STILL MATERIALS HANDLING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-04 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-21
Watchouts
Cash
£380K
-45% vs 2023
Net assets
-£15M
+36.6% vs 2023
Employees
187
+5.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+164.5% 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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £79,828,000 | £88,513,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,175,000 | £5,368,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,331,000 | £3,520,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,517,000 | £7,245,000 | |
| Cash | £691,000 | £380,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,747,000 | £13,117,000 | |
| Net assets | -£23,264,000 | -£14,749,000 | |
| Equity | -£23,264,000 | -£14,749,000 | |
| Average employees | 177 | 187 | |
| Wages | £9,860,000 | £10,034,000 |
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 | 4.0% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.3% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 1.71x | 2.83x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the overall going concern position is fully supported, and that they have not been able to identify any material uncertainties in relation to going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEYDENREICH, Florian | Director | 2025-02-21 | Mar 1981 | German |
| LUDWIG, Marcel Werner | Director | 2023-04-01 | Sep 1980 | German |
| PARKER, Eamonn | Director | 2023-10-10 | Jul 1978 | British |
| WRIGLEY, James Anthony | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLEBTA, Colin | Secretary | 2021-06-30 | 2023-04-30 |
| BOOTH, Christopher James | Secretary | 2002-04-26 | 2003-03-03 |
| BURTON, Peter | Secretary | 2006-08-17 | 2006-08-31 |
| BYRNE, Alan Michael | Secretary | 2007-08-21 | 2008-09-30 |
| DUBOIS, Jean-Paul | Secretary | 2019-10-31 | 2020-03-01 |
| IMBECK, Soenke Klaus | Secretary | 2020-03-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| LUDWIG, Marcel | Secretary | 2023-04-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| MCCLOY, Thomas | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2009-11-02 |
| MUELLER, Frank Dieter | Secretary | 2003-03-03 | 2006-08-17 |
| SCHNESE, Carsten | Secretary | 1999-08-01 | 2002-04-26 |
| SMITH, Nicolas Roger | Secretary | 2008-07-31 | 2019-10-31 |
| WADE, Lloyd Joseph | Secretary | — | 1999-06-30 |
| BIRKNER, Karl-Heinz | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2018-01-31 |
| BIRKNER, Karl-Heinz | Director | 2009-05-15 | 2011-05-31 |
| BLEBTA, Colin | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2023-04-30 |
| BOOTH, Christopher James | Director | 2002-01-30 | 2006-06-30 |
| BOOTH, Christopher James | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2001-03-23 |
| BYRNE, Alan Michael | Director | 2007-08-21 | 2008-09-30 |
| CONRAD, Oliver | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-04-20 |
| DIX, Anthony Buxton | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2001-04-05 |
| DUBOIS, Jean-Paul | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2021-01-29 |
| ELDER, Alexander Robert | Director | — | 2000-09-30 |
| FISCHER, Thomas Alfred | Director | 2013-01-30 | 2021-01-29 |
| FISCHER, Thomas Alfred | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2005-12-13 |
| FISCHER, Thomas Alfred | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2001-08-31 |
| GEOCKERITZ, Eike | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2011-06-01 |
| GERRARD, Steven | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2021-11-04 |
| HALL, Anthony | Director | 2005-12-13 | 2009-03-20 |
| HALMA, Vincent Harmen | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| HOFMANN, Thorsten | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2021-01-29 |
| IMBECK, Soenke Klaus | Director | 2018-07-20 | 2021-06-30 |
| JAEGER, Horst Peter | Director | 1997-08-04 | 2003-10-13 |
| JANSEN, Christopher | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2016-01-25 |
| JUST, Ulrike Therese | Director | 2021-01-29 | 2023-10-10 |
| KINGSTON, Robert James | Director | 1994-04-25 | 1998-03-06 |
| KNOEF, Bert Jan | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2013-01-30 |
| LAGLER, Alexander | Director | 2021-01-29 | 2025-12-31 |
| LAUTRAY, Christophe | Director | 2021-01-29 | 2025-02-21 |
| MCCLOY, Thomas | Director | 2006-05-03 | 2008-09-30 |
| MICHELSON, Nikolaus Niels Hubertus | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-12-12 |
| MITCHELL, Malcolm Paul | Director | 1996-11-18 | 1998-01-01 |
| MUELLER, Frank Dieter | Director | 2003-03-03 | 2006-08-17 |
| NEWTON, Paul Henry William | Director | 2001-04-30 | 2001-11-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Paul | Director | 1998-01-26 | 2001-03-02 |
| REED, Gillian Angela | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| REINECKE, Jens Wilhelm | Director | 1997-06-26 | 2005-04-20 |
| ROONEY, Constantine | Director | 2007-01-17 | 2008-09-30 |
| SCHNESE, Carsten | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2002-04-26 |
| SCHROEDER, Ingo | Director | — | 1997-06-26 |
| SCHULZ, Olaf Fritz Max | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-01-25 |
| SMITH, Nicolas Roger | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2019-10-31 |
| STOTT, Christopher David | Director | 2001-04-24 | 2003-02-28 |
| TOEPFER, Thomas Alexander, Dr | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| TRAINER, Eckard | Director | — | 1997-06-26 |
| WADE, Lloyd Joseph | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| WIECKER, Torsten | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| ZWINGMANN, Lorenz William, Dr | Director | 2005-12-13 | 2008-09-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kion Group Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-01 | Active |
| Kion Group Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 297 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.9%
£79,828,000 £88,513,000
-
Cash
-45%
£691,000 £380,000
-
Net assets
+36.6%
-£23,264,000 -£14,749,000
-
Employees
+5.6%
177 187
-
Operating profit
+69.1%
£3,175,000 £5,368,000
-
Profit before tax
+164.5%
£1,331,000 £3,520,000
-
Wages
+1.8%
£9,860,000 £10,034,000
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