POTTER & MOORE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+16.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
+9.8% vs 2024
Employees
378
-7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+206.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-04-21
- POTTER & MOORE PLC 2026-04-21 → present
- CREIGHTONS PLC 1997-10-02 → 2026-04-21
- CREIGHTON'S NATURALLY PLC 1989-08-29 → 1997-10-02
- CREIGHTON LABORATORIES PLC 1986-04-01 → 1989-08-29
- HIBAVEND LIMITED 1975-09-29 → 1986-04-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £53,194,000 | £54,066,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,038,000 | £3,531,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,277,000 | £3,497,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,527,000 | £2,452,000 | |
| Cash | £3,138,000 | £3,659,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,801,000 | £28,637,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,055,000 | £24,223,000 | |
| Equity | £22,055,000 | £24,223,000 | |
| Average employees | 407 | 378 | |
| Wages | £12,752,000 | £12,675,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | -6.6% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.3% | 12.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.0% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 2.55x | |
| Interest cover | 8.70x | 21.93x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are pleased to report that the Group has renewed its bank facilities and continues to meet its debt obligations and expects to operate comfortably within its available borrowing facilities. Future cash flow projections for the next 12 months modelled continued operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- POTTER & MOORE PLC · parent
- Potter & Moore Innovations Limited 1%
- Potter and Moore International Inc. 1%
- Emma Hardie GmbH 1%
- Emma Hardie (Devon) Limited 1%
- Potter and Moore Pty Limited 1%
- Emma Hardie Limited 1%
- Brodie & Stone Limited 1%
- Brodie & Stone Holdings Limited 1%
- Potter and Moore Limited 1%
- Emma Hardie (China) 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONE ADVISORY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-12-04 | — | — |
| BIRD, Jemima Chloe | Director | 2025-03-31 | Oct 1972 | British |
| CLARK, Philippa Beatrice Euphemia | Director | 2015-02-11 | May 1969 | British |
| FORSTER, Paul | Director | 2015-02-11 | Apr 1958 | British |
| GEARY, Brian Samuel | Director | 2024-03-07 | Nov 1965 | British |
| GLENCROSS, William Torrance | Director | 2005-07-01 | Jul 1946 | British |
| O'SHEA, Nicholas Desmond John | Director | 2001-05-17 | Jul 1954 | British |
| QADEER, Mohammed | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jan 1991 | British |
| STEVENS, Martin | Director | 2015-02-11 | Jun 1961 | British |
| WATTS, Paul Richard | Director | 2025-01-29 | Sep 1963 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENSELL, Edward Noel | Secretary | — | 1995-07-12 |
| O'SHEA, Nicholas Desmond John | Secretary | 1998-02-01 | 2021-03-30 |
| THOMSON, Malcolm Stuart | Secretary | 1995-07-12 | 1997-06-10 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-06-10 | 1998-01-31 |
| SAXON COAST CONSULTANTS LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2021-03-30 | 2024-11-30 |
| BAILEY, Robert William | Director | — | 1996-12-18 |
| CARNEY, Mary Teresa | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2019-11-19 |
| CARR, John | Director | 1996-09-24 | 1997-12-19 |
| CLEMENTS, Gerald David | Director | — | 1996-10-14 |
| COLLARD, Richard David | Director | — | 1996-09-24 |
| DALE, Barry Gordon | Director | 1997-12-19 | 1999-12-23 |
| GUBBINS, Michael Robert | Director | 1997-07-08 | 1999-09-08 |
| HAMILTON, William Easton | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2000-09-13 |
| HAMMOND-TURNER, Patrick Arnold | Director | — | 1994-09-12 |
| JOHNSON, Bernard James Mary | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2023-11-24 |
| LANE SMITH, Roger | Director | 1997-12-19 | 2001-05-09 |
| LEWIS, James Patrick | Director | 1997-07-07 | 1997-09-30 |
| MCILROY, William Oliver | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2024-12-10 |
| NICHOLLS, Angela Mary | Director | — | 1997-09-30 |
| PICKFORD, Simon Nicholas | Director | 1997-03-03 | 1997-07-02 |
| SMITH, Keith Ramsay | Director | 1997-09-30 | 1997-12-19 |
| SOMERS, Peter Leonard | Director | 1998-09-21 | 1999-09-28 |
| SUTTON, Michael Phillip | Director | 1994-11-03 | 1997-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Oliver Mcilroy | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-08-08 | Ceased 2021-07-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 317 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-09-17 RP04SH01 Legacy PDF
- 2025-09-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+1.6%
£53,194,000 £54,066,000
-
Cash
+16.6%
£3,138,000 £3,659,000
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£22,055,000 £24,223,000
-
Employees
-7.1%
407 378
-
Operating profit
+16.2%
£3,038,000 £3,531,000
-
Profit before tax
+206.7%
-£3,277,000 £3,497,000
-
Wages
-0.6%
£12,752,000 £12,675,000
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