COLCHESTER MACHINE TOOL SOLUTIONS LTD
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Cash
£3.2m
+29.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
+13.2% vs 2024
Employees
34
-19% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+193.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,859,706 | £13,431,888 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | £534,948 | £1,570,932 | +193.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £540,428 | £1,585,596 | +193.4% | |
| Net profit | £539,317 | £1,520,017 | +181.8% | |
| Cash | £2,484,633 | £3,224,730 | +29.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,555,611 | £13,075,628 | +13.2% | |
| Net assets | £11,555,611 | £13,075,628 | +13.2% | |
| Equity | £11,555,611 | £13,075,628 | +13.2% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 34 | -19% | |
| Wages | £1,912,333 | £1,535,037 | -19.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £162,736 | £154,923 | -4.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £11,667 | £15,273 | +30.9% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | 12.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.9% | 13.0% | |
| Current ratio | 6.19x | 7.55x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- COLCHESTER MACHINE TOOL SOLUTIONS LTD 2022-09-29 → present
- 600 UK LIMITED 1995-04-01 → 2022-09-29
- 600 LATHES LIMITED 1994-04-25 → 1995-04-01
- 600 UK LIMITED 1994-03-31 → 1994-04-25
- 600 LATHES LIMITED 1992-02-03 → 1994-03-31
- T.S.HARRISON & SONS LIMITED 1916-09-30 → 1992-02-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUSSAIN, Sarah Shabbir | Secretary | 2021-11-16 | — | — |
| CATTOOR, Christopher | Director | 2024-01-29 | Aug 1982 | American |
| WRIGHT, Jonathan | Director | 2021-02-10 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRICK, Neil Richard | Secretary | 2012-01-18 | 2012-06-20 |
| GREEN, Arthur Richard | Secretary | 2011-03-14 | 2012-01-18 |
| MYERS, Alan Roy | Secretary | 1995-04-03 | 2011-03-14 |
| ROTHWELL, Alan | Secretary | — | 1995-04-03 |
| TAYLOR, Richard James | Secretary | 2012-06-20 | 2017-07-06 |
| TEARNE, Andrew Donald | Secretary | 2017-07-06 | 2021-11-16 |
| CARRICK, Neil Richard | Director | 2012-01-18 | 2020-12-22 |
| COLEMAN, Micah | Director | 2024-02-19 | 2025-02-21 |
| CONSDORF, Arnold Blake | Director | 2025-02-21 | 2025-12-31 |
| DICK, Andrew James | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2008-08-06 |
| DUPEE, Paul Rich | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2022-04-08 |
| EDGELEY, David George | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| FUSSEY, John Rowntree | Director | 1996-06-17 | 2006-12-20 |
| GASKELL, Colin Simister | Director | 1992-08-01 | 1997-08-20 |
| GASKELL, Colin Simister | Director | — | 1991-11-27 |
| KRASNY, Gary Mitchell | Director | 2020-12-22 | 2021-02-10 |
| MYERS, Alan Roy | Director | 2008-08-06 | 2009-02-05 |
| NORMAN, David Howard | Director | 2009-02-05 | 2012-03-26 |
| POWELL, Simon Robert James | Director | 1995-01-27 | 1996-02-01 |
| ROGERS, Nigel Foster | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2015-04-30 |
| ROTHWELL, Alan | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| SMITH, Brian Barrington John | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| SWEETEN, Anthony Ricardo | Director | — | 2006-01-25 |
| WAKEMAN, Martyn Gordon David | Director | 2006-12-20 | 2012-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 Group Public Limited Company (The) | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-20 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-12 | RP04PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing change details of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | RP04PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-23 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-11-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-20 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-11-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.