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Next accounts due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last filed for 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-22 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-08

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£9M

+1.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£33M

-8.9% vs 2023

Employees

500

-2.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£35M

-5.3% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. LINIAR LIMITED 2020-08-19 → present
  2. H L PLASTICS LIMITED 1998-01-05 → 2020-08-19
  3. FAIRBROOK LIMITED 1997-07-31 → 1998-01-05
  4. MEAUJO (338) LIMITED 1997-04-28 → 1997-07-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31

Metric Trend 2023-10-312024-10-31
Turnover £144,469,842£126,855,682
Operating profit £36,658,132£34,405,512
Profit before tax £36,790,961£34,841,025
Net profit £33,001,213£31,259,878
Cash £8,719,937£8,861,409
Total assets less current liabilities £40,865,399£37,436,593
Net assets £36,520,867£33,280,745
Equity £36,520,867£33,280,745
Average employees 511500
Wages £19,643,585£19,404,229

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 2023-10-312024-10-31
Operating margin 25.4%27.1%
Net margin 22.8%24.6%
Return on capital employed 89.7%91.9%
Current ratio 1.66x1.73x

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
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Company has reviewed its forecasts and available market data which suggests that the demand within the industry will continue to be strong. The Directors have prepared their forecasts and have a reasonable expectation that the liabilities will be paid as they fall due over the next twelve months. These forecasts were prepared looking at a forecasted 18 month period and several sensitivity scenarios were modelled, along with a stress test exercise to determine the point where the Company would not be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due. In order to mitigate this scenario we also have in place a loan agreement with our parent company Quanex Building Products Corporation that ensures they are willing to support an operational business for the foreseeable future.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 22 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BAILEY, Monika Secretary 2019-02-22
ALDERSON, Christopher Mark Director 2024-04-19 Dec 1966 British
BAILEY, Monika Director 2019-02-22 Sep 1978 British
CORNETT, Paul Boyd Director 2019-11-01 Mar 1977 American
ZUEHLKE, Scott Michael Director 2019-11-01 Aug 1976 American
Show 22 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ARRELL, Emma Jane Secretary 2011-07-01 2019-02-22
BEASLEY, Michael Keith Secretary 2001-02-13 2005-03-23
BOSWORTH, Michael Secretary 1997-07-24 2001-02-13
DOBSON, Arthur Gilmour Secretary 2005-03-23 2011-06-30
PHILSEC LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1997-04-28 1997-07-24
ARRELL, Emma Jane Director 2011-01-04 2019-02-22
BATEMAN, Patrick Director 2004-09-30 2005-03-23
BATES, Michael John Director 2001-01-02 2008-01-01
BEASLEY, Michael Keith Director 2008-01-14 2011-10-31
BOSWORTH, Michael Director 2005-03-23 2015-06-15
BOSWORTH, Michael Director 1997-07-24 2004-09-30
DELANEY, Kevin Patrick Director 2015-06-15 2019-11-01
GRAVEL, Gerald Director 1998-06-08 2002-09-24
HARTSHORN, Roger Laurence Director 1997-07-24 2018-10-31
KORB, Brent Livingston Director 2015-06-15 2019-06-07
LENNOX, David Director 1999-01-01 1999-12-31
POLET, Philippe Director 1998-06-08 2002-09-24
SIMS, Mark Leslie Director 1998-01-02 2010-05-26
TAYLOR, Stuart Lloyd Director 1998-01-02 2007-12-31
THURLEY, Martin Director 2018-11-01 2024-04-19
VANDENBRIELE, Eddy Director 1998-06-08 2002-09-24
MEAUJO INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1997-04-28 1997-07-24

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Quanex Building Products Corporation Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 183 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2020-08-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
  • 2020-08-19 CONNOT Change of name notice
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-04-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-08 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-08-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-08-19 CERTNM change-of-name Certificate change of name company
2020-08-19 CONNOT change-of-name Change of name notice
2020-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-11-13 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2019-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31

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

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