DARCHEM ENGINEERING LIMITED
Get an alert when DARCHEM ENGINEERING LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-53.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£53M
-41.8% vs 2023
Employees
775
+2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£39M
-4,651.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DARCHEM ENGINEERING LIMITED 1993-08-30 → present
- DARCHEM WEIR LIMITED 1993-07-30 → 1993-08-30
- M M & S (2156) LIMITED 1993-06-04 → 1993-07-30
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 | £121,542,000 | £93,039,000 | |
| Operating profit | £525,000 | -£39,718,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £852,000 | -£38,782,000 | |
| Net profit | £664,000 | -£38,633,000 | |
| Cash | £9,110,000 | £4,239,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £93,694,000 | £58,693,000 | |
| Net assets | £91,759,000 | £53,384,000 | |
| Equity | £91,759,000 | £53,384,000 | |
| Average employees | 754 | 775 | |
| Wages | £41,730,000 | £46,878,000 |
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 | 0.4% | -42.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | -41.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | -67.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.81x | 2.88x | |
| Interest cover | 4.95x | -2090.42x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based upon the expected level of parental funding support required within the forecasts, underpinned by the uncapped and unconditional letter of support, the Directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period to 31 December 2026. Therefore, the Directors are satisfied they have a reasonable basis upon which to conclude that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Reported turnover decreased against the reported prior year by 23.5%. This is due to lower reported sales as a result of a revision of a contract position by £70,807,000 (2023 - £24,550,000) due to a difference in the timing of revenue acceptance by the contractual party.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-06-13 | — | — |
| DUNBAR, Alan Murray | Director | 2022-06-30 | Aug 1968 | British |
| MARTIN, Christopher Jonathan | Director | 2025-03-10 | Sep 1968 | British |
| SABOL, Liza Ann | Director | 2019-10-02 | Mar 1978 | American |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Stephen Thomas | Secretary | 1997-10-02 | 2005-12-16 |
| KELLY, Malcolm James, Mr. | Secretary | 1993-07-20 | 1993-11-01 |
| TURNER, Anthony George | Secretary | 1993-11-01 | 1997-08-29 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-12-16 | 2012-06-13 |
| BETTS, Richard Charles | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2022-06-30 |
| BOWKER, Philip Anthony | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2014-01-24 |
| BOYD, Ian Mair | Director | 1993-07-20 | 2000-12-22 |
| COOKE, John Frederick | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1995-03-31 |
| CRANDALL, Jonathan David | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2019-10-02 |
| CREMIN, Robert William | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2009-10-31 |
| DUNCAN, Ian Alexander | Director | 2002-09-19 | 2005-12-16 |
| FLEMING, Alistair | Director | 1994-11-09 | 1996-02-06 |
| GAGG, Jonathan Woodley | Director | 2006-09-15 | 2008-08-07 |
| GAGG, Jonathan Woodley | Director | 1997-04-06 | 2005-12-16 |
| GAMBLE, Kevin George Alfred | Director | 1996-01-03 | 2000-12-22 |
| GARRICK, Ronald, Sir | Director | 1993-07-20 | 1999-02-16 |
| GEORGE, Robert David | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2018-03-01 |
| GREGSON, Henry William | Director | 2001-01-25 | 2004-03-22 |
| HARKNESS, William | Director | 1993-07-20 | 1998-08-12 |
| HAWKINS, Douglas Grahame | Director | 2004-03-22 | 2005-12-16 |
| HOBBS, Jeffrey Jacques | Director | 2001-01-25 | 2002-08-30 |
| JAMES, Stephen Thomas | Director | 1997-01-20 | 2005-12-16 |
| LAWRENCE, Richard Bradley | Director | 2007-05-18 | 2014-01-24 |
| LOVE, James | Director | 2009-12-15 | 2016-04-29 |
| LOVE, James | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2006-09-15 |
| LOVE, James | Director | 1998-02-16 | 2005-12-16 |
| MEIJER, William Reini | Director | 2014-01-24 | 2020-12-31 |
| MENZIES, John Webster | Director | 1993-11-01 | 2005-12-16 |
| NOLAN, Stephen | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2019-03-14 |
| OLIVER, Kenneth Edward | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1996-09-30 |
| PADBURY, John Richard | Director | 1996-12-02 | 2005-12-16 |
| PAYNE, Graham William | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2013-06-14 |
| TURNER, Anthony George | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1997-08-29 |
| WOOD, Richard John | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2007-05-18 |
| WRAY, Stuart James | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2025-04-30 |
| YOST, Albert Scott | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2014-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darchem Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-12-09 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-09-25 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-30 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-11-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
-23.5%
£121,542,000 £93,039,000
-
Cash
-53.5%
£9,110,000 £4,239,000
-
Net assets
-41.8%
£91,759,000 £53,384,000
-
Employees
+2.8%
754 775
-
Operating profit
-7,665.3%
£525,000 -£39,718,000
-
Profit before tax
-4,651.9%
£852,000 -£38,782,000
-
Wages
+12.3%
£41,730,000 £46,878,000
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