SANDVIK OSPREY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-07 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£48M
+9.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£64M
+4.2% vs 2023
Employees
150
-8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+49.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SANDVIK OSPREY LIMITED 2004-03-18 → present
- OSPREY METALS LIMITED 1974-11-08 → 2004-03-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,919,000 | £28,822,000 | |
| Operating profit | £612,000 | £1,378,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,372,000 | £3,546,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,673,000 | £2,593,000 | |
| Cash | £43,580,000 | £47,838,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,842,000 | £64,280,000 | |
| Net assets | £61,088,000 | £63,681,000 | |
| Equity | £61,088,000 | £63,681,000 | |
| Average employees | 163 | 150 | |
| Wages | £6,316,000 | £5,936,000 |
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 | 2.0% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.6% | 8.6% | |
| Current ratio | 15.31x | 12.89x | |
| Interest cover | 5.61x | 26.00x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reasonable expectations that the Company has adequate resources, with support from its ultimate parent undertaking and the wider group, to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In making this assessment, the directors have also considered the ability of the parent and the group to forecast and provide the necessary support. Therefore, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no other significant events since the balance sheet date which should be considered for a proper understanding of these financial statements, the long-term growth prospects remain positive.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TWIGG, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2020-10-05 | — | — |
| COLEMAN, Andrew John, Dr | Director | 2020-05-01 | Sep 1979 | English |
| RAFFELSBERGER, Andreas | Director | 2024-05-13 | Sep 1980 | Austrian |
| RONNIE, Alison Mary | Director | 2022-06-14 | Nov 1968 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONALD, James Murray | Secretary | — | 1993-12-20 |
| FULLER, John James | Secretary | 2018-05-02 | 2020-10-05 |
| PAGE, Donald | Secretary | 1993-12-20 | 2002-12-02 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul | Secretary | 2002-12-03 | 2018-05-02 |
| AKERHIELM, Edvard Hans Ludvig, Director | Director | — | 1997-04-01 |
| ANDERSSON, Carina | Director | 2008-05-13 | 2010-12-17 |
| BOULTON, Joseph Alan | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2016-05-01 |
| BRABHAM, Stephen James, Mr. | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| BROOKS, Reginald Gwyn, Dr | Director | — | 2006-08-31 |
| COOMBS, Jeffrey Stuart | Director | — | 2002-10-30 |
| COWEN, Stephen | Director | 2009-04-30 | 2011-08-22 |
| DONALD, James Murray | Director | — | 1993-12-20 |
| GENSCHOU, Anna-Karin Maria Nanna | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2019-10-01 |
| GOOD, William Marsh | Director | 1997-05-01 | 1999-10-30 |
| GRUNBAUM, Gunnar | Director | — | 2002-08-16 |
| GUNNARSSON, Mats | Director | 2010-12-17 | 2014-09-24 |
| GUNNARSSON, Mats | Director | 2004-09-21 | 2008-05-13 |
| HAWORTH, Nigel Paul | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2004-09-21 |
| HOWELLS, Robert Ian Leach | Director | — | 2005-11-30 |
| KANGAS, Pasi Peter | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| LEATHAM, Alan George | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| NILSSON, Bert Nicklas Linus | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| NYSTROM, Magnus | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-11-03 |
| NYSTROM, Magnus | Director | 2008-05-13 | 2011-04-19 |
| PARK, Richard John | Director | 2006-01-02 | 2020-02-25 |
| ROOS, Annika Maria | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| WIDMARK, Henrik | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| WIJK, Olof Olle Lars Bengt | Director | 2011-04-19 | 2013-07-01 |
| WIJK, Olof Olle Lars Bengt | Director | 2002-08-16 | 2009-04-30 |
| YU, Philip | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2016-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandvik Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-10-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3.7%
£29,919,000 £28,822,000
-
Cash
+9.8%
£43,580,000 £47,838,000
-
Net assets
+4.2%
£61,088,000 £63,681,000
-
Employees
-8%
163 150
-
Operating profit
+125.2%
£612,000 £1,378,000
-
Profit before tax
+49.5%
£2,372,000 £3,546,000
-
Wages
-6%
£6,316,000 £5,936,000
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