METPRO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-11 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-18.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+3.8% vs 2023
Employees
52
+10.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£539K
-86.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,711,408 | £23,830,161 | |
| Operating profit | £4,149,966 | £2,859,070 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,882,349 | £538,837 | |
| Net profit | £3,530,102 | £301,727 | |
| Cash | £1,319,776 | £1,079,266 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,946,481 | £8,370,490 | |
| Net assets | £7,911,317 | £8,213,044 | |
| Equity | £7,911,317 | £8,213,044 | |
| Average employees | 47 | 52 | |
| Wages | £1,933,872 | £2,445,658 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 12.0% | |
| Net margin | 14.9% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 52.2% | 34.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 15.42x | 1682.80x |
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
- Wilkes Tranter & Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- METPRO LIMITED · parent
- Demon Cato Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILBURN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2025-08-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| SADLER, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2024-09-30 | Mar 1990 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Maria Ann | Secretary | 2006-05-05 | 2006-11-01 |
| HOLMES, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2003-12-01 | 2005-04-10 |
| PAGE, Lyndon Graham | Secretary | 2006-11-01 | 2008-04-14 |
| RUDGE, Arthur William | Secretary | 2005-04-10 | 2006-05-05 |
| RUDGE, Arthur William | Secretary | 1993-09-16 | 2000-08-30 |
| RUDGE, Joanne | Secretary | 2000-08-30 | 2003-12-01 |
| MIDLANDS SECRETARIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-08-28 | 1993-09-16 |
| ALLSOPP, Nicholas James | Nominee Director | 1993-08-28 | 1993-09-16 |
| FIDDY, Mark | Director | 2021-03-25 | 2025-03-05 |
| NAYLOR, David | Director | 2009-04-28 | 2024-09-30 |
| RAGGETT, John William | Director | 2000-01-07 | 2000-08-30 |
| RUDGE, Arthur William | Director | 2025-05-15 | 2025-08-01 |
| RUDGE, Arthur William | Director | 1993-09-16 | 2023-12-14 |
| RUDGE, Joanne | Director | 1993-09-16 | 2000-08-28 |
| WHITTON, Paul | Director | 2004-08-03 | 2009-11-03 |
| WILLIAMSON, Peter John | Director | 2025-04-04 | 2025-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tfp Bidco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-14 | Active |
| Mr Arthur William Rudge | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-01-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-12 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.5%
£23,711,408 £23,830,161
-
Cash
-18.2%
£1,319,776 £1,079,266
-
Net assets
+3.8%
£7,911,317 £8,213,044
-
Employees
+10.6%
47 52
-
Operating profit
-31.1%
£4,149,966 £2,859,070
-
Profit before tax
-86.1%
£3,882,349 £538,837
-
Wages
+26.5%
£1,933,872 £2,445,658
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