GOODFELLOW CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-21 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£996K
-62.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+28.8% vs 2023
Employees
95
-11.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-18.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GOODFELLOW CAMBRIDGE LIMITED 1993-06-21 → present
- GOODFELLOW METALS CAMBRIDGE LIMITED 1974-10-23 → 1993-06-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,367,000 | £18,528,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,212,000 | £4,685,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,482,000 | £5,261,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,030,000 | £3,955,000 | |
| Cash | £2,638,000 | £996,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,360,000 | £14,502,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,872,000 | £14,007,000 | |
| Equity | £10,872,000 | £14,007,000 | |
| Average employees | 107 | 95 | |
| Wages | £3,126,000 | £3,121,000 |
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 | 32.1% | 25.3% | |
| Net margin | 26.0% | 21.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.7% | 32.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.24x | 2.72x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following the receipt of written assurances from Advanced Scientific Materials PledgeCo Limited the directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- GOODFELLOW CAMBRIDGE LIMITED · parent
- Goodfellow Corporation 100%
- Goodfellow Trading Company Limited 100%
- Potomac Photonics, Inc 100%
Significant events
- “On 10 February 2025 the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Suisse Technology Partners AG for total consideration of CHF8,140,000 (GBP 7,245,000). The principal activity of Suisse Technology Partners AG is that of material-based solutions and analytics, offering expertise in material science, engineering, and chemistry.”
- “Of the total consideration CHF7,141,000 (GBP 6,356,000) was paid in cash on completion, the remaining CHF999,000 (GBP 889,000) will be paid on the first anniversary of completion and is not contingent on the future performance of the business.”
- “On 28 March 2025 the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Newham Holdings Ltd for total consideration of GBP 13,353,823. The principal activity of Newham Hall Holdings is that of a holding company.”
- “Of the total consideration £11,653,823 was paid in cash on completion, the remaining £1,700,000 will be paid in instalments on the twelve and twenty-four month anniversary of completion and is not contingent on the future performance of the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Andrew | Secretary | 2017-07-17 | — | — |
| FENTON, Mark Peter | Director | 2021-11-23 | Apr 1970 | British |
| KENNEY, Simon John | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
| SINGH, Jaspal Amar Gaminder | Director | 2025-02-17 | Nov 1981 | British |
| WATSON, Andrew | Director | 2021-01-01 | Feb 1986 | British |
| WILSON, Richard George | Director | 2022-05-03 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERSLEY, Stephen Charles | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2008-04-03 |
| PRENTIS, Nigel Anthony | Secretary | — | 2004-07-01 |
| SHIRLEY, Ian | Secretary | 2008-04-03 | 2015-05-06 |
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-07-01 | 2017-07-14 |
| ALDERSLEY, Stephen Charles | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2021-09-10 |
| DOGGETT, Ian John | Director | 2021-11-23 | 2022-05-18 |
| DOGGETT, Ian John | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2021-09-10 |
| DUNN, Richard John Harris | Director | 1993-06-15 | 2008-12-31 |
| FARIA, Fernando | Director | 2025-02-17 | 2026-03-26 |
| FENTON, Mark Peter | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2021-09-10 |
| GOODFELLOW, Stanley | Director | — | 2000-01-30 |
| GOULD, Jennifer | Director | — | 2004-07-01 |
| HARTLEY, Claire Amanda | Director | 2023-05-15 | 2024-08-30 |
| JORDAN, Anthony Peter | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2013-11-22 |
| PRENTIS, Nigel Anthony | Director | 2000-05-31 | 2004-07-01 |
| SHIRLEY, Ian | Director | 2008-04-03 | 2015-05-06 |
| SPARKS, David | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2004-07-01 |
| STONER, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2012-03-05 | 2021-09-10 |
| WOODS, James | Director | 1993-06-15 | 2007-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Scientific Materials Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-
Turnover
-4.3%
£19,367,000 £18,528,000
-
Cash
-62.2%
£2,638,000 £996,000
-
Net assets
+28.8%
£10,872,000 £14,007,000
-
Employees
-11.2%
107 95
-
Operating profit
-24.6%
£6,212,000 £4,685,000
-
Profit before tax
-18.8%
£6,482,000 £5,261,000
-
Wages
-0.2%
£3,126,000 £3,121,000
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