POPE & MEADS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+86.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+10.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
101
+1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£759K
-28.3% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £11,422,414 | £11,134,085 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,212,169 | £886,864 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,058,398 | £759,304 | |
| Net profit | — | -£326,318 | — | £816,363 | £475,928 | |
| Cash | £174,389 | £92,810 | — | £597,516 | £1,114,279 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,840,175 | £4,236,045 | — | £7,975,393 | £9,158,287 | |
| Net assets | £2,800,925 | £2,408,607 | — | £4,818,612 | £5,314,132 | |
| Equity | £2,800,925 | £2,408,607 | £2,699,268 | £4,286,502 | £4,696,430 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 47 | — | 100 | 101 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £4,173,040 | £4,168,186 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £97,816 | £95,137 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-2.5%
£11,422,414 £11,134,085
-
Cash
+86.5%
£597,516 £1,114,279
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+10.3%
£4,818,612 £5,314,132
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+1%
100 101
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-26.8%
£1,212,169 £886,864
-
Profit before tax
-28.3%
£1,058,398 £759,304
-
Wages
-0.1%
£4,173,040 £4,168,186
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 10.6% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 7.1% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 15.2% | 9.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 52.7% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.34x | 2.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 7.88x | 6.90x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the Directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- POPE & MEADS LIMITED · parent
- Abbey Precision Limited 76.69%
Significant events
- “Pope and Meads continues to be profitable although the 12024/25 was more challenging for the business as a large contract ended during the year and is only now being replaced.”
- “Our main risks are from trade conflicts/tariffs and supply chain disruption.”
- “As a Group looking to grow and expand, we are always looking for opportunities to win more work and increase our market share. We recently added our first automated milling centre.”
- “We are also actively looking at additional automation and potentially the additional of Al applications to the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, David Charles | Director | 2025-07-17 | Jan 1963 | English |
| SACKETT, John Nigel, Dr | Director | 2002-08-23 | Oct 1957 | British |
| SPICER, Stephen Jonathan | Director | 2017-09-25 | May 1970 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPICER, Carole Evelyn | Secretary | 1992-01-02 | 2009-09-22 |
| WILLIAMS, David James | Secretary | 2009-09-22 | 2025-04-28 |
| BLACK, Christopher Thurson | Director | 2002-08-23 | 2014-07-26 |
| CLOUSTON, Peter Alexander | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2018-07-01 |
| COWELL, Peter David | Director | — | 1998-03-19 |
| ELLIS, Nicholas Hallam | Director | 2007-09-03 | 2023-07-01 |
| FIRKINS, John Thomas | Director | 1992-01-02 | 2023-07-01 |
| MORRISON, Donald Macleod | Director | 2019-07-05 | 2020-07-20 |
| SPICER, Carole Evelyn | Director | 1992-01-02 | 2023-07-01 |
| SPICER, Denis Frank | Director | 1992-01-02 | 2023-07-01 |
| SPICER, Stephen Jonathan | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2017-09-25 |
| WILLIAMS, David James | Director | 2019-07-05 | 2025-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Denis Frank Spicer | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-09 | Ceased 2023-07-01 |
| Mr Stephen Jonathan Spicer | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.