NEWPORT INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£475K
-39% vs 2023
Net assets
£24M
+9% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
24
+9.1% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£5M
-43.2% vs 2023
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £61,084,137 | — | £60,628,967 | — | £60,221,458 | £107,320,433 | £105,170,126 | £60,594,216 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,194,601 | — | £3,545,920 | — | £2,603,611 | £12,131,978 | £9,613,142 | £5,490,979 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,684,345 | — | £3,052,371 | — | £2,124,648 | £11,216,968 | £8,298,267 | £4,713,070 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,655,279 | — | £2,717,535 | — | £2,086,754 | £9,476,227 | £6,921,568 | £3,887,700 | |
| Cash | — | £1,011,569 | — | £255,469 | — | £744,457 | £633,045 | £779,233 | £475,373 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,519,692 | — | £6,668,844 | — | £7,772,451 | £15,986,449 | £22,527,960 | £24,487,272 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,377,891 | — | £6,495,426 | — | £7,550,180 | £15,811,407 | £22,383,975 | £24,405,675 | |
| Equity | £3,722,612 | £4,377,891 | £4,377,891 | £6,495,426 | £6,495,426 | £7,550,180 | £15,811,407 | £22,383,975 | £24,405,675 | |
| Average employees | — | 21 | — | 21 | — | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | |
| Wages | — | £915,175 | — | £994,753 | — | £1,125,587 | £1,100,149 | £1,296,153 | £1,360,778 |
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 | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.2% | — | 5.8% | — | 4.3% | 11.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.3% | — | 4.5% | — | 3.5% | 8.8% | 6.6% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 70.7% | — | 53.2% | — | 33.5% | 75.9% | 42.7% | 22.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.64x | 2.28x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6.26x | — | 7.18x | — | 5.43x | 13.26x | 7.21x | 6.85x |
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 Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have reviewed the Company's cash flow projections 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements and are confident the Company will have adequate resources to meet the requirements of the business for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- NEWPORT INDUSTRIES LIMITED · parent
- Newport Shanghai Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company continues to monitor global events, including the war in Ukraine and the availability and price of energy, oil and fuel and how this could impact the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Rajesh Kumar | Director | 1997-07-22 | Sep 1970 | British |
| PATEL, Sonal | Director | 2014-12-04 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWRY, Elizabeth | Secretary | 1997-07-22 | 1997-07-22 |
| PATEL, Jayant Kumar | Secretary | 1997-07-22 | 2012-06-22 |
| CHOHAN, Jatin | Director | 2007-04-07 | 2011-06-09 |
| MORRIS, Mary Lois | Director | 1997-07-22 | 1997-07-22 |
| PATEL, Kamal | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2013-03-13 |
| PORTER, Neil | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2016-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Group (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-42.4%
£105,170,126 £60,594,216
-
Cash
-39%
£779,233 £475,373
-
Net assets
+9%
£22,383,975 £24,405,675
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+9.1%
22 24
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-42.9%
£9,613,142 £5,490,979
-
Profit before tax
-43.2%
£8,298,267 £4,713,070
-
Wages
+5%
£1,296,153 £1,360,778
highest in 6 filed years
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