SEBDEN STEEL SERVICE CENTRES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£55K
-36% vs 2024
Net assets
£51M
+1.4% vs 2024
Employees
128
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-76.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SEBDEN STEEL SERVICE CENTRES LIMITED 1996-02-27 → present
- B & D STEEL (NORTH EAST) LIMITED 1991-02-15 → 1996-02-27
- B & D (NORTH EAST) LIMITED 1991-01-02 → 1991-02-15
- URGENTJOIN LIMITED 1990-10-30 → 1991-01-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £169,320,000 | £134,424,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,844,000 | £1,402,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,945,000 | £1,166,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,880,000 | £686,000 | |
| Cash | £86,000 | £55,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,247,000 | £53,843,000 | |
| Net assets | £50,659,000 | £51,345,000 | |
| Equity | £50,659,000 | £51,345,000 | |
| Average employees | 131 | 128 | |
| Wages | £4,951,000 | £4,857,000 |
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 | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.3% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.1% | 44.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.88x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | 39.70x | 4.58x |
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
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Ronald Edward | Director | 1995-05-25 | Sep 1948 | British |
| HILL, Steven James | Director | 2012-02-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
| MCCAUSLAND, Mark Edward | Director | 2012-02-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| SANDERS, Bradley John | Director | 1995-05-25 | May 1963 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADDELEY, Robert Gregory | Secretary | — | 1995-02-02 |
| SANDERS, Bradley John | Secretary | 1995-03-28 | 2008-04-30 |
| SWAN STEEL CO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-02-02 | 1995-03-28 |
| ANTHONY, Peter David | Director | 1996-05-15 | 2012-06-14 |
| BADDELEY, Robert Gregory | Director | — | 1995-02-02 |
| HODSON, Craig | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2024-12-23 |
| HUNT, Jeremy C, Cllr | Director | 1996-05-15 | 2008-03-05 |
| MACDONALD, John Malcolm Kenneth | Director | — | 1995-05-25 |
| SCHOLES, Keith | Director | 1996-05-15 | 2008-03-05 |
| SMITH, Anthony David Thomas | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2024-02-10 |
| THOMPSON, Michael | Director | 1996-05-15 | 1997-11-17 |
| WHITBY, Mark Philip | Director | 1996-05-15 | 2021-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebden Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-30 | Active |
| The Sebden Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-03-29 | Ceased 2022-03-30 |
| Sebden Steel Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-20.6%
£169,320,000 £134,424,000
-
Cash
-36%
£86,000 £55,000
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£50,659,000 £51,345,000
-
Employees
-2.3%
131 128
-
Operating profit
-71.1%
£4,844,000 £1,402,000
-
Profit before tax
-76.4%
£4,945,000 £1,166,000
-
Wages
-1.9%
£4,951,000 £4,857,000
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