SELDEN MASTS LIMITED
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Cash
£94k
+94.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.9m
-9.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
59
-6.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£645k
-814.6% lowest 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 | £9,344,535 | £8,229,222 | £7,452,049 | -9.4% | |
| Operating profit | £313,801 | £176,874 | -£459,717 | -359.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £103,877 | -£70,567 | -£645,418 | -814.6% | |
| Net profit | £155,284 | £8,129 | -£500,746 | -6,260% | |
| Cash | £81,259 | £48,278 | £93,910 | +94.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,674,745 | £7,000,915 | £5,076,317 | -27.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,376,769 | £5,384,898 | £4,884,152 | -9.3% | |
| Equity | £5,376,769 | £5,384,898 | £4,884,152 | -9.3% | |
| Average employees | 74 | 63 | 59 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £2,178,653 | £2,136,562 | £2,045,200 | -4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £183,439 | £202,574 | £207,144 | +2.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,652 | £14,161 | — | — |
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 | 3.4% | 2.1% | -6.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 0.1% | -6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 2.5% | -9.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.6% | 44.4% | 48.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 1.99x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 1.49x | 0.71x | -2.38x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SELDEN MASTS LIMITED 1996-12-27 → present
- KEMP MASTS LIMITED 1969-04-18 → 1996-12-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the above, the directors have concluded that they have reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate cash resources to continue in operational existence for at least one year from signing the accounts and for this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORBURY, Stephen | Secretary | 2007-01-25 | — | British |
| MCCORMACK, Aindriu | Director | 2008-07-16 | Jul 1969 | British |
| NORBURY, Stephen Michael James | Director | 2006-07-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| RONNBACK, Peter | Director | — | Oct 1956 | Swedish |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEYER, Caroline Dawn | Secretary | 1999-03-31 | 2000-09-15 |
| BURROWS, Andrew Roland | Secretary | 2000-09-15 | 2002-12-16 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Anne Wendy Felicity | Secretary | — | 1992-02-07 |
| LAING, Derrinda Ann | Secretary | 1992-02-07 | 1999-03-31 |
| TURNER, Jane Elizabeth | Secretary | 2002-12-16 | 2007-01-25 |
| BURROWS, Andrew Roland | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2003-11-06 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Peter Aubrey | Director | — | 1992-02-07 |
| ELLIOTT, Zeb Ivan | Director | 2002-07-29 | 2006-07-01 |
| HOWARTH, Ian David | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2005-04-30 |
| POTTER, Barbara Ann | Director | 1997-09-16 | 1997-10-14 |
| POTTER, David Rollo | Director | — | 2002-07-29 |
| TURNER, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2007-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selden Mast Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-22 | Ceased 2016-09-22 |
| Mr Peter Olov Ronnback | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.