TOTAL CARBIDE LTD — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-13 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-29

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£73K

-73.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£1M

-53.4% vs 2023

Employees

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£1M

-800.7% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Material uncertainty over going concern

As at 30 September 2024 the Company had net assets of £1,130,000, including £667,000 due from the Company's parent undertaking. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Versarien Plc ("Versarien"), which is facing financial difficulties. Versarien has placed two of its other subsidiaries into liquidation and another one into administration and it has been conducting an accelerated disposal process of its remaining assets.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

TOTAL CARBIDE LTD 2009-08-27 → present
HOWLE CARBIDES LIMITED 2000-09-28 → 2009-08-27
HOYBIDE LIMITED 1991-07-04 → 2000-09-28
JUGPLACE LIMITED 1989-09-29 → 1991-07-04

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

TOTAL CARBIDE LTD·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

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

Metric	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	£2,744,000	£2,040,000
Operating profit	-£68,000	-£1,241,000
Profit before tax	-£144,000	-£1,297,000
Net profit	-£144,000	-£1,297,000
Cash	£273,000	£73,000
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—
Net assets	£2,427,000	£1,130,000
Equity	£2,427,000	£1,130,000
Average employees	21	21
Wages	£784,000	£802,000

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	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	-2.5%	-60.8%
Net margin	-5.2%	-63.6%
Current ratio	2.33x	2.35x
Interest cover	-0.89x	-22.16x

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 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: BDO LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Material uncertainty disclosed
“As at 30 September 2024 the Company had net assets of £1,130,000, including £667,000 due from the Company's parent undertaking. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Versarien Plc ("Versarien"), which is facing financial difficulties. Versarien has placed two of its other subsidiaries into liquidation and another one into administration and it has been conducting an accelerated disposal process of its remaining assets.”

Significant events

“As announced on 31st October 2025 by the parent company, Versarien Plc, heads of terms for the disposal of Total Carbide Limited have been signed with a UK publicly quoted company. Completion is subject to a number of conditions and consequently there is no certainty that the proposed transaction will complete.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 26 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
LEIGH, Christopher Michael	Secretary	2013-07-03	—	—
HOHMANN, Andreas	Director	2014-06-02	Apr 1964	British
LEIGH, Christopher Michael	Director	2013-07-03	Feb 1960	British

Show 26 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BATTRICK, William	Secretary	2013-06-12	2013-07-03
CHALONER, Matthew	Secretary	2000-04-06	2006-11-01
LEIGH, Christopher Michael	Secretary	2006-11-01	2010-09-30
REEVES, Martin Leslie	Secretary	2010-09-30	2013-06-12
SANDOM, Paul Christopher	Secretary	—	1993-10-28
TOSELAND, Anthony John	Secretary	1993-10-28	2000-02-18
BATTRICK, William	Director	2013-06-12	2016-03-10
CHALONER, Matthew	Director	2003-07-31	2011-12-31
DALEY, Keith Anthony	Director	2013-01-07	2013-06-12
FLETCHER, Christopher	Director	—	2004-08-05
FRANKLIN, Noah Felix Kalman	Director	2011-08-31	2013-06-12
GIBSON, John Frederick	Director	2004-07-05	2008-05-16
GIRLING, Adrian Charles Nigel	Director	2006-11-01	2008-07-07
GOVAN, George Russell	Director	—	2003-07-31
GOVAN, Stuart	Director	2000-10-01	2003-10-01
HUMPHRIES, Stephen James	Director	2013-06-12	2013-07-03
HUNT, Andrew Malcolm	Director	2000-10-01	2013-06-12
LEIGH, Christopher Michael	Director	2006-11-01	2010-09-30
MCCOY, Roger	Director	2010-12-14	2012-06-30
PICKIN, Clare	Director	2009-01-05	2009-10-09
RICKETTS, Neill Gareth	Director	2013-06-12	2023-07-18
RICKETTS, Neill Gareth	Director	2008-11-24	2010-12-31
SANDFORD, Paul Richard	Director	—	2003-07-31
SANDOM, Paul Christopher	Director	—	1993-10-28
SPINK, Geoffrey	Director	2010-09-30	2011-08-31
TOSELAND, Anthony John	Director	1997-09-22	2000-02-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Versarien Plc	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 216 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-15	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-11-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-11-08	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-10-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-02-24	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2021-12-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-27	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-10-27	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-10-27	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-10-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-09	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2021-02-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-09-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-01-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-10-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
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

-25.7%

£2,744,000 £2,040,000
Cash

-73.3%

£273,000 £73,000
Net assets

-53.4%

£2,427,000 £1,130,000
Employees

0%

21 21
Operating profit

-1,725%

-£68,000 -£1,241,000
Profit before tax

-800.7%

-£144,000 -£1,297,000
Wages

+2.3%

£784,000 £802,000

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

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