SONDEX WIRELINE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-07 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£102M
+17.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£174M
-5.7% vs 2023
Employees
108
+1.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
-176.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SONDEX WIRELINE LIMITED 2003-06-03 → present
- SONDEX LIMITED 1999-01-21 → 2003-06-03
- SHELFCO (NO.1550) LIMITED 1998-07-24 → 1999-01-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,976,000 | £38,061,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,239,000 | £11,574,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,506,000 | -£6,472,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,685,000 | -£10,572,000 | |
| Cash | £86,427,715 | £101,934,148 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £189,365,000 | £178,141,000 | |
| Net assets | £184,658,000 | £174,086,000 | |
| Equity | £184,658,000 | £174,086,000 | |
| Average employees | 106 | 108 | |
| Wages | £5,966,000 | £5,975,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 30.4% | |
| Net margin | 15.0% | -27.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.9% | 14.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.83x | 5.48x | |
| Interest cover | 4.25x | 4.44x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, which indicate that taking account of reasonably possible downsides on the operations and its financial resources, the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Group structure
- SONDEX WIRELINE LIMITED · parent
- Sondex Oilfield Aberdeen Limited 100%
- Zenith Oilfield Technology Limited 100%
- Sondex Middle East FZCO 70%
- Zenith Oilfield Technology LLC 70%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNLOP, Lorraine Amanda | Secretary | 2020-01-20 | — | — |
| DAS, Rajdeep Lalitmohan | Director | 2025-05-21 | Jun 1984 | Indian |
| DOBBIN, Daniel Simon | Director | 2022-09-06 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKS, Christopher John | Secretary | 1998-12-22 | 2007-10-26 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-10-26 | 2009-10-31 |
| E P S SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-07-24 | 1998-12-22 |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-01 | 2020-01-20 |
| ALLNER, Christopher Charles | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2000-04-26 |
| CLARK, Alyson Margaret | Director | 2007-10-26 | 2010-06-09 |
| COLLINS, Peter John, Doctor | Director | 2003-10-28 | 2006-05-23 |
| CORBIN, Matthew William John | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2011-12-14 |
| DUNN, Martin James | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2002-10-30 |
| EVERETT, Peter Daryl | Director | 2008-06-20 | 2010-06-09 |
| GARIB, Michael Vinod | Director | 2016-08-24 | 2019-09-24 |
| HITCHCOCK-SMITH, Steven Peter | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2018-07-18 |
| HUNT-GRUBBE, Robert Henry, Executors For | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2002-10-30 |
| HUNTER, Alexander | Director | 1999-01-27 | 2002-07-01 |
| JUNKER, James Alan | Director | 2011-04-12 | 2015-01-30 |
| KHAYYAT, Amer | Director | 2016-10-10 | 2019-02-26 |
| KLECKNER, Dean Douglas | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2016-10-05 |
| MAKRAM-EBEID, Alexandre | Director | 2019-09-24 | 2022-09-06 |
| MOGHAL, Ahmed Farhan | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2012-05-23 |
| NORTON, John Ralph | Director | 2019-02-26 | 2019-07-12 |
| PALMER, Brain Conrad | Director | 2007-10-26 | 2010-06-09 |
| PERRY, Martin Gordon | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2008-10-22 |
| REID, Robert Paul, Sir | Director | 1999-08-25 | 2002-10-30 |
| SNEDDON, David John | Director | 2000-04-26 | 2001-09-13 |
| STUART BRUGES, William Peter | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2007-10-26 |
| TALEGHANI, Koorosh Hojatollah | Director | 2011-04-12 | 2016-05-19 |
| WAKE, Hilary Anne, Mrs. | Director | 2007-10-26 | 2010-06-09 |
| WILKS, Christopher John | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2007-10-26 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-24 | 1998-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sondex Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-01-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+0.2%
£37,976,000 £38,061,000
-
Cash
+17.9%
£86,427,715 £101,934,148
-
Net assets
-5.7%
£184,658,000 £174,086,000
-
Employees
+1.9%
106 108
-
Operating profit
+85.5%
£6,239,000 £11,574,000
-
Profit before tax
-176.1%
£8,506,000 -£6,472,000
-
Wages
+0.2%
£5,966,000 £5,975,000
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