THOMPSONS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£923K
-18% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+1.7% vs 2023
Employees
159
+12% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£505K
-68.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THOMPSONS (UK) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- THOMPSON (TIPPING GEARS) LIMITED 1973-03-12 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,238,043 | £28,530,577 | |
| Operating profit | £1,643,299 | £541,475 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,592,508 | £505,149 | |
| Net profit | £1,606,296 | £802,630 | |
| Cash | £1,125,711 | £922,907 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,609,996 | £21,757,262 | |
| Net assets | £19,102,399 | £19,418,672 | |
| Equity | £19,102,399 | £19,418,672 | |
| Average employees | 142 | 159 | |
| Wages | £6,296,734 | £6,889,095 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.1% | 36.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 25.70x | 6.35x |
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
- O'Neill Foley Unlimited Company
- 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 the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THOMPSONS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Thompsons Aluminium Limited 100%
- Covermaster Systems Limited 100%
- Thompons Waste Handling Equipment Limited 20%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the financial year-end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Patrick Allen | Secretary | — | — | Irish |
| BURTON, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2010-06-25 | Oct 1949 | British |
| BURTON, Scott Leigh | Director | 2009-10-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| COLQUHOUN, Victoria | Director | 2025-03-03 | Dec 1968 | British |
| GRIFFIN, Neil David | Director | 2020-06-08 | Oct 1969 | British |
| HUGHES, Carl David | Director | 2023-10-02 | Jul 1969 | British |
| OWEN, David Stuart | Director | 2023-12-01 | Aug 1985 | British |
| SHIELDS, Simon Karl | Director | 2009-10-01 | Jul 1973 | English |
| THOMAS, Patrick Allen | Director | — | Jun 1946 | Irish |
| WILLIAMS, Megan Elizabeth | Director | 2023-12-01 | Nov 1995 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINSWORTH, Emma Louise | Director | 2024-06-12 | 2024-09-23 |
| BURTON, Allan John | Director | — | 2010-10-23 |
| MULLANEY, Bernard | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| THOMAS, Peter | Director | — | 2010-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Burton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-03 |
| Thompsons (Uk) Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-20 | MR07 | mortgage | Mortgage alter charge with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-20 | MR07 | mortgage | Mortgage alter charge with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-2.4%
£29,238,043 £28,530,577
-
Cash
-18%
£1,125,711 £922,907
-
Net assets
+1.7%
£19,102,399 £19,418,672
-
Employees
+12%
142 159
-
Operating profit
-67%
£1,643,299 £541,475
-
Profit before tax
-68.3%
£1,592,508 £505,149
-
Wages
+9.4%
£6,296,734 £6,889,095
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