ALAN BAXTER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£218K
-93.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+8.4% vs 2024
Employees
88
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£443K
-56.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,063,000 | £8,408,000 | |
| Operating profit | £916,000 | £306,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,025,000 | £443,000 | |
| Net profit | £890,000 | £467,000 | |
| Cash | £3,456,000 | £218,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,585,000 | £6,052,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,585,000 | £6,052,000 | |
| Equity | £5,585,000 | £6,052,000 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 88 | |
| Wages | £4,604,000 | £5,153,000 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.4% | 5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.1% | 14.2% | |
| Current ratio | -5.41x | -6.89x |
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
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Nicholas | Secretary | 2008-05-22 | — | British |
| COATS, Clare Rose | Director | 2017-06-01 | Oct 1977 | British |
| DACK, Rory Robert | Director | 2024-03-06 | Jan 1985 | British,South African |
| DAVIES, Nicholas | Director | 2015-04-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| FERNANDEZ, Olivier Andre | Director | 2021-06-01 | Apr 1986 | British,French,Spanish |
| FILMER-SANKEY, William Patrick, Dr | Director | 2011-03-01 | Oct 1957 | British |
| FRASCA, Luca | Director | 2024-03-06 | Jan 1973 | British,Italian |
| LANKESTER, David Andrew | Director | 2019-06-01 | May 1980 | British |
| MORTON, Andrew William | Director | 2016-01-06 | Jul 1962 | British |
| NYBERG, Fredrik Johannes | Director | 2021-06-01 | Jul 1980 | Finnish |
| POLLARD, Richard Alexander Jeanes | Director | 2016-01-06 | Sep 1971 | British |
| SEWELL, Adam | Director | 2011-03-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Trenton Jon | Director | 2021-06-01 | Nov 1976 | British,South African |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Alan James | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2018-05-31 |
| BENNETT, Simon Thomas | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2017-03-10 |
| COOMBS, Michael Leonard | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2018-05-31 |
| FLEET, Alan John | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| GARDINER, William James | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2024-03-06 |
| JOHNCOX, John David | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-12-23 |
| RAGSDALE, Paul David | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2017-05-19 |
| TAYLOR, David John | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2012-07-25 |
| TURNER, Malcom John | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Baxter Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2023-04-20 | Active |
| Mr Alan James Baxter | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-04-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-05-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-05-05 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-05-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+4.3%
£8,063,000 £8,408,000
-
Cash
-93.7%
£3,456,000 £218,000
-
Net assets
+8.4%
£5,585,000 £6,052,000
-
Employees
+4.8%
84 88
-
Operating profit
-66.6%
£916,000 £306,000
-
Profit before tax
-56.8%
£1,025,000 £443,000
-
Wages
+11.9%
£4,604,000 £5,153,000
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