MATERIALS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-19 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£37M
-39.2% vs 2023
Employees
86
+8.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£14M
-108.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MATERIALS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2015-03-02 → present
- MATERIALS SOLUTIONS (WORCESTER) LIMITED 2014-12-22 → 2015-03-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,498,000 | £12,998,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,553,000 | -£2,952,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,724,000 | -£14,030,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,401,000 | -£10,402,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£22,612,000 | -£34,146,000 | |
| Net assets | -£26,505,000 | -£36,907,000 | |
| Equity | -£26,505,000 | -£36,907,000 | |
| Average employees | 79 | 86 | |
| Wages | £3,311,000 | £3,864,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -39.6% | -22.7% | |
| Net margin | -47.0% | -80.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.1% | 8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 191.6% | 240.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.18x | 0.17x | |
| Interest cover | -2.01x | -0.83x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the performance of the Company and the continued parental support, based on their assessment of the Company's financial position, future performance, liquidity and risks, the directors remain confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due throughout the going concern assessment period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Philip Paul | Secretary | 2022-02-28 | — | — |
| DAVIDSON, Darren John | Director | 2024-01-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| KEYZER-DEAN, Ross Llyod | Director | 2023-07-03 | Feb 1976 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Philip Paul | Director | 2022-10-01 | Apr 1981 | British |
| SARCANDER, Steve | Director | 2022-02-28 | Jun 1976 | German |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVINA, Simone Eufemia Agatha | Secretary | 2016-08-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| BRANCHER, Carl David Monnington, Mr. | Director | 2014-12-22 | 2019-01-15 |
| DAVINA, Simone Eufemia Agatha | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2022-10-01 |
| GRAY, Michael Paul | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2023-07-03 |
| GREEN, Gordon Robert, Dr | Director | 2015-02-18 | 2016-08-01 |
| HOCHHOLZER, Michael | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2016-08-01 |
| HUNT, John George Stephen | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2022-02-28 |
| ILLSTON, Trevor, Dr | Director | 2015-02-18 | 2016-08-01 |
| SCRIMSHAW, Stephen | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2024-01-01 |
| SEIBOLD, Markus, Dr | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2022-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens Energy Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-09-28 | Active |
| Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-01 | Ceased 2020-09-28 |
| Materials Solutions (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+13%
£11,498,000 £12,998,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-39.2%
-£26,505,000 -£36,907,000
-
Employees
+8.9%
79 86
-
Operating profit
+35.2%
-£4,553,000 -£2,952,000
-
Profit before tax
-108.7%
-£6,724,000 -£14,030,000
-
Wages
+16.7%
£3,311,000 £3,864,000
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