EXPRESS ENGINEERING (GATESHEAD) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-07 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-24
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+96.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+16.4% vs 2023
Employees
255
+13.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+355.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- EXPRESS ENGINEERING (GATESHEAD) LIMITED 2017-07-12 → present
- EXPRESS ENGINEERING (OIL & GAS) LIMITED 2014-03-27 → 2017-07-12
- EXPRESS ENGINEERING (THOMPSON) LIMITED 1978-12-13 → 2014-03-27
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 | £32,271,231 | £40,554,061 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,076,436 | £3,422,049 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,255,902 | £3,212,190 | |
| Net profit | -£840,730 | £3,030,092 | |
| Cash | £621,916 | £1,222,843 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,569,509 | £23,394,178 | |
| Net assets | £18,420,756 | £21,450,848 | |
| Equity | £18,420,756 | £21,450,848 | |
| Average employees | 224 | 255 | |
| Wages | £9,766,554 | £11,449,626 |
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 | -3.3% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.6% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.2% | 14.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.65x | 2.65x | |
| Interest cover | -5.63x | 16.20x |
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
- UNW LLP
- 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 when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARCLAY, William | Director | 2010-01-01 | May 1966 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, Trevor | Director | 2025-01-01 | Dec 1981 | British |
| MACBRIDE, Julian Murray Thomas | Director | 2023-08-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
| RANSOM, Neil | Director | 2019-12-16 | Jul 1966 | British |
| SWINHOE, Craig Robert | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1976 | Australian |
| TAYLOR, Gary David | Director | 2018-11-23 | Sep 1983 | British |
| THOMPSON, Daniel Scott | Director | 2025-10-01 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEY, Michael Vincent | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2018-02-01 |
| BORRELL, Arthur James Peter | Secretary | 1998-01-21 | 2004-04-01 |
| THOMPSON, Olwyn Lois | Secretary | — | 1998-01-30 |
| BAXTER, Neil Graham | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2004-01-01 |
| BEVAN, Mark James Morgan | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| BLAKEY, Michael Vincent | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2018-02-01 |
| BORRELL, Arthur James Peter | Director | 1996-03-28 | 1997-04-04 |
| BURGESS, Stanley | Director | — | 1999-09-29 |
| COCKSEDGE, Brian | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2013-10-09 |
| DAVISON, Nigel | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2017-04-27 |
| DEAN, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1998-10-31 |
| GERMANEY, William | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-10-01 |
| HENDERSON, Denis John | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| LEWIS, Eric James | Director | 2017-04-28 | 2018-11-23 |
| MACKIE, Robin James Dermot | Director | 1995-03-29 | 2003-04-01 |
| PATTERSON, John | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| RANSOM, Neil | Director | 2014-10-09 | 2018-03-01 |
| REED, Robert | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2000-07-07 |
| RITCHIE, James Thomas | Director | 1996-09-23 | 2000-08-14 |
| SCOTT, Kevin | Director | — | 2025-04-01 |
| STANLEY, Roy Robert Edward | Director | 1996-04-08 | 1999-09-28 |
| THIRLWELL, Gary | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-10-01 |
| THIRLWELL, Gary | Director | 2004-05-21 | 2018-02-28 |
| THOMPSON, Christopher Scott | Director | 2018-11-23 | 2025-10-01 |
| THOMPSON, Christopher Scott | Director | — | 2017-04-28 |
| THOMPSON, Keith Fulton Scott | Director | — | 2006-11-13 |
| THOMPSON, Olwyn Lois | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express Engineering (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 235 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+25.7%
£32,271,231 £40,554,061
-
Cash
+96.6%
£621,916 £1,222,843
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Net assets
+16.4%
£18,420,756 £21,450,848
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Employees
+13.8%
224 255
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Operating profit
+417.9%
-£1,076,436 £3,422,049
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Profit before tax
+355.8%
-£1,255,902 £3,212,190
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Wages
+17.2%
£9,766,554 £11,449,626
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