SQW LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-06 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-20

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-15.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£3M

+1.7% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

+9.3% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£229K

+12.3% vs 2024

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Industrials median

SQW LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2019-04-01	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£5,602,308	£5,691,694
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£203,537	£226,131
Profit before tax	—	£295,478	—	£538,563	—	£593,119	£261,074	—	£203,537	£228,629
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£155,879	£164,617
Cash	—	£580,753	—	£2,136,613	—	£965,491	£748,777	—	£1,724,101	£1,462,457
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£1,891,740	—	£2,324,689	—	£2,804,873	£2,922,866	—	£3,160,023	£3,176,261
Net assets	—	£1,848,803	—	£2,285,096	—	£2,765,280	£2,876,319	—	£3,032,198	£3,082,815
Equity	—	£1,848,803	—	£2,285,096	—	£2,765,280	£2,876,319	£2,876,319	£3,032,198	£3,082,815
Average employees	—	52	—	52	—	52	51	—	54	59
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£3,061,762	£3,180,644

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	2019-04-01	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6%	4.0%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8%	2.9%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.4%	7.1%

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

5 active · 26 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WRIGHT, Katharine Hannah	Secretary	2016-11-01	—	—
CRICHTON-MILLER, David James Laurens	Director	2015-06-08	Jan 1963	British
DELAHUNTY, Luke Benjamin	Director	2022-08-16	Aug 1979	British
DOEL, Christine Marie, Doctor	Director	2023-03-31	Sep 1968	British
WRIGHT, Katharine Hannah	Director	2016-11-01	Aug 1978	British

Show 26 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HAY, Malcolm Edward	Secretary	2014-04-30	2016-11-01
HENRY, Margaret	Secretary	2006-06-14	2014-04-29
LONGLAND, Penelope Elisabeth Sara	Secretary	—	2001-11-16
WHITE, Geoffrey Martin	Secretary	2001-11-16	2006-06-14
BRIGHTON, Robin David	Director	1995-01-16	2004-09-16
BURGESS, Jack	Director	—	1992-01-11
COOK, Jonathan	Director	2022-08-16	2023-03-31
DOEL, Christine Marie, Doctor	Director	2005-04-01	2014-01-23
FORSE, Timothy John, Dr	Director	—	2004-09-16
GREEN, Christopher Charles	Director	1995-01-16	2015-06-08
HAY, Malcolm Edward	Director	2015-06-08	2016-11-01
HINDLE, Richard John	Director	1995-01-16	2004-09-16
HODGSON, Robert	Director	—	2004-09-16
MACLEOD, William	Director	1999-09-01	2001-08-31
PRINGLE, Simon David Douglas	Director	2005-04-01	2011-08-01
PRINGLE, Simon David Douglas	Director	2001-01-01	2004-09-16
QUINCE, Roger Edward	Director	—	1998-06-30
SEGAL, Neil Saul, Dr	Director	—	1994-07-19
SEGAL, Neil Saul, Dr	Director	—	1992-01-01
STRIVENS, Andrew James	Director	2006-09-26	2009-11-25
THOM, Graham Robert	Director	2013-04-01	2022-08-16
WENBAN SMITH, Alan Kenneth, Prof.	Director	—	1991-06-30
WHITE, Geoffrey Martin	Director	1995-07-17	2004-09-16
WICKSTEED, William	Director	—	2004-09-16
WILKINSON, Martin John	Director	2006-06-14	2006-12-31
WOOD, John Walter	Director	—	2006-12-11

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Sqw Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2017-02-20	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 205 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-08-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-03	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2025-03-03	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-09-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2024-02-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2023-05-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-05-11	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-02-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2022-08-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-08-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-08-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-02-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-08-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2021-02-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2020-02-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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%

£5,602,308 £5,691,694
Cash

-15.2%

£1,724,101 £1,462,457
Net assets

+1.7%

£3,032,198 £3,082,815

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+9.3%

54 59

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

+11.1%

£203,537 £226,131
Profit before tax

+12.3%

£203,537 £228,629
Wages

+3.9%

£3,061,762 £3,180,644

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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