SENCON (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-07 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-25.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-8.3% vs 2023
Employees
68
-9.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£691K
-63.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SENCON (UK) LIMITED 1987-07-13 → present
- MUTUALFINISH LIMITED 1987-03-10 → 1987-07-13
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 | £15,046,862 | £10,589,925 | |
| Operating profit | £1,906,006 | £686,840 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,910,729 | £691,190 | |
| Net profit | £1,455,630 | £593,710 | |
| Cash | £2,723,572 | £2,028,156 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,949,673 | £4,531,924 | |
| Net assets | £4,889,446 | £4,483,156 | |
| Equity | £4,889,446 | £4,483,156 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 68 | |
| Wages | £3,770,626 | £3,093,270 |
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 | 12.7% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.5% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.2% | 26.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.08x | 3.79x |
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
- Bishop Fleming LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors' assumptions and outlook consider the impact and uncertainty that any external events may have on the Business. Updated forecasts and cashflow projections have been put in place for best and worst-case scenarios in order to make sure business continues during these times. This is being monitored on a daily basis. On this basis the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SENCON (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Sencon Europe Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRADDOCK, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2009-09-30 | — | Other |
| BOURN, Siobhan Kirsten | Director | 2022-01-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| CHURCHILL, Richard | Director | 2011-08-06 | Oct 1968 | British |
| CRADDOCK, Paul | Director | — | May 1955 | British |
| CRADDOCK, Richard John | Director | 2015-09-10 | Sep 1984 | British |
| RICE, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2022-01-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| SHIELDS, Eric Winston | Director | 2025-09-05 | Jan 1972 | American |
| SHIELDS, Winston | Director | — | Dec 1941 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRADDOCK, Jeanette Ann | Secretary | — | 1999-12-14 |
| CRADDOCK, Paul | Secretary | 2006-12-05 | 2009-09-30 |
| CRADDOCK, Paul | Secretary | 1999-12-14 | 2002-05-01 |
| HANDY, Julie Catherine | Secretary | 2002-05-01 | 2006-12-05 |
| KEMP, Graham Alastair Richard | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| NELEN, Lucien Johannes | Director | 1994-11-28 | 2013-04-10 |
| TIPPING, Nicholas Hilton | Director | 2013-05-16 | 2020-12-31 |
| YOUNG, Robert Caldwell | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2026-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Winston Earl Shields | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Paul Craddock | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-29.6%
£15,046,862 £10,589,925
-
Cash
-25.5%
£2,723,572 £2,028,156
-
Net assets
-8.3%
£4,889,446 £4,483,156
-
Employees
-9.3%
75 68
-
Operating profit
-64%
£1,906,006 £686,840
-
Profit before tax
-63.8%
£1,910,729 £691,190
-
Wages
-18%
£3,770,626 £3,093,270
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