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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-57.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£64M
-41.5% vs 2024
Employees
1,145
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£59M
+22.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,572,686,000 | £2,634,445,000 | |
| Operating profit | £45,259,000 | £53,649,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £48,353,000 | £59,157,000 | |
| Net profit | £46,531,000 | £44,334,000 | |
| Cash | £3,118,000 | £1,327,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £112,672,000 | £66,883,000 | |
| Net assets | £109,957,000 | £64,291,000 | |
| Equity | £109,957,000 | £64,291,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,172 | 1,145 | |
| Wages | £38,677,000 | £40,496,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.2% | 80.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.18x | 1.87x | |
| Interest cover | 105.75x | 93.63x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “An interim dividend in specie of £90,000,000 (£900,000 per share) was paid on 20 March 2025 to Pennine Metals B Limited.”
- “On 3 April 2025, the Group completed the refinancing of its existing loan facilities. As a result, security given by the company was released and it is no longer a party to the above contingent liabilities but entered into an agreement under the new finance facilities and has granted as security a fixed and floating charge over all its present and future assets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LETZA, Martin Richard | Secretary | 2016-09-16 | — | — |
| BRENNAN, Jacqueline Clare | Director | 2026-04-01 | May 1980 | British |
| LAMPERT, Timothy Giles | Director | 2023-12-06 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MCKEE, Darren Thomas | Director | 2006-03-07 | Nov 1971 | British |
| MCKEE, Noel Francis William | Director | 2006-03-07 | May 1969 | British |
| PALMER-LAVERY, Avril | Director | 2015-04-02 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM, David Mark | Secretary | 2013-08-16 | 2014-09-29 |
| FARRELLY, Ian Brian | Secretary | 2014-09-29 | 2016-09-16 |
| HINKLEY, Anthony John | Secretary | 2006-03-07 | 2008-06-27 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Barry Graham Kirk | Secretary | 2008-06-27 | 2008-09-01 |
| NOBES, Steven Robert | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2011-05-18 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-03-02 | 2006-03-07 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-05-18 | 2013-08-15 |
| BRIDGE, Robin Garry | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2010-02-01 |
| FARRELLY, Ian Brian | Director | 2015-03-18 | 2015-04-02 |
| HINKLEY, Anthony John | Director | 2007-09-24 | 2008-06-27 |
| HOSKING, Simon Christopher Duncan | Director | 2013-08-16 | 2015-04-02 |
| LAMPERT, Timothy Giles | Director | 2015-04-02 | 2023-03-31 |
| MACMAHON, Paul | Director | 2018-10-09 | 2026-04-01 |
| MULLINS, James Anthony | Director | 2023-03-30 | 2023-12-11 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Barry Graham Kirk | Director | 2006-03-07 | 2008-11-01 |
| NOBES, Steven Robert | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2018-10-04 |
| OLSEN, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2013-08-16 | 2015-04-02 |
| PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-03-02 | 2006-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennine Metals B Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-30 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+2.4%
£2,572,686,000 £2,634,445,000
-
Cash
-57.4%
£3,118,000 £1,327,000
-
Net assets
-41.5%
£109,957,000 £64,291,000
-
Employees
-2.3%
1,172 1,145
-
Operating profit
+18.5%
£45,259,000 £53,649,000
-
Profit before tax
+22.3%
£48,353,000 £59,157,000
-
Wages
+4.7%
£38,677,000 £40,496,000
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