N.I.S. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+23% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+40% vs 2024
Employees
179
+4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-20.1% vs 2024
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 | £24,249,000 | £25,823,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,185,000 | £1,723,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,243,000 | £1,793,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,272,000 | £1,335,000 | |
| Cash | £8,566,000 | £10,535,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,340,000 | £4,704,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,340,000 | £4,675,000 | |
| Equity | £3,340,000 | £4,675,000 | |
| Average employees | 171 | 179 | |
| Wages | £7,982,000 | £8,779,000 |
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 | 9.0% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 65.4% | 36.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.9% | 75.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 109.25x | 86.15x |
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, Preston
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing the ability of the company to continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future, the directors have considered scenarios which have involved a degree of judgement based upon experience of the sector, forecast activity and the cash resources available to ensure that the financial statements can be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company's order book increased to £31.8m at year-end (2024: £24.7m), reflecting a number of significant contract wins.”
- “Headcount increased to an average of 179 (2024: 171) to support this growth.”
- “The Company achieved its 19th RoSPA Gold safety award during the year earning the Order of Distinction.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HITCHEN, Darryl Lee | Secretary | 2024-01-01 | — | — |
| ATKINSON, Tom Henry Edward | Director | 2024-04-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
| BRADSHAW, Steven John | Director | 2021-04-01 | May 1970 | British |
| BROWN, David Keith | Director | 2017-06-22 | May 1961 | British |
| HARDMAN, Ian Andrew | Director | 2024-04-01 | Sep 1986 | British |
| MEFFAN, Norman Ian | Director | 1997-03-27 | Feb 1928 | British |
| ROTHWELL, Stephen David | Director | 2018-12-10 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENTWISTLE, Howard | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| NICHOLSON, Christopher William | Secretary | 1997-03-27 | 2006-02-01 |
| AFFLICK, Clifford John | Director | 2004-08-26 | 2006-12-31 |
| BRANTON, Kenneth William | Director | 1998-09-24 | 2006-01-31 |
| COLQUHOUN, Kenneth Gillies | Director | 2011-12-12 | 2012-09-28 |
| ENTWISTLE, Howard | Director | 2006-06-13 | 2024-12-02 |
| FERGUSON, Martin Liam | Director | 1997-03-27 | 1999-10-28 |
| HOLDEN, Michael Gerard, Dr | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2008-02-04 |
| JACKSON, Thomas Patrick | Director | 1997-03-27 | 2002-04-17 |
| LANIGAN, Philip Nicholas | Director | 1997-03-27 | 1999-10-31 |
| LAWRENCE, Stuart David | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| MARSDEN, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2011-12-12 | 2024-04-03 |
| NICHOLSON, Christopher William | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2015-07-04 |
| PENROSE, Richard | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| RATCLIFFE, William Peter | Director | 1997-03-27 | 2007-07-31 |
| ROBSON, Philip John | Director | 1997-03-27 | 2007-03-31 |
| WARD, Gary Richard | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2018-10-19 |
| WRIGHT, Stephen | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2017-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.I.S. Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+6.5%
£24,249,000 £25,823,000
-
Cash
+23%
£8,566,000 £10,535,000
-
Net assets
+40%
£3,340,000 £4,675,000
-
Employees
+4.7%
171 179
-
Operating profit
-21.1%
£2,185,000 £1,723,000
-
Profit before tax
-20.1%
£2,243,000 £1,793,000
-
Wages
+10%
£7,982,000 £8,779,000
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