METALUBE GROUP LTD.
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-21 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-25.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+7.5% vs 2024
Employees
63
+5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-27.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- METALUBE GROUP LTD. 2022-06-23 → present
- METALUBE LTD 1988-05-31 → 2022-06-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,843,712 | £19,977,821 | |
| Operating profit | £3,339,047 | £2,474,755 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,459,277 | £2,517,658 | |
| Net profit | £2,634,263 | £1,782,420 | |
| Cash | £4,787,252 | £3,551,400 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,793,170 | £18,016,507 | |
| Net assets | £16,454,042 | £17,681,262 | |
| Equity | £16,454,042 | £17,681,262 | |
| Average employees | 60 | 63 | |
| Wages | £3,051,346 | £3,185,572 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 12.4% | |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.9% | 13.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.5% | 15.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 6.74x | |
| Interest cover | 1127.29x | 580.93x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The business continues to have a strong Statement of Financial Position and in the period since 31 August 2025 the company remained profitable and cash generative.”
Group structure
- METALUBE GROUP LTD. · parent
- Metalube Shanghai Limited 100%
- Metalube Brasil Commercio de Lubrificantes Ltda 100%
- Metalube Pvt. Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company is currently in the process of liquidating the assets of its joint venture, Metalube Specialty Lubricants (Hong Kong) Co Ltd. The process is continuing at the date that these financial statements are signed.”
- “There was a fire at a warehouse in one of its locations in October 2025 which resulted in £0.4m of stock being damaged. The stock was fully insured, and the immediate replacement of stock meant that there was no trading impact.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Robert Peter | Director | 2011-03-31 | Oct 1970 | British |
| HART, Steven | Director | 2023-03-22 | May 1969 | British |
| HUNT, Douglas Vivian | Director | 2011-07-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
| NETTLESHIP, Christopher John | Director | 2011-07-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, Jean Patricia | Secretary | — | 2011-03-31 |
| BROUGH, John Robert | Director | — | 1993-09-07 |
| LEE, David John | Director | — | 2015-08-31 |
| LEE, Jean Patricia | Director | 1994-03-17 | 2011-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Peter Brown | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Metalube Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-06-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-8.5%
£21,843,712 £19,977,821
-
Cash
-25.8%
£4,787,252 £3,551,400
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£16,454,042 £17,681,262
-
Employees
+5%
60 63
-
Operating profit
-25.9%
£3,339,047 £2,474,755
-
Profit before tax
-27.2%
£3,459,277 £2,517,658
-
Wages
+4.4%
£3,051,346 £3,185,572
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