NUMATIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
The company is a British manufacturer of domestic, commercial and industrial cleaning equipment, best known for producing the Henry range of vacuum cleaners.
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Cash
£74m
-8.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£237m
+10.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,479
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£23m
-18.8% lowest in 3 filed years
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The British company behind the iconic Henry vacuum cleaner turned over £237m this year, but rising overheads took a bite out of the bottom line. 🧹🇬🇧
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 | £221,540,000 | £240,659,000 | £237,237,000 | -1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £25,006,000 | £25,247,000 | £20,317,000 | -19.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £27,080,000 | £27,961,000 | £22,695,000 | -18.8% | |
| Net profit | £22,267,000 | £23,099,000 | £18,125,000 | -21.5% | |
| Cash | £90,155,000 | £80,181,000 | £73,708,000 | -8.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £197,878,000 | £220,057,000 | £245,741,000 | +11.7% | |
| Net assets | £193,995,000 | £214,909,000 | £237,464,000 | +10.5% | |
| Equity | £193,995,000 | £214,909,000 | £237,464,000 | +10.5% | |
| Average employees | 1,355 | 1,438 | 1,479 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £53,217,000 | £57,798,000 | £59,810,000 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,531,000 | £5,876,000 | £5,215,000 | -11.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £88,000 | £111,000 | +26.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £2,165,000 | £2,316,000 | £2,370,000 | +2.3% |
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 | 11.3% | 10.5% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 9.6% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 11.5% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.3% | 17.9% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.94x | 4.11x | 4.05x | |
| Interest cover | — | 98.24x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- NUMATIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- NU-MATIC ENGINEERING LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1981-12-31
- NU-MATIC ENGINEERING LIMITED 1963-09-09 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Stewart & Co Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have an expectation that the company and group have more than adequate resources to continue in operation. Therefore they continue to adopt a going concern basis of accounting to prepare the financial statements.”
Group structure
- NUMATIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Numatic International SAS 100%
- Numatic International GmbH 100%
- Numatic International B.V. 100%
- Numatic International (Proprietary) Ltd 100%
- Numatic International Schweiz AG 100%
- Numatic International ULDA 100%
- Numatic International Spain S.L. 100%
- Numatic International Italy S.R.L. 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JELLEY, Matthew Robert | Secretary | 2026-06-30 | — | — |
| DUNCAN, Ann Rosemary | Director | 2017-07-03 | Sep 1938 | British |
| DUNCAN, Christopher Robert | Director | — | Oct 1939 | British |
| LAWSON, Simon Joseph Scott | Director | 2017-07-03 | Mar 1967 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNCAN, Ann Rosemary | Secretary | — | 2000-04-05 |
| HOUSE, Adrian Walter | Secretary | 2000-04-05 | 2007-08-31 |
| WHITLOCK, Stephen Brian | Secretary | 2007-08-31 | 2026-06-30 |
| DUNCAN, Ann Rosemary | Director | — | 2000-04-05 |
| WHITLOCK, Stephen Brian | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2026-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Robert Duncan | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-05-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.