ALLOY BODIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£974K
+58% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+15% vs 2023
Employees
84
-8.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+67.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ALLOY BODIES LIMITED 2005-11-29 → present
- CENHOCO 103 LIMITED 2005-09-19 → 2005-11-29
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 | £14,658,548 | £13,649,685 | |
| Operating profit | £960,702 | £1,484,084 | |
| Profit before tax | £960,702 | £1,610,087 | |
| Net profit | £724,055 | £1,123,858 | |
| Cash | £616,465 | £974,219 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,207,116 | £4,828,751 | |
| Net assets | £4,151,749 | £4,775,607 | |
| Equity | £4,151,749 | £4,775,607 | |
| Average employees | 92 | 84 | |
| Wages | £3,436,353 | £3,173,426 |
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 | 6.6% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.8% | 30.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.7% | 18.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.60x | 5.48x |
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
“At the end of December 2023, the company held net assets of £4,151,749, with the profitability of the 2024 result adding to this. The directors consider this sufficient to meet the upcoming needs of the company and these accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis as a result. Budgets and cash flow forecasts have been prepared for a period of 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. These include different scenarios being modelled including reverse stress testing. These show that the company and the wider group have the ability to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future. The group remains cash positive and has significant headroom within its current banking facilities and the directors are satisfied that sufficient resources are available to the company should they be required. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There are contingent liabilities in respect of an all sums corporate cross guarantee between the HSBC Bank Plc and The Anderson Group Ltd, Anderson Commercial Ltd, Alloy Bodies Limited and Northside Truck & Van Limited. The bank holds standard securities and first legal charges over all properties owned by the company. At 31 December 2024 these guarantees amounted to £Nil (2023 - £2,833,715).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEMINGWAY, James Patrick | Secretary | 2018-08-24 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Samuel Irvine | Director | 2017-05-23 | Jan 1971 | British |
| CLAYTON, Anthony | Director | 2025-06-27 | Apr 1979 | British |
| COLBOURNE, James Charles George Anderson | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| HALLOWES, Russell Stuart | Director | 2021-12-10 | Apr 1968 | British |
| HEMINGWAY, James Patrick | Director | 2019-01-16 | Feb 1966 | British |
| JONES, John Kevin | Director | 2020-08-01 | Nov 1961 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Robert Paul | Secretary | 2017-05-23 | 2018-08-24 |
| MURPHY, Jackie | Secretary | 2005-09-19 | 2012-05-31 |
| BRAGG, Michael John | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2017-05-23 |
| DRAKE, Laurence Roger | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| JAMIESON, Andrew Ross | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2023-07-01 |
| MORGAN, Simon | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2021-02-12 |
| MURPHY, Jackie Sharon | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2021-12-10 |
| PRICE, Jonathan | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2019-12-19 |
| RIDDIFORD, Simon Peter Michael | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2013-02-12 |
| WARD, Timothy | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2020-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jackie Sharon Murphy | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-03-09 | Ceased 2021-06-24 |
| Mr Timothy Ward | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-03-09 | Ceased 2021-06-24 |
| The Anderson Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-09 | Active |
| Mrs Jillian Marion Mark | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-23 | Ceased 2021-03-09 |
| Miss Helena Anderson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-23 | Ceased 2021-03-09 |
| Mr Samuel Irvine Anderson | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-05-23 | Active |
| Mr Michael John Bragg | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
-6.9%
£14,658,548 £13,649,685
-
Cash
+58%
£616,465 £974,219
-
Net assets
+15%
£4,151,749 £4,775,607
-
Employees
-8.7%
92 84
-
Operating profit
+54.5%
£960,702 £1,484,084
-
Profit before tax
+67.6%
£960,702 £1,610,087
-
Wages
-7.7%
£3,436,353 £3,173,426
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