S & T COVER LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-26 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-43.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£7M

+57.3% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

+14.3% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£4M

+27.2% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

S & T COVER LIMITED 2000-03-31 → present
RAIL CONTRACTS LTD. 1998-10-12 → 2000-03-31

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

S & T COVER LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2019-10-31	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£14,861,233	£21,996,656
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	£3,679,683	£4,465,745
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£3,531,650	£4,492,868
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cash	£1,130,602	£2,578,761	£1,630,181	£1,450,859	£3,712,178	£2,090,009
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,327,984	£5,043,280	£4,894,892	£4,870,513	£6,142,980	£8,309,906
Net assets	£1,830,465	£2,442,471	£2,866,710	£3,209,931	£4,728,441	£7,437,225
Equity	£1,830,465	£2,442,471	£2,866,710	£3,209,931	£4,728,441	£7,437,225
Average employees	11	11	11	11	14	16
Wages	—	—	—	—	£229,263	£387,192

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	2019-10-31	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	24.8%	20.3%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	59.9%	53.7%
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	23.03x	66.85x

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.

People

2 active · 10 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GROVES, Derek Malcolm	Director	2009-08-21	Jan 1964	British
PINFIELD, Adam John	Director	2009-08-21	Sep 1968	British

Show 10 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
JONES, Stephen Phillip	Secretary	2016-02-16	2020-11-12
JONES, Trevor George	Secretary	2002-05-20	2007-09-26
PINFIELD, Adam John	Secretary	2010-03-12	2016-02-16
SOUTHCOTT, Elaine Lesley	Secretary	1998-10-12	2000-09-08
SOUTHCOTT, Matthew William	Secretary	2000-09-08	2002-05-20
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1998-10-12	1998-10-12
MORLEY & SCOTT CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2007-09-26	2010-03-12
JONES, Stephen Phillip	Director	2000-09-01	2009-08-21
SOUTHCOTT, Elaine Lesley	Director	1998-10-12	2000-09-08
SOUTHCOTT, Matthew William	Director	1998-10-12	2007-05-08

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
S&T Cover Holding Company Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 94 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-10-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-04-02	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous extended	PDF
2024-10-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-19	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-06-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2024-03-26	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-10-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2022-10-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-06-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-10-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-01-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-01-20	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2021-01-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2020-11-24	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2020-10-22	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2020-10-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-18	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2019-10-18	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-09-30

Turnover

+48%

£14,861,233 £21,996,656
Cash

-43.7%

£3,712,178 £2,090,009
Net assets

+57.3%

£4,728,441 £7,437,225

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+14.3%

14 16

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

+21.4%

£3,679,683 £4,465,745
Profit before tax

+27.2%

£3,531,650 £4,492,868
Wages

+68.9%

£229,263 £387,192

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

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