OLIVER VALVES LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2027-06-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-26 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£318K

-65.5% vs 2024

Net assets

£11M

+16.5% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

149

+4.2% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£4M

-24.3% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

OLIVER VALVES LIMITED 1989-07-11 → present
OLIVER ENGINEERING LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1989-07-11
ALDOMAR LIMITED 1979-05-22 → 1979-12-31

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Industrials median

OLIVER VALVES LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric	2022-10-01	2023-09-30	2023-10-01	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Turnover	—	£31,388,891	—	£40,161,112	£32,404,065
Operating profit	—	£3,533,355	—	£5,960,036	£4,458,357
Profit before tax	—	£3,455,628	—	£5,884,880	£4,456,384
Net profit	—	£2,935,253	—	£4,414,937	£3,566,947
Cash	£444,469	£58,868	£58,868	£920,934	£317,653
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£7,791,700	—	£10,107,047	£11,426,179
Net assets	—	£7,066,395	—	£9,481,332	£11,048,279
Equity	£7,631,142	£7,066,395	£7,066,395	£9,481,332	£11,048,279
Average employees	—	136	—	143	149
Wages	—	£5,078,467	—	£5,924,472	£6,172,671

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	2022-10-01	2023-09-30	2023-10-01	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Operating margin	—	11.3%	—	14.8%	13.8%
Net margin	—	9.4%	—	11.0%	11.0%
Return on capital employed	—	45.3%	—	59.0%	39.0%
Interest cover	—	44.82x	—	79.30x	218.44x

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.

People

6 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GORYL, Lynn Kathryn	Secretary	2002-06-15	—	British
HOWARD, Nicholas Alexander	Director	2019-03-01	Jan 1977	British
OLIVER, Mark Roderick	Director	—	Dec 1968	British
OLIVER, Michael Roderick, Doctor	Director	—	Sep 1938	British
ROWLANDS, Paul Edward	Director	2019-10-10	Mar 1971	British
SHILLITO, Paul Edgecombe	Director	2019-03-01	Mar 1963	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
OWEN, Margaret Ann	Secretary	—	2002-06-15
BEDFORD, Richard James	Director	2017-02-09	2022-05-16
CORNWELL, David George	Director	1994-05-12	2017-03-31
GOODWIN, Anthony	Director	2022-05-20	2023-04-21
KANE, Colm	Director	2011-10-01	2022-03-07
LINDOP, Carole Rose	Director	—	1993-12-31
NICHOLSON, Andrew Spencer	Director	—	1993-02-08
SPENCER, Trevor Nicholas	Director	2024-03-01	2025-09-28
WRIGHT, Robert Arthur	Director	2005-01-01	2017-02-24

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Doctor Michael Roderick Oliver	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-05-13	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 137 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2026-03-31	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-09-30	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-05-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-05-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-21	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-03-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-31	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-05-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-05-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-03-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-05-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-04-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-05-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-03-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30

Turnover

-19.3%

£40,161,112 £32,404,065
Cash

-65.5%

£920,934 £317,653
Net assets

+16.5%

£9,481,332 £11,048,279

highest in 3 filed years
Employees

+4.2%

143 149

highest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

-25.2%

£5,960,036 £4,458,357
Profit before tax

-24.3%

£5,884,880 £4,456,384
Wages

+4.2%

£5,924,472 £6,172,671

highest in 3 filed years

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

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