SURVEY SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Cash
£661k
+20.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.3m
-86.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
89
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£656k
-34.4% 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 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,969,132 | £26,205,593 | £27,167,683 | +3.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,397,636 | £739,127 | £488,831 | -33.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,627,707 | £1,000,678 | £655,945 | -34.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,306,363 | £845,057 | £487,226 | -42.3% | |
| Cash | £1,615,664 | £548,140 | £661,327 | +20.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,538,451 | £10,565,656 | £2,115,133 | -80% | |
| Net assets | £9,291,133 | £9,610,940 | £1,263,165 | -86.9% | |
| Equity | £9,291,133 | £9,610,940 | £1,263,165 | -86.9% | |
| Average employees | 86 | 89 | 89 | 0% | |
| Wages | £4,393,341 | £4,549,787 | £5,565,368 | +22.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £260,077 | £228,096 | £811,304 | +255.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,170 | £13,240 | £13,540 | +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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 2.8% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 3.2% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 7.0% | 23.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.6% | 48.0% | 88.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 1.92x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | 22.32x | 14.01x | 8.12x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Following the completion of the 30th November 2025 year end, the company was acquired in December 2025 by the Cansel group of companies, making Survey Supplies Limited part of a much larger group of Trimble distributors across Europe and North America.”
- “In December 2025 (post year end), the company was acquired by the Cansel group based in Canada.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODKINSON, David Sydney | Secretary | 2006-07-31 | — | British |
| HODKINSON, David Sydney | Director | 2006-06-14 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MALLEN, Benoit David | Director | 2025-12-16 | Oct 1976 | French |
| TRUDELLE, Martin | Director | 2025-12-16 | Jan 1972 | Canadian |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Stephen Nicholas | Secretary | — | 2006-07-31 |
| BECKERSON, Andrew | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2017-06-15 |
| BRODIN, Paul John | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2008-11-28 |
| BRODIN, Paul | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2005-05-16 |
| BROOKS, Oliver Charles | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2017-06-20 |
| BROOKS, Oliver Charles | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2005-05-16 |
| BROWNE, Alan Charles | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2025-12-16 |
| BROWNE, William | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2008-11-30 |
| BROWNE, William Christopher | Director | 2005-05-16 | 2005-05-18 |
| BUTLER, Stephen Nicholas | Director | — | 2005-05-16 |
| DEANE, Peter James | Director | — | 2005-05-16 |
| GENNARD, Joseph John | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| JENNINGS, John Vincent | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2005-05-16 |
| LLOYD, Peter | Director | 1996-04-16 | 2005-05-16 |
| WALSH, George | Director | — | 1995-12-01 |
| WALSH, Graham Anthony | Director | — | 2005-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey Supplies Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-22 | Active |
| Precise Construction Instruments (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-11 |
| Mr Alan Charles Browne | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Charbay Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-20 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-20 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.