SOCOTEC ASBESTOS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+30.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
208
+10.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£778K
-3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SOCOTEC ASBESTOS LIMITED 2017-10-16 → present
- ESG ASBESTOS LIMITED 2010-04-30 → 2017-10-16
- ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION SCIENCES LIMITED 2004-12-10 → 2010-04-30
- CASTLEMAGNET LIMITED 2003-11-03 → 2004-12-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,129,000 | £15,192,000 | |
| Operating profit | £802,000 | -£134,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £802,000 | £778,000 | |
| Net profit | £534,000 | £747,000 | |
| Cash | £986,000 | £1,285,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,841,000 | £13,610,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,841,000 | £13,588,000 | |
| Equity | £12,841,000 | £13,588,000 | |
| Average employees | 188 | 208 | |
| Wages | £6,956,000 | £7,825,000 |
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 | 5.7% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 10.07x | 10.52x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In concluding on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements, we have considered the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Jason Richard | Director | 2020-03-24 | Sep 1974 | British |
| GOUGH, David | Director | 2021-10-06 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MARRIOTT, Matthew Giles Thomas | Director | 2024-10-14 | Aug 1971 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAVE, Paul | Secretary | 2006-04-27 | 2009-03-26 |
| KRISTIANSEN, Lars Maitland | Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| LOUDEN, Nicholas William | Secretary | 2009-03-26 | 2013-06-28 |
| MOWLEM SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-12-02 | 2006-04-27 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-11-03 | 2003-12-02 |
| BOLTER, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2020-04-17 |
| DETCHEPARE, Nicolas Louis | Director | 2021-03-29 | 2024-10-14 |
| GIBSON, Andrew Watson | Director | 2008-08-13 | 2009-03-31 |
| HEATH, Anthony Mark | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2008-06-02 |
| LOUDEN, Nicholas William | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2013-06-28 |
| MCBRIDE, Richard Anthony | Director | 2008-02-12 | 2010-09-03 |
| SLEETH, Alexander | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2013-06-29 |
| SLEETH, Norman | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2021-06-30 |
| SPARKS, Ian Austin | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2021-03-31 |
| SWALES, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2006-05-26 |
| WALTERS, Nicholas John Cordeaux | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2014-07-14 |
| WATTS, Mark Irvine John | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2008-02-12 |
| WESTON, Mandy | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2012-08-10 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-11-03 | 2003-12-02 |
| MOWLEM MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-12-02 | 2006-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientifics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-10-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-10-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2021-12-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-10-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+7.5%
£14,129,000 £15,192,000
-
Cash
+30.3%
£986,000 £1,285,000
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£12,841,000 £13,588,000
-
Employees
+10.6%
188 208
-
Operating profit
-116.7%
£802,000 -£134,000
-
Profit before tax
-3%
£802,000 £778,000
-
Wages
+12.5%
£6,956,000 £7,825,000
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