PRESS METAL UK LIMITED

1. PRESS METAL UK LIMITED 1998-11-24 → present
2. WATPOOL LIMITED 1998-10-21 → 1998-11-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

TC Group

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the strength of the balance sheet and continuing profitability, the directors have not identified any uncertainty regarding going concern for the foreseeable future, and they therefore continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. PRESS METAL UK LIMITED · parent
   1. Press Metal North America Inc 100% · GA30040
   2. Press Metal Aluminium (Australia) Pty. Ltd 100% · NSW, Australia

Significant events

• “Press Metal UK delivered an operating profit of £2.1 million in 2025, demonstrating resilience, operational discipline, and effective management despite exceptionally challenging market conditions affecting the aluminium and wider metals sector throughout the year.”
• “Delivering a £2.1 million profit in 2025 is strategically important because it: • Confirms Press Metal UK's resilience in adverse conditions. • Preserves a strong financial base for future investment.”
• “The trading environment in 2025 was among the most difficult experienced in recent years, marked by: • Persistent volatility in aluminium prices, creating pressure on pricing stability and customer contracts. • Elevated energy and logistics costs, particularly impacting processing and distribution margins.”

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

Filings

2

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.

• Turnover

  -1.2%

  £48,893,622 → £48,320,420

• Cash

  +22.6%

  £2,289,714 → £2,807,507

• Net assets

  +12.7%

  £23,748,362 → £26,760,979

• Employees

  -4.8%

  21 → 20

• Operating profit

  +286.4%

  -£1,137,233 → £2,119,649

• Profit before tax

  +4.3%

  £3,488,329 → £3,638,001

• Wages

  -5.1%

  £1,259,281 → £1,194,658

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