SHD COMPOSITE MATERIALS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-01 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£104K
-77.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+28.6% vs 2023
Employees
85
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+39.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SHD COMPOSITE MATERIALS LTD 2010-12-08 → present
- SHD ENGINEERING LTD 2009-11-17 → 2010-12-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,698,289 | £28,706,003 | |
| Operating profit | £3,409,766 | £4,677,896 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,468,717 | £4,843,491 | |
| Net profit | £2,616,839 | £3,688,239 | |
| Cash | £469,154 | £103,576 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,757,782 | £9,930,611 | |
| Net assets | £7,418,419 | £9,538,258 | |
| Equity | £7,418,419 | £9,538,258 | |
| Average employees | 82 | 85 | |
| Wages | £3,142,508 | £3,541,238 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 16.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 12.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.0% | 47.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.23x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | 375.40x | 360.53x |
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
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited, Statutory Auditor
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The company has identified key strategic growth areas, driven by market demand for net zero emissions, sustainability and environment-friendly technologies and has developed a world-leading range of bio based composite materials, with on-going development in both resins and fibre technology.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLATHERWICK, Nigel Ashley | Director | 2020-05-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| DOUGHTY, Alec Edward | Director | 2025-06-01 | May 1996 | British |
| DOUGHTY, Steven Clive | Director | 2010-07-27 | Oct 1965 | British |
| JACKSON, Jacqueline | Director | 2014-12-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SCHNEIDER, Brett Raymond | Director | 2025-11-24 | May 1972 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-17 | 2009-11-17 |
| BUTT, Colin | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2011-09-19 |
| COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2009-11-17 |
| DOUGHTY, Helen Louise | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2025-11-24 |
| SMITH, Nicholas James George | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2025-11-24 |
| SOWDEN, Andrew | Director | 2010-09-13 | 2011-06-20 |
| SOWDEN, Andrew | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2010-09-13 |
| SOWDEN, Karin Ann | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2011-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shd Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
+11.7%
£25,698,289 £28,706,003
-
Cash
-77.9%
£469,154 £103,576
-
Net assets
+28.6%
£7,418,419 £9,538,258
-
Employees
+3.7%
82 85
-
Operating profit
+37.2%
£3,409,766 £4,677,896
-
Profit before tax
+39.6%
£3,468,717 £4,843,491
-
Wages
+12.7%
£3,142,508 £3,541,238
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