SAFFIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-22 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£21M
-9.8% vs 2023
Employees
69
-1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-925.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SAFFIL LIMITED 1999-07-06 → present
- DYSON FIBRES LIMITED 1999-04-20 → 1999-07-06
- IMCO (2698) LIMITED 1998-10-07 → 1999-04-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,772,560 | £23,151,943 | |
| Operating profit | £1,146,574 | -£853,815 | |
| Profit before tax | -£238,891 | -£2,450,479 | |
| Net profit | -£638,459 | -£2,164,560 | |
| Cash | £163,820 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,803,975 | £23,083,496 | |
| Net assets | £23,147,293 | £20,874,733 | |
| Equity | £23,147,293 | £20,874,733 | |
| Average employees | 70 | 69 | |
| Wages | £3,696,104 | £3,425,178 |
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 | 4.0% | -3.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.2% | -9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | -3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.70x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | 0.71x | -0.47x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the company have concluded that the global Alkegen Group will be able to provide financial support to Saffil Limited. Accordingly, the directors are satisfied that they have a reasonable basis upon which to conclude that the company is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SAFFIL LIMITED · parent
- Unifrax Japan Limited (formerly Saffil Japan Limited) 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 February 2025, the trustees of the Saffil Pension Scheme purchased a bulk annuity policy with the UK insurance company, Aviva, which secured the benefits of all members of the plan. With effect from 31 March 2025 the Saffil Pension Scheme closed to future benefit accruals.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-03-18 | — | — |
| PIOTROWSKI, William Kaz | Director | 2025-04-29 | Apr 1979 | American |
| WHALLEY, Matthew David | Director | 2025-11-06 | Jan 1988 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCQUINN, Richard | Secretary | 1999-04-22 | 2011-10-31 |
| UPRICHARD, Andrew | Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-07 | 1999-04-22 |
| BRISCOE, Mark Wiliam, Dr | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2015-03-11 |
| BROWN, Thomas Henry Phelps | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2006-05-22 |
| CLARK, Ross Mckenzie | Nominee Director | 1998-10-07 | 1999-04-22 |
| COOPER, Julian Edward Peregrine | Director | 2009-11-02 | 2011-10-31 |
| DANDOLPH IV, John Charles | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2025-03-05 |
| GIBSON, Andrew Victor | Director | 2025-04-29 | 2025-11-01 |
| GREENE, Anthony Bret | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| HONEYBORNE, Christopher Henry Bruce, Dr | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2010-11-23 |
| HORRIGAN, Scott Dennis | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2025-04-30 |
| KINSELLA, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2009-08-19 |
| LAMMERS, Patrick | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2009-10-21 |
| LIEBEL, Daniel Thomas | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2019-02-04 |
| MARTINS, Saint 'Clair Soares Leitao | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2015-09-14 |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Michael | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2007-09-21 |
| PARKER, Anthony Nicholas | Director | 2006-05-22 | 2008-03-31 |
| ROOS, Mark David | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2014-01-01 |
| ROSSON, Gavin Jon | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2011-10-31 |
| SODERHJELM, Hans Sten Gustaf | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2011-10-31 |
| TURNER, David Ian | Director | 2025-04-29 | 2026-03-12 |
| VON ARX, Frederic Bernard | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2015-03-02 |
| YARDLEY, Edward Duncan Barton | Director | 2015-03-11 | 2019-06-30 |
| YARDLEY, Edward Duncan Barton | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2014-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saffil 2011 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-16 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-16 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-29 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-19.5%
£28,772,560 £23,151,943
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-9.8%
£23,147,293 £20,874,733
-
Employees
-1.4%
70 69
-
Operating profit
-174.5%
£1,146,574 -£853,815
-
Profit before tax
-925.8%
-£238,891 -£2,450,479
-
Wages
-7.3%
£3,696,104 £3,425,178
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