SPIRAX-SARCO LIMITED
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Cash
£915k
-55.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£113m
+9.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,157
+2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7.5m
-10.3% first positive since 2023
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 | £132,245,000 | £135,146,000 | £140,224,000 | +3.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£15,070,000 | £9,641,000 | £8,124,000 | -15.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,128,000 | £8,325,000 | £7,471,000 | -10.3% | |
| Net profit | -£12,803,000 | £4,451,000 | £3,925,000 | -11.8% | |
| Cash | £3,459,000 | £2,051,000 | £915,000 | -55.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £134,459,000 | £133,672,000 | £134,193,000 | +0.4% | |
| Net assets | £97,173,000 | £103,210,000 | £112,981,000 | +9.5% | |
| Equity | £97,173,000 | £103,210,000 | £112,981,000 | +9.5% | |
| Average employees | 1,245 | 1,133 | 1,157 | +2.1% | |
| Wages | £70,782,000 | £68,055,000 | £77,216,000 | +13.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £769,000 | £591,000 | £843,000 | +42.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £30,000 | £23,000 | £27,000 | +17.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £408,000 | £332,000 | £461,000 | +38.9% |
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 | -11.4% | 7.1% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | -9.7% | 3.3% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -11.2% | 7.2% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.2% | 43.5% | 43.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.83x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | -10.49x | 4.84x | 5.36x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, having made appropriate enquiries, consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and that the Directors intend to do so, for at least one year from the date the Financial Statements were signed, and that it is appropriate to adopt the Going Concern basis in preparing the Annual Report and Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- SPIRAX-SARCO LIMITED · parent
- Spirax-Sarco AS 100%
- Gestra UK Ltd 100%
- Sarco Thermostats Ltd 100%
- Spirax Manufacturing Company Ltd 100%
- V.C.E Restored Ltd 100%
- Spirax-Sarco Godo Kaisha 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELUCE, James | Director | 2026-05-07 | Mar 1979 | British |
| DIKKER HUPKES-GERNAAT, Marrit | Director | 2025-04-11 | Aug 1981 | Dutch |
| SMITHSON, Daniel Marc | Director | 2022-03-03 | Jul 1980 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYNTON, Kirstan | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | 2025-07-31 |
| ROBSON, Andrew John | Secretary | 2012-07-02 | 2024-09-30 |
| SMITH, Peter Anthony | Secretary | — | 2008-03-31 |
| STEBBINGS, William George | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| ANDERSON, Nicholas John | Director | 2011-09-02 | 2016-01-25 |
| BALL, Christopher John | Director | — | 2005-04-29 |
| BANKS, Sheldon | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2015-07-17 |
| BLACK, Alan Dennis Hollis | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2009-04-30 |
| BOYD, Kevin James | Director | 2016-05-11 | 2020-09-11 |
| DAWS, Neil Harvey | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2020-12-31 |
| DAWS, Neil Harvey | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2011-02-14 |
| EGGERMONT, Marc Adhemar Jozef | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2013-04-02 |
| EWE-CHEAH, Sin Kheng | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-02-20 |
| FARNWORTH, Ian | Director | 2016-01-26 | 2021-06-30 |
| FORNO, Maurizio | Director | 2005-05-02 | 2005-06-30 |
| FORTUNE, Timothy Brook | Director | — | 2005-05-12 |
| FROST, Nicholas Aaron | Director | 2020-11-20 | 2022-03-03 |
| GEGG, Simon John David | Director | 1993-03-11 | 1995-04-21 |
| GIBBIN, Michael Edward | Director | 2007-11-19 | 2011-10-19 |
| GILL, Michael John | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2008-12-31 |
| GODFREY-WILLIAMS, Gregory | Director | 2022-08-08 | 2024-05-31 |
| GRATTAGE, Robert | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2007-06-30 |
| HUXTABLE, Gavin | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2026-05-07 |
| MARCHAND, Graham Paul | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| MCDUFF, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2011-02-14 | 2013-10-31 |
| MEREDITH, David John | Director | 1993-06-17 | 2016-05-10 |
| MOULDER, Anthony Peter | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| NICHOLAS, John Daniel | Director | — | 1992-04-01 |
| O'BRIEN, Simon | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| OAKLEY, Paul | Director | 2013-10-08 | 2022-05-17 |
| PALLETT, Rachel Marie | Director | 2022-08-17 | 2022-12-16 |
| PATEL, Nimesh Balvir | Director | 2020-09-11 | 2022-05-17 |
| PREZIOSA, Maurizio | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2024-02-21 |
| SCRIVIN, Anthony John | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2011-07-31 |
| SCRIVIN, Anthony John | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2000-02-11 |
| SMITH, Peter Michael | Director | — | 2003-06-01 |
| SMITH, Peter Anthony | Director | — | 2008-03-31 |
| STEBBINGS, William George | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| STEEL, Marcus John Dyne | Director | — | 2008-03-31 |
| TAPPIN, Christopher John | Director | — | 1998-04-22 |
| THOMAS, Byron Jeffery | Director | 2011-02-14 | 2020-11-20 |
| URBANI, Anthony Cyril | Director | 1992-04-01 | 2007-04-30 |
| VERNON, Mark Edward | Director | 2007-11-11 | 2014-01-15 |
| WILKINSON, Andrew Alfred | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| WOODS, Richard, Dr | Director | — | 1996-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirax Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.