S.S.S.GEARS LIMITED
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Cash
£20m
-7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£135m
+9.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
48
+6.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£15m
+26.1% 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 | £25,255,728 | £24,217,461 | £27,647,133 | +14.2% | |
| Operating profit | £4,654,482 | £3,186,162 | £3,638,674 | +14.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,161,483 | £12,230,436 | £15,419,135 | +26.1% | |
| Net profit | £9,383,142 | £9,322,826 | £12,097,334 | +29.8% | |
| Cash | £21,123,784 | £21,658,533 | £20,133,763 | -7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £117,720,722 | £127,927,468 | £142,516,399 | +11.4% | |
| Net assets | £115,490,624 | £123,563,311 | £134,998,406 | +9.3% | |
| Equity | £115,490,624 | £123,563,311 | £134,998,406 | +9.3% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 45 | 48 | +6.7% | |
| Wages | £2,935,984 | £3,294,870 | £3,620,369 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £498,336 | £509,004 | £562,089 | +10.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £285,374 | £282,781 | £312,970 | +10.7% |
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 | 18.4% | 13.2% | 13.2% | |
| Net margin | 37.2% | 38.5% | 43.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | 2.5% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.9% | 7.8% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | 8.54x | 8.93x | 15.17x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- CMB Partnership Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- S.S.S.GEARS LIMITED · parent
- Paddock Gear & Engineering Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025 we completed a similar extension and improvement of the Tamworth site allowing us space to purchase and install more 'state of the art' machines and increase our capacity and productivity.”
- “During the year we have also fully integrated the machining business in Tamworth into SSS Gears and Paddock Gear, once a separate company, is now dormant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEEVES, James Michael George | Secretary | 1992-04-02 | — | British |
| BIZZILL, Paul Stuart | Director | 2008-04-06 | Jun 1973 | British |
| HENDRY, Morgan Leland | Director | 1998-02-12 | Apr 1950 | American |
| NEEVES, James Michael George | Director | — | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOMBES, Michael John | Secretary | 1991-11-21 | 1992-04-02 |
| PURKIS, Michael Cedric | Secretary | — | 1991-11-21 |
| CLEMENTS, Herbert Arthur | Director | — | 2016-07-01 |
| FAIRHEAD, Ian Golden | Director | — | 2006-04-21 |
| PURKIS, Michael Cedric | Director | — | 1991-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synchro Clutch Company Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-09-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-31 | 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.