SEM LIMITED
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Cash
£4.7M
+132.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
-11.3% vs 2023
Employees
133
+1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1.4M
+55.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,528,350 | £17,809,413 | -8.8% | |
| Operating profit | £715,893 | £1,089,455 | +52.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £899,422 | £1,401,327 | +55.8% | |
| Net profit | £251,044 | £1,115,147 | +344.2% | |
| Cash | £2,037,001 | £4,739,624 | +132.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,690,093 | £30,719,704 | -11.4% | |
| Net assets | £34,291,715 | £30,406,862 | -11.3% | |
| Equity | £34,291,715 | £30,406,862 | -11.3% | |
| Average employees | 131 | 133 | +1.5% | |
| Wages | £4,903,431 | £4,923,574 | +0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £227,575 | £177,208 | -22.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.1% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.2% | 5.3% | |
| Current ratio | 8.57x | 10.88x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SEM LIMITED 1988-06-01 → present
- SMALL ELECTRIC MOTORS LIMITED 1914-10-17 → 1988-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Friend-James Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“No material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern have been identified by the directors.”
Significant events
- “In the month of May, P Watkins, former Head of Finance/Accounting and IT, took over the position of Joint Managing Director from F Blyth who resigned from her position.”
- “On 3 December 2024 the company did a share capital reduction and repaid £5,000,000 to it's parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALTHER, Thomas Peter | Director | 2007-05-31 | Aug 1963 | German |
| WATKINS, Phillip John | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMING, Michael Alexander | Secretary | 2001-05-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| MINSHALL, Ian Godfrey | Secretary | — | 2001-05-01 |
| BACON, Richard John | Director | 1995-01-06 | 1997-04-07 |
| BALMER, Henry Richard | Director | 1997-03-20 | 1999-04-01 |
| BALMER, Henry Richard | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1996-01-25 |
| BLYTH, Fiona | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| BOND, Gordon | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1999-11-25 |
| BURKHARD, Wolf Rainer | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2003-07-10 |
| GRIFFITHS, Ian Charles | Director | 1999-11-25 | 1999-11-25 |
| HAGENAU, Gerhard | Director | 2004-02-16 | 2006-11-22 |
| HAGL, Rainer, Dr | Director | 2003-07-10 | 2004-02-16 |
| HOPES, Alan Geoffrey | Director | — | 2002-06-01 |
| LAMING, Michael Alexander | Director | 2006-11-22 | 2020-10-01 |
| MILLER, Ewan Stephen | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| MINSHALL, Ian Godfrey | Director | — | 2001-05-01 |
| PENNY, Nigel Albert | Director | 1992-12-18 | 1995-08-25 |
| SCHWEFEL, Ernst Ignaz Benedikt | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2003-07-10 |
| STEEL, Robert John | Director | — | 1993-12-22 |
| TURNBULL, Nicholas Vincent | Director | — | 1992-11-10 |
| WITT, Arthur John | Director | — | 2001-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westec Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.