DORMER PRAMET LIMITED
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Cash
£6.5m
+26.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
25
-19.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£396k
-34.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £26,201,000 | £15,815,000 | £11,955,000 | -24.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,083,000 | £711,000 | £538,000 | -24.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £695,000 | £607,000 | £396,000 | -34.8% | |
| Net profit | £524,000 | £217,000 | £309,000 | +42.4% | |
| Cash | £3,025,000 | £5,101,000 | £6,468,000 | +26.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,211,000 | £10,629,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £10,300,000 | £10,517,000 | £10,824,000 | +2.9% | |
| Equity | £10,300,000 | £10,517,000 | £10,826,000 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 31 | 25 | -19.4% | |
| Wages | £2,012,000 | £1,754,000 | £1,657,000 | -5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £474,000 | £325,000 | £238,000 | -26.8% |
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 | 4.1% | 4.5% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.7% | 6.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.2% | 18.6% | 18.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.55x | 5.33x | 5.42x | |
| Interest cover | 2.78x | 2.31x | 1.52x |
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
- DORMER PRAMET LIMITED 2020-10-02 → present
- DORMER TOOLS LIMITED 2008-01-03 → 2020-10-02
- DORMER TOOLS (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED 2007-12-17 → 2008-01-03
- DORMER TOOLS (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED 1993-03-05 → 2007-12-17
- SKF & DORMER TOOLS (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED 1984-11-23 → 1993-03-05
- SHEFFIELD TWIST DRILL & STEEL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1947-07-31 → 1984-11-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reasonable expectations that the Company has adequate resources, with support from its ultimate parent undertaking and the wider group, to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “After the year end, a dividend of £741,000 was declared by the directors (2024: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Dipak | Secretary | 2015-04-28 | — | — |
| EUSTACE, John Scott | Director | 2018-02-23 | May 1972 | British |
| WRIGHT, Richard Matthew | Director | 2023-06-06 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRABHAM, Stephen James, Mr. | Secretary | 2007-11-06 | 2015-04-28 |
| COOKE, Peter | Secretary | 1998-04-15 | 2002-05-31 |
| GILLULEY, Joanne Karen | Secretary | 2002-05-31 | 2007-11-06 |
| POSLIFF, Trevor Ian | Secretary | 1997-12-11 | 1998-04-15 |
| QUINN, Keith | Secretary | — | 1997-12-11 |
| ALLISON, Terence | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2009-01-15 |
| BOULTON, Joseph Alan | Director | 2009-01-15 | 2016-06-01 |
| EKBACK, Lars Magnus | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2011-10-01 |
| ELFSTROM, James Bure Tony | Director | 1995-10-13 | 2000-08-23 |
| GARNER, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2011-03-31 |
| GARNER, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2003-06-24 |
| HAGLUND, Lars | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2007-04-01 |
| HALL, Robert Stanley | Director | 2000-08-23 | 2001-12-01 |
| HJERTSTEDT, Goran Erik | Director | — | 1995-10-13 |
| HOESSRICH, Wolfgang | Director | — | 1993-05-06 |
| HUNTER, Andrew Stuart | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-06-12 |
| ILSTAM, Anders | Director | — | 2000-08-23 |
| JEMSBY, Ulf Lennart | Director | — | 1993-06-22 |
| LARSSON, Lars Hakan | Director | 1997-11-24 | 2001-12-01 |
| O'DONOGHUE, John Charles, Mr. | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2024-06-28 |
| RESMINI, Fabrizio | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2017-01-02 |
| RESMINI, Fabrizio | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2005-03-14 |
| SETTERBERG, Roland | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2003-10-30 |
| SHAIL, David Richard | Director | 1993-05-06 | 1997-11-24 |
| STEENSTRUP, Stefan | Director | 2017-01-02 | 2020-04-01 |
| STENSON, Alexander Douglas | Director | 2005-03-15 | 2008-11-14 |
| SUNDH, Kenneth Viktor | Director | 1997-11-24 | 2001-12-01 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| THOREN, Kaj | Director | — | 1993-05-06 |
| WALKER, Michael Harry | Director | 1995-10-13 | 2003-06-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandvik Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2020-10-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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.