SEMEFAB LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-24 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-10
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
Equity attributable
Employees
91
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£3M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to note 2.3 in the financial statements, which indicates that the entity has continued to incur trading losses subsequent to the year end as a result of ongoing adverse market conditions. There remains significant uncertainty as to when trading activity will return to normal operating levels and as a result gives rise to concerns regarding the entity's ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet its obligations as they fall due.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SEMEFAB LIMITED 2011-03-11 → present
- SEMEFAB (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 1986-07-23 → 2011-03-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,618,264 | £6,819,082 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,694,188 | -£3,058,067 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,811,163 | -£3,176,843 | |
| Net profit | -£2,357,008 | -£2,349,110 | |
| Cash | £2,810,569 | £1,261,345 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,595,842 | £7,630,741 | |
| Net assets | £6,889,937 | £4,540,827 | |
| Equity | £6,889,937 | £4,540,827 | |
| Average employees | 109 | 91 | |
| Wages | £4,439,310 | £3,267,587 |
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 | -25.4% | -44.8% | |
| Net margin | -22.2% | -34.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -25.4% | -40.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.65x | 2.56x | |
| Interest cover | -17.02x | -21.77x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 2.3 in the financial statements, which indicates that the entity has continued to incur trading losses subsequent to the year end as a result of ongoing adverse market conditions. There remains significant uncertainty as to when trading activity will return to normal operating levels and as a result gives rise to concerns regarding the entity's ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet its obligations as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “The business climate for sales of semiconductor components remained deflated during the year due to global restrictions, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, high energy costs, price inflation, significant stock holdings, regulations transition away from ICE vehicles, and global political uncertainties in the Middle East and USA's tariffs. Prices increased by 5-10%.”
- “Judicious forward purchasing of electricity and creative cost-savings activities reduced Electricity and Bulk N2 gas costs by ~40% compared with previous billing years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Allan Derek Lee | Director | 2025-03-01 | Nov 1951 | British |
| PERSIN, Keith Graham | Director | 2021-06-10 | Jun 1963 | British |
| SHAW, Graeme William | Director | 2022-06-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| WINTER, James Duncan | Director | 2026-04-17 | Aug 1983 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTON, John Timothy | Secretary | — | 2008-09-19 |
| CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-12-12 | 2023-05-31 |
| BRUCE, John Murray, Doctor | Director | 1991-08-01 | 2018-10-02 |
| DEACON, Andrew Mark | Director | 2007-01-24 | 2008-09-19 |
| FISHER, Gail Marie | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| JAMES, Allan Derek Lee | Director | — | 2023-08-31 |
| KLEIN, David | Director | 1996-10-22 | 2005-04-30 |
| RICHARDSON, Colin | Director | — | 2002-10-21 |
| SVERDLOFF, Stephen Robert, Professor | Director | — | 1996-10-31 |
| THORNTON, John Timothy | Director | — | 2008-09-19 |
| TULLETH, Ronald James | Director | — | 1989-11-27 |
| ADVANCED ECO TECHNOLOGY LTD | Corporate Director | 2006-05-01 | 2010-03-10 |
| HICKS (2) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2019-01-17 | 2025-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semefab Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-31 | Active |
| Hicks(2) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-31 |
| Mr Allan Derek Lee James | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-11-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-10-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-09-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-09-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31