BUFAB (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-10 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£835K
-40.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+11.4% vs 2024
Employees
67
-6.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BUFAB (UK) LIMITED 2020-03-10 → present
- MONTROSE FASTENERS LIMITED 1991-09-27 → 2020-03-10
- LAMDYNE LIMITED 1991-09-17 → 1991-09-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,972,303 | £14,139,532 | |
| Operating profit | £1,592,343 | £725,013 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,316,921 | £620,278 | |
| Cash | £1,396,518 | £834,547 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,482,926 | £6,115,006 | |
| Net assets | £5,429,628 | £6,049,906 | |
| Equity | £5,429,628 | £6,049,906 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 67 | |
| Wages | £2,126,513 | £2,133,038 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.0% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 2.48x |
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
- MHA
- 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 at least twelve months from the date of authorisation of these financial statements. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Katie | Secretary | 2024-05-01 | — | — |
| SANDBERG, Johan Olov | Director | 2020-04-06 | Mar 1971 | Swedish |
| WHEELER, Scott Frank | Director | 2024-05-01 | Sep 1987 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINSWORTH, Diane | Secretary | — | 2010-08-01 |
| WHEELER, Liam David | Secretary | 2012-09-01 | 2016-12-05 |
| AINSWORTH, Charles Duncan | Director | — | 2020-10-27 |
| EINUNGBREKKE, Willy Jensen | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2019-10-25 |
| GREGORY, Stephen Paul | Director | — | 2009-02-27 |
| HORTON, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2006-03-09 | 2016-12-05 |
| MACLEAN, Ian James Norman | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2016-12-05 |
| MITCHELL, David Edward | Director | — | 2016-11-30 |
| ROSENGREN, Jörgen | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2020-04-06 |
| WHEELER, Liam David | Director | 2017-12-22 | 2023-12-14 |
| WHEELER, Liam David | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2016-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bufab Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-16.7%
£16,972,303 £14,139,532
-
Cash
-40.2%
£1,396,518 £834,547
-
Net assets
+11.4%
£5,429,628 £6,049,906
-
Employees
-6.9%
72 67
-
Operating profit
-54.5%
£1,592,343 £725,013
-
Wages
+0.3%
£2,126,513 £2,133,038
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