A. F. MACHINERY LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-06 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£328K

-10% vs 2024

Net assets

£30M

+26.2% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

-4.4% lowest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£8M

+92.7% highest in 5 filed years

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

A. F. MACHINERY LIMITED 1991-02-21 → present
RUNSECTOR LIMITED 1990-11-23 → 1991-02-21

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

A. F. MACHINERY LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=348

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2019-10-01	2020-09-30	2020-10-01	2021-09-30	2021-10-01	2022-09-30	2022-10-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	£11,841,293	—	£11,236,519	—	£12,290,828	—	£19,421,743	£16,502,438
Operating profit	—	£1,351,596	—	£732,019	—	£1,686,897	—	£4,501,295	£8,334,661
Profit before tax	—	£1,135,675	—	£536,304	—	£1,508,520	—	£4,274,453	£8,235,573
Net profit	—	£900,158	—	£321,898	—	£1,306,070	—	£3,334,983	£6,176,680
Cash	£598,543	£309,121	£309,121	£302,209	£302,209	£313,666	£313,666	£364,635	£328,057
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£24,580,934	—	£23,845,390	—	£24,530,657	—	£26,872,371	£33,766,696
Net assets	—	£18,611,097	—	£18,932,995	—	£20,223,065	—	£23,546,048	£29,720,728
Equity	£17,710,939	£18,611,097	£18,611,097	£18,932,995	£18,932,995	£20,223,065	£20,223,065	£23,546,048	£29,720,728
Average employees	—	134	—	127	—	114	—	91	87
Wages	—	£3,650,946	—	£3,516,811	—	£3,510,321	—	£4,374,180	£3,459,184

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	2019-10-01	2020-09-30	2020-10-01	2021-09-30	2021-10-01	2022-09-30	2022-10-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	11.4%	—	6.5%	—	13.7%	—	23.2%	50.5%
Net margin	—	7.6%	—	2.9%	—	10.6%	—	17.2%	37.4%
Return on capital employed	—	5.5%	—	3.1%	—	6.9%	—	16.8%	24.7%
Interest cover	—	6.10x	—	3.59x	—	9.09x	—	17.75x	69.21x

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

7 active · 0 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ABREY, Richard Symon	Secretary	—	—	British
ABREY, Christopher Peter	Director	—	May 1950	British
ABREY, Giles Matthew Richard	Director	2015-05-22	Nov 1973	British
ABREY, Matthew Robert	Director	2015-05-22	Apr 1983	British
ABREY, Richard Symon	Director	—	Mar 1947	British
ABREY, Robert	Director	—	Jan 1955	British
ABREY, Thomas Russell William	Director	2015-05-22	Jun 1979	British

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 106 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-10-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-12-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-06	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2023-11-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-06-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-12-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-06-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-06-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2020-06-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-12-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-07-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2018-12-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-07-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2017-12-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2017-12-07	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2017-07-04	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

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

-15%

£19,421,743 £16,502,438
Cash

-10%

£364,635 £328,057
Net assets

+26.2%

£23,546,048 £29,720,728

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-4.4%

91 87

lowest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

+85.2%

£4,501,295 £8,334,661

highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax

+92.7%

£4,274,453 £8,235,573

highest in 5 filed years
Wages

-20.9%

£4,374,180 £3,459,184

lowest in 5 filed years

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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