PATERSON SIMONS & CO.(AFRICA)LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1m
+18.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.6m
+21.7% vs 2024
Employees
141
+13.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£821k
-18.4% vs 2024
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 | £23,277,932 | £29,948,342 | £25,866,372 | -13.6% | |
| Operating profit | £467,467 | £1,005,496 | £821,420 | -18.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £574,849 | £1,005,468 | £820,955 | -18.4% | |
| Net profit | £427,059 | £705,588 | £524,660 | -25.6% | |
| Cash | — | £1,729,269 | £2,055,678 | +18.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,567,260 | £5,557,316 | +21.7% | |
| Net assets | — | £4,567,260 | £5,557,316 | +21.7% | |
| Equity | — | £4,567,260 | £5,557,316 | +21.7% | |
| Average employees | — | 124 | 141 | +13.7% | |
| Wages | — | £3,162,318 | £3,717,254 | +17.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £678,590 | £790,142 | +16.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £13,707 | £23,317 | +70.1% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £175,829 | £186,483 | +6.1% |
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 | 2.0% | 3.4% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 22.0% | 14.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 51.1% | 46.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.77x | 1.96x | |
| Interest cover | 4.35x | — | — |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- PATERSON SIMONS & CO.(AFRICA)LIMITED · parent
- Pasico Ghana Limited 73.2%
- Paterson Simons & Company Nigeria Limited 99%
- Certification, Inspection & Training Ghana Limited 81%
- Paterson Simons & Co. Togo SARL U 100%
- Paterson Simons & Co. Cameroun SARL 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Steven Anthony | Director | 2013-02-08 | Aug 1964 | British |
| LYNE, Edward | Director | 2010-09-16 | Nov 1942 | British |
| LYNE, Henry Michael John | Director | 2007-01-01 | May 1975 | British |
| OKOH, Kwaku Okae | Director | 2012-10-01 | Jan 1974 | Ghanaian |
| SAVOY, James | Director | 2020-07-01 | Feb 1988 | British |
| TRAYNOR, John Paul | Director | 2010-09-16 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAKEFIELD, Derek Hector | Secretary | — | 2010-06-30 |
| AVELINE, Janet Martha Mavis | Director | — | 2010-06-22 |
| COLLINS, Alastair | Director | 1992-08-31 | 1995-04-18 |
| COLLINS, Daniel | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| EDGE, Stephen William | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2014-09-05 |
| LYNE, Annette Diana | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| LYNE, Edward Robert Michael | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| LYNE, Henry Michael John | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2006-03-01 |
| LYNE, Henry Michael John | Director | 1996-05-08 | 1998-02-23 |
| OKOH, Kwaku Okae | Director | 1996-06-07 | 2002-07-01 |
| WAKEFIELD, Carol Ann | Director | — | 2012-06-01 |
| WAKEFIELD, Derek Hector | Director | — | 2012-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Henry Michael John Lyne | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2024-07-31 | Active |
| Material Handling Consultants Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-04 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.