M.J. ALLEN CASTINGS AND MACHINING LTD

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-03 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-19

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£27K

+99.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

+0.9% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

-19.6% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£260K

-78.5% first positive since 2022

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

M.J. ALLEN CASTINGS AND MACHINING LTD 2015-12-02 → present
M.J. ALLEN - E.N.C. LIMITED 1989-08-29 → 2015-12-02
TOLHAWK LIMITED 1989-05-02 → 1989-08-29

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Industrials median

M.J. ALLEN CASTINGS AND MACHINING LTD·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2020-10-01	2021-09-30	2021-10-01	2022-09-30	2022-10-01	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	—	£6,487,967	—	£7,634,807	—	£9,952,763	£6,750,356
Operating profit	—	-£750,002	—	-£629,156	—	£1,488,945	£517,980
Profit before tax	—	£1,726,328	—	-£702,741	—	£1,207,251	£260,123
Net profit	—	£1,726,328	—	-£647,713	—	£1,207,251	£128,197
Cash	—	£4,746	—	£230,661	—	£13,434	£26,772
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£3,411,272	—	£2,611,103	—	£3,132,947	£3,228,028
Net assets	—	£3,008,367	—	£2,360,654	—	£3,067,905	£3,096,102
Equity	£1,782,039	£3,008,367	£3,008,367	£2,360,654	£2,360,654	£3,067,905	£3,096,102
Average employees	—	99	—	88	—	92	74
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	£2,349,207	£2,234,189

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	2020-10-01	2021-09-30	2021-10-01	2022-09-30	2022-10-01	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	—	-11.6%	—	-8.2%	—	15.0%	7.7%
Net margin	—	26.6%	—	-8.5%	—	12.1%	1.9%
Return on capital employed	—	-22.0%	—	-24.1%	—	47.5%	16.0%
Interest cover	—	-31.68x	—	-10.57x	—	14.75x	2.01x

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
CROUCHER, Clive	Secretary	2021-09-01	—	—
ALLEN, Ben Nicholas	Director	2019-02-27	Jul 1991	British
ALLEN, Michael Charles	Director	2024-02-19	Aug 1988	British
ALLEN, Michael John	Director	—	Dec 1936	British
CROUCHER, Clive	Director	2021-09-01	Dec 1971	British
WALSH, Aaron John	Director	2021-03-01	May 1987	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GIBSON, Alan Charles	Secretary	1999-09-30	2021-09-01
GORDON, Graham	Secretary	—	1999-09-30
ALLEN, Michael Nicholas	Director	2015-12-01	2024-02-19
ALLEN, Timothy John	Director	1992-10-14	2021-03-12
BACK, Alan	Director	—	2009-07-31
GIBSON, Alan Charles	Director	1999-09-30	2021-12-31
GORDON, Graham	Director	—	1999-09-30
RANDALL, Michael George	Director	1994-06-01	1995-12-31
YOUNG, David James Sidney	Director	—	1998-07-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
M J Allen Holdings Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 134 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-07-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-06-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-02-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-02-19	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-09-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-09-06	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2021-09-06	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2021-07-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-01	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2021-06-08	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2021-06-01	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2021-03-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

Turnover

-32.2%

£9,952,763 £6,750,356
Cash

+99.3%

£13,434 £26,772
Net assets

+0.9%

£3,067,905 £3,096,102

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

-19.6%

92 74

lowest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-65.2%

£1,488,945 £517,980

first positive since 2022
Profit before tax

-78.5%

£1,207,251 £260,123

first positive since 2022
Wages

-4.9%

£2,349,207 £2,234,189

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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