CONSORT (1996) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-22
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+19.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+17.2% vs 2024
Employees
67
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£426K
-50.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CONSORT (1996) LIMITED 1996-02-09 → present
- MB44 LIMITED 1996-01-09 → 1996-02-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,323,337 | £7,087,425 | |
| Operating profit | £889,998 | £1,074,594 | |
| Profit before tax | £862,805 | £425,882 | |
| Net profit | £637,582 | £335,863 | |
| Cash | £2,456,248 | £2,945,205 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,400,865 | £6,496,420 | |
| Net assets | £5,318,218 | £6,232,995 | |
| Equity | £5,318,218 | £6,232,995 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 67 | |
| Wages | £2,935,747 | £2,996,442 |
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 | 12.2% | 15.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.5% | 16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.8% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.95x | 5.52x | |
| Interest cover | 80.95x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Evens & Co Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the Group Financial Statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the Group Financial Statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the Group Financial Statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CONSORT (1996) LIMITED · parent
- Consort Equipment Products Limited 100%
- Elite Electro Plating Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “A total of £649,740 was spent on replacing an old roof at the company's premises in Milford Haven.”
- “There was also an exceptional cost of £80,568 (2024: £64,532) in respect of the costs associated with the intended closure of the pension fund.”
- “It is expected that a full pension fund buy out will occur by October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFSHAR, Taha, Dr | Director | 2025-12-19 | Jun 1983 | British |
| DAVIES, David Gareth Lloyd | Director | 2025-12-22 | Oct 1976 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Alan Wallance George | Secretary | 1996-03-15 | 1998-03-27 |
| RYCROFT, Michael Barrie | Secretary | 1998-03-27 | 2005-12-21 |
| SPANKIE, Edward Ellison | Secretary | 2005-12-21 | 2025-12-19 |
| MB SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-01-09 | 1996-03-15 |
| BAGGS, Christopher John | Director | 1996-03-15 | 2025-12-19 |
| EVANS, Philip Wyn | Director | 1996-05-01 | 1997-06-27 |
| KIMBER, Gary | Director | 1996-03-15 | 2008-07-18 |
| KING, Alan Wallance George | Director | 1996-03-15 | 2003-05-02 |
| REYNOLDS, Adrian Clive | Director | 1996-03-15 | 2008-07-18 |
| SPANKIE, Edward Ellison | Director | 1996-03-15 | 2025-12-19 |
| MB INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1996-01-09 | 1996-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeboat Associates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-19 | Active |
| Mr Christopher John Baggs | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-26 | Ceased 2025-12-19 |
| Mr Edward Ellison Spankie | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
-3.2%
£7,323,337 £7,087,425
-
Cash
+19.9%
£2,456,248 £2,945,205
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Net assets
+17.2%
£5,318,218 £6,232,995
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Employees
-2.9%
69 67
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Operating profit
+20.7%
£889,998 £1,074,594
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Profit before tax
-50.6%
£862,805 £425,882
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Wages
+2.1%
£2,935,747 £2,996,442
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