs 2024

Employees

-4.8% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£9K

-104.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

A.P.M. METALS LIMITED 1989-12-27 → present
JOHN HYAMS & SON LIMITED 1965-04-05 → 1989-12-27

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Industrials median

A.P.M. METALS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric	2022-05-01	2023-04-30	2023-05-01	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Turnover	—	£30,715,022	—	£30,787,228	£30,937,850
Operating profit	—	£781,825	—	£228,750	-£40,150
Profit before tax	—	£763,161	—	£204,608	-£9,246
Net profit	—	£581,575	—	£163,591	-£37,441
Cash	—	£414,775	—	£1,254,508	£82,901
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£4,776,909	—	£4,783,766	£4,841,439
Net assets	—	£4,196,565	—	£4,360,156	£4,322,715
Equity	£3,614,990	£4,196,565	£4,196,565	£4,360,156	£4,322,715
Average employees	—	19	—	21	20
Wages	—	£612,207	—	£602,089	£654,405

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	2022-05-01	2023-04-30	2023-05-01	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Operating margin	—	2.5%	—	0.7%	-0.1%
Net margin	—	1.9%	—	0.5%	-0.1%
Return on capital employed	—	16.4%	—	4.8%	-0.8%
Current ratio	—	—	—	3.90x	4.60x
Interest cover	—	41.86x	—	8.61x	-2.69x

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
“The directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate and no material uncertainties were identified for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“Business levels have been steady for the months of May and June, and the group is predicting an increase in profitability for 2025.”

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

People

3 active · 2 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HYAMS, Alan Gerard	Director	2003-01-17	Jan 1969	British
HYAMS, Gareth Peter	Director	2013-01-16	Jan 1983	British
HYAMS, Peter Alan	Director	—	Jun 1958	British

Show 2 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HYAMS, Allen James	Secretary	—	2013-07-13
HYAMS, Allen James	Director	—	2013-07-13

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
A.P.M. Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 129 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-20	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2026-01-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-01-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-11-29	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-09-03	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-09-03	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-12-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-12-09	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-11-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-11-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2020-11-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2019-11-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-08-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2018-11-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30

Turnover

+0.5%

£30,787,228 £30,937,850
Cash

-93.4%

£1,254,508 £82,901

lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets

-0.9%

£4,360,156 £4,322,715
Employees

-4.8%

21 20
Operating profit

-117.6%

£228,750 -£40,150

lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax

-104.5%

£204,608 -£9,246

lowest in 3 filed years
Wages

+8.7%

£602,089 £654,405

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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