TINTOMETER,LIMITED(THE)
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Cash
£1.2m
-47.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£18m
+14.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
152
+9.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.8m
-14.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,253,726 | £18,900,724 | £19,253,632 | +1.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,954,942 | £2,971,476 | £2,455,024 | -17.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,083,236 | £3,303,536 | £2,809,806 | -14.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,651,939 | £2,647,501 | £2,051,885 | -22.5% | |
| Cash | £1,677,669 | £2,372,259 | £1,248,517 | -47.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,541,367 | £17,041,735 | £19,610,425 | +15.1% | |
| Net assets | £13,479,310 | £15,999,911 | £18,355,060 | +14.7% | |
| Equity | £13,479,310 | £15,999,911 | £18,355,060 | +14.7% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 139 | 152 | +9.4% | |
| Wages | £4,569,209 | £4,660,606 | £5,102,824 | +9.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £308,432 | £302,793 | £329,076 | +8.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £19,298 | £20,095 | £21,000 | +4.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £181,939 | £180,567 | £201,096 | +11.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 15.7% | 12.8% | |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 14.0% | 10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 17.4% | 12.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.3% | 19.1% | 17.0% | |
| Current ratio | 6.51x | 5.44x | 6.24x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have made an assessment in preparing these financial statement as to whether the Group and Parent Company are a going concern. Having considered the cashflow projections the directors have concluded that they have reasonable expectation that the Group and Parent Company will have adequate cash resources to meet their financial obligations as they fall due for at least one year from signing the accounts and for this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements of the Group and Parent Company.”
Group structure
- TINTOMETER,LIMITED(THE) · parent
- App-chem Limited 100%
- Lovibond Tintometer Limited 100%
- Lovibond Limited 100%
- Tintometer India Private Limited 100%
- Droptestkits.com 100%
- DTK Water Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In the final quarter of the year, the Group implemented a new ERP system across its UK operations, consolidating two legacy systems into a single platform.”
- “The ERP transition impacted operations, resulting in lower invoiced sales during November and December 2025 and a significantly higher order backlog.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Mat | Director | 2022-10-20 | Mar 1969 | British |
| MARTELL, Bradley Keith | Director | 2023-03-22 | Apr 1963 | American |
| PAGE, Sally Ann | Director | 2023-03-22 | Jun 1979 | British |
| VOSS, Cay Peter | Director | — | May 1942 | German |
| VOSS, Maja Carola | Director | 2014-11-14 | Mar 1973 | German |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELBIN, Graham John | Secretary | 1998-01-06 | 2017-05-31 |
| PAGE, Sally | Secretary | 2018-01-03 | 2021-06-04 |
| BANNING, Paul Christopher | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2022-11-30 |
| BELBIN, Alexander Arthur | Director | — | 2003-08-07 |
| BELBIN, Graham John | Director | 1998-01-06 | 2003-08-07 |
| BIRD, Benjamin Campbell | Director | 2003-08-07 | 2005-11-30 |
| COOPER, Stephen Gregory | Director | 1998-01-06 | 2004-08-31 |
| COUNSELL, Christopher Anthony Hugh Malet | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| FAWCETT, Christopher Joseph | Director | — | 1992-02-28 |
| FAWCETT, Peter William | Director | — | 2004-07-08 |
| FAWCETT, Sydney | Director | — | 1994-09-12 |
| HUMBY, Michael James | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2003-04-02 |
| LAMBOURNE, Robert Ernest | Director | 2011-05-24 | 2021-09-30 |
| LAWRENCE, Anthony | Director | 1996-03-19 | 2003-08-07 |
| LOFTS, Duncan Richard | Director | 1996-03-19 | 1997-06-06 |
| NOWAK, Manfred Rolf | Director | 2004-07-08 | 2013-12-31 |
| POINTER, Michael Richard, Prof | Director | 1998-01-06 | 1998-11-19 |
| REID, Marke | Director | 2011-05-24 | 2023-03-22 |
| WEEKS, Kenneth | Director | — | 1996-03-19 |
| WHITE, David James | Director | 2003-08-07 | 2005-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Cay Peter Voss | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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