ETERNIT UK LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£29m
-21.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.7m
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£60,000 | -£339,000 | -£646,000 | -90.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,355,000 | £1,674,000 | £1,710,000 | +2.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,011,000 | £1,256,000 | £1,283,000 | +2.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,753,000 | £46,748,000 | £36,411,000 | -22.1% | |
| Net assets | £31,319,000 | £36,604,000 | £28,884,000 | -21.1% | |
| Equity | £31,319,000 | £36,604,000 | £28,884,000 | -21.1% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £8,000 | £16,000 | +100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | -0.7% | -1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.4% | 21.7% | 20.7% |
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 3 times since incorporation
- ETERNIT UK LIMITED 1989-11-24 → present
- ETERNIT TAC LIMITED 1986-04-29 → 1989-11-24
- ETERNIT BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1986-04-29
- G.R.SPEAKER & COMPANY LIMITED 1926-11-26 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue operating for at least 12 months from the date these financial statements are approved. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Since 2013 the Company has been engaged in a UK intergroup cash pooling arrangement. As a result, its cash during the year has been converted into an intercompany loan with a fellow group undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HATFIELD, Victoria Anne | Director | 2025-10-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
| LEO, Johan | Director | 2019-12-20 | Jan 1979 | Belgian |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, David John | Secretary | 2005-06-13 | 2007-01-31 |
| GRAHAM, David | Secretary | — | 1993-04-05 |
| MCKNIGHT, Andrew Steward, Dr | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | 2019-01-02 |
| SMITH, Brian Charles | Secretary | 1993-04-05 | 1999-06-30 |
| SPEAKMAN, David | Secretary | 2007-01-31 | 2017-02-01 |
| SPEAKMAN, David | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2005-06-13 |
| STABLES, John Duncan | Secretary | 1999-06-30 | 2004-10-01 |
| ARKELL, Jayne | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2023-01-03 |
| ASPLEY, Ian Paul | Director | 2005-06-13 | 2008-07-31 |
| BEECKMAN, Jean Prosper Pierre | Director | — | 2003-05-08 |
| BURGESS, William Anthony | Director | — | 2000-07-07 |
| EMSENS, Jean Marie | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| EVANS, David John | Director | 2005-06-13 | 2007-01-31 |
| GRAHAM, David | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| HATSCHEK, Matthias, Dipl.Ing | Director | 1996-11-26 | 2006-09-01 |
| HUGHES, Liam Patrick | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| JANIN, Xavier Georges Roger | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2019-12-20 |
| MCKNIGHT, Andrew Stewart, Dr | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2019-01-02 |
| PEETERS, Jozef Alfons | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2014-12-31 |
| REED, Paul Gregory | Director | 2014-10-27 | 2019-01-02 |
| RICKINSON, Nathan James | Director | 2014-10-27 | 2017-02-01 |
| ROBERTS, Michael Leslie | Director | 2005-06-13 | 2006-12-08 |
| SHARP, Kenneth Charles | Director | — | 2008-07-31 |
| SHOTTON, Annemarie | Director | 2023-01-03 | 2025-10-01 |
| SMITH, Brian Charles | Director | 1997-10-31 | 1999-06-30 |
| SOMERVILLE, Ronald Dennis Neale | Director | — | 1999-12-08 |
| SPEAKMAN, David | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2019-01-02 |
| STABLES, John Duncan | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2004-10-01 |
| STIEVENART, Jacques Robert Eugene Jos Elisabeth | Director | 2006-01-06 | 2011-03-31 |
| TURNER, Martin John | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| VAN DER REST, Etienne | Director | — | 1991-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.