WILLIAM ROWLAND METAL FINISHING LIMITED
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Cash
£251k
+171.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£586k
+58.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
9
-10% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£271k
+376.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £847,842 | £787,414 | £924,616 | +17.4% | |
| Operating profit | £203,102 | £63,326 | £266,070 | +320.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £204,909 | £56,862 | £270,693 | +376.1% | |
| Net profit | £156,405 | £45,689 | £216,617 | +374.1% | |
| Cash | £69,115 | £92,577 | £251,481 | +171.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £375,019 | £423,268 | £648,656 | +53.2% | |
| Net assets | £323,784 | £369,473 | £586,090 | +58.6% | |
| Equity | £323,784 | £369,473 | £586,090 | +58.6% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 10 | 9 | -10% | |
| Wages | £265,920 | £293,070 | £295,410 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.0% | 8.0% | 28.8% | |
| Net margin | 18.4% | 5.8% | 23.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.2% | 15.0% | 41.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.3% | 30.7% | 23.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 2.43x | 3.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6.42x | — |
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
- WILLIAM ROWLAND METAL FINISHING LIMITED 2020-11-04 → present
- E.F.WESTAWAY LIMITED 1940-09-02 → 2020-11-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position and of the enquiries made of Amalgamated Metal Corporation Plc, the Company's directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISTRATESCU, Alexandru Bogdan | Director | 2022-01-12 | Jun 1985 | Romanian |
| LOWE, Richard Mark | Director | 2020-02-12 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTAWAY, Hilary Susan | Secretary | 2000-05-01 | 2020-02-12 |
| WESTAWAY, John Richard | Secretary | — | 2000-04-30 |
| BERRY, Neil | Director | 2021-05-31 | 2022-01-12 |
| BROWN, Hamish Terence Kinnear | Director | 2020-02-12 | 2021-05-31 |
| HAMPSON, Helen | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2015-06-18 |
| SCHOLES, Susan | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2015-06-17 |
| SMITH, Alan | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| WESTAWAY, David Graham | Director | — | 2020-02-12 |
| WESTAWAY, Hilary Susan | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2020-02-12 |
| WESTAWAY, John Richard | Director | — | 2014-09-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Rowland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-12 | Active |
| Mrs Hilary Susan Westaway | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-20 | Ceased 2020-02-12 |
| Mr David Graham Westaway | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-20 | Ceased 2020-02-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-11-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-11-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.