SAMUEL TAYLOR,LIMITED
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Cash
£128k
-88.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£9.9m
+0.4% vs 2023
Employees
74
-9.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£68k
-87.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-02.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,020,973 | £25,995,347 | £18,310,999 | £15,109,485 | -17.5% | |
| Operating profit | £478,814 | £1,224,535 | £625,024 | £118,837 | -81% | |
| Profit before tax | £418,944 | £1,145,134 | £559,242 | £68,184 | -87.8% | |
| Net profit | £494,116 | £1,082,134 | £409,479 | £38,975 | -90.5% | |
| Cash | £112,268 | £564 | £1,151,514 | £127,552 | -88.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,090,918 | £10,279,169 | £10,770,968 | £10,795,682 | +0.2% | |
| Net assets | £8,387,168 | £9,469,302 | £9,878,781 | £9,917,756 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £8,387,168 | £9,469,302 | £9,878,781 | £9,917,756 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 81 | 82 | 74 | -9.8% | |
| Wages | £2,100,310 | £2,196,024 | £2,412,834 | £2,040,257 | -15.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £40,000 | £60,000 | £72,000 | £86,674 | +20.4% |
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 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 4.7% | 3.4% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.3% | 11.9% | 5.8% | 1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.3% | 37.3% | 30.2% | 21.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.19x | 5.02x | |
| Interest cover | 8.00x | 15.42x | 9.32x | 2.35x |
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
- Nicklin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- SAMUEL TAYLOR,LIMITED · parent
- Samuel Taylor's Rolling Mills Limited 100%
- Birmingham Engineering Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The directors consider the results satisfactory, in the light of the trading climate, which include a number of macroeconomic and political uncertainties, as well as the immediate and acute problems arising from the coronavirus pandemic.”
- “The company is constantly repositioning itself to reduce the impact of the above risks and has taken and will continue to implement measures to mitigate the disruption caused by the pandemic.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, Jennifer Kay | Director | 1993-09-18 | Nov 1959 | British |
| GORDON, Robert Arthur Betts | Director | — | May 1957 | British |
| ROBERTS, Thomas David | Director | 2024-11-22 | Oct 1989 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICK, Richard Gordon | Secretary | — | 2021-12-01 |
| GORDON, John Forbes | Director | — | 2004-05-24 |
| GORDON, John Alistair Betts | Director | — | 2024-10-17 |
| GORDON, Mabel Strachen | Director | — | 2004-05-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Taylor Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.