AMALGAMATED METAL CORPORATION PLC
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Cash
£226M
+62.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£319M
-4% vs 2023
Employees
664
-3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£40M
-14.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2024-12-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £996,564,000 | £922,861,000 | -7.4% | |
| Operating profit | £40,781,000 | £33,045,000 | -19% | |
| Profit before tax | £47,063,000 | £40,404,000 | -14.1% | |
| Net profit | £36,680,000 | £31,093,000 | -15.2% | |
| Cash | £138,759,000 | £225,753,000 | +62.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £333,066,000 | £319,986,000 | -3.9% | |
| Net assets | £332,262,000 | £319,063,000 | -4% | |
| Equity | £332,262,000 | £319,063,000 | -4% | |
| Average employees | 691 | 664 | -3.9% | |
| Wages | £32,873,000 | £29,825,000 | -9.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 4.1% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.2% | 10.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.5% | 46.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.49x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | 8.15x | 4.09x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for more than 12 months after signing the financial statements and accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2026, the Group completed the acquisition of the trade and certain assets of Balver Zinn Josef Jost GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) and Cobar Europe BV (Netherlands), together with the share capital of Cobar Solder Products Inc (USA) (together, the "Balver Group").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMPSEY, Stephen Christopher Roland | Secretary | 2021-02-23 | — | — |
| MICHIE, Hamish, Mr | Director | 2014-12-31 | Jul 1967 | British |
| ROBBINS, Giles Pruen | Director | 2003-11-28 | Aug 1960 | British |
| SHER, David Stephen | Director | 2015-01-01 | Jul 1983 | British |
| SHER, Victor Herman | Director | — | Jan 1947 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARMER, Derek John | Secretary | 2000-11-24 | 2006-05-15 |
| GREEN, Andrew William Nightingale | Secretary | — | 2000-11-24 |
| HEYWOOD, Adrian Henry | Secretary | 2006-03-22 | 2015-07-17 |
| MICHIE, Hamish | Secretary | 2015-07-17 | 2021-02-23 |
| BRUNKE, Dieter, Doctor | Director | 1994-05-20 | 1996-01-18 |
| BULLARD, Julian, Sir | Director | — | 1998-03-03 |
| FARMER, Derek John | Director | 2003-11-28 | 2006-05-15 |
| FEUERHAKE, Rainer | Director | — | 2014-12-31 |
| FRENZEL, Michael Heinz Franz, Dr | Director | — | 1998-08-25 |
| GREEN, Andrew William Nightingale | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| HARMS, Uwe Gustav Hermann, Dr | Director | 1998-09-18 | 2003-11-21 |
| KING, Andrew John | Director | 2016-05-26 | 2018-09-28 |
| MUELLER, Rudolph, Dr | Director | — | 1996-09-30 |
| RAEBURN, Ashley Reinhard George | Director | — | 1998-03-03 |
| REINERMANN, Heinz, Dr | Director | — | 2003-11-21 |
| ROBERTS, Michael Curig | Director | 1998-01-14 | 2013-05-20 |
| ROWAN, Geoffrey Charles Leacroft | Director | — | 2025-06-02 |
| SELENZ, Hans Joachim | Director | 1996-11-29 | 1998-04-16 |
| STODIECK, Helmut Hermann, Doctor | Director | 1996-01-25 | 2014-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amco Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-02-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.