MIDLAND AUTOMATION LIMITED
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Cash
£9.3M
+24.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+15.7% vs 2024
Employees
285
+8.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.9M
-14.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £66,073,596 | £71,338,474 | +8% | |
| Operating profit | £4,505,615 | £3,810,046 | -15.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,607,328 | £3,946,888 | -14.3% | |
| Net profit | £3,551,151 | £2,986,826 | -15.9% | |
| Cash | £7,456,286 | £9,274,261 | +24.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,093,003 | £20,436,992 | +13% | |
| Net assets | £17,097,140 | £19,781,406 | +15.7% | |
| Equity | £17,097,140 | £19,781,406 | +15.7% | |
| Average employees | 263 | 285 | +8.4% | |
| Wages | £10,912,213 | £12,161,743 | +11.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,592,613 | £2,575,636 | -0.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.9% | 18.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 2.14x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has produced forecasts that have also been flexed to reflect plausible downside scenarios. These forecasts have been reviewed by the Directors and demonstrate that the Group is able to generate profits and cash in the year ending 31 March 2027 and that the Group has sufficient cash reserves to enable it to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. As such, the Directors are satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- MIDLAND AUTOMATION LIMITED · parent
- Kempston Components Limited 100%
- Kempston Controls Limited 100%
- Trade Winds (Leics) Limited 100%
- Midland Jay Limited 100%
- Industrial Controls (Anglia) Limited 100%
- C. M. T. S. Limited 100%
- Kempston Controls LLC 75%
- Nortonics Foxtam Limited 100%
- Eukero Controls Limited 100%
- Countersales UK Limited 100%
- Fast Tec Engineering Limited 100%
- Kempston Controls Ireland Ltd 75%
- Alpha Electrical Distribution Limited 75%
- Kempston Controls (Manufacturing) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On October 31st we concluded the acquisition of PaC Components Pte, a long established Electrical component distributor in Singapore that now forms our platform for growth in the APAC region.”
- “On 7 April 2025, Mr R Regan and Thomas Roberts Limited transferred their entire shareholding in the Company to a newly formed entity, Kempston Group (UK) Limited, which became the immediate parent of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGAN, Emma | Secretary | 2003-10-31 | — | British |
| EVANS, Mark | Director | 2024-04-06 | May 1969 | British |
| NIGHTINGALE, John Paul Martin | Director | 2024-03-18 | May 1966 | British |
| REES, David | Director | 2023-08-02 | Apr 1970 | British |
| REGAN, Bernard Roger | Director | 1997-04-01 | Sep 1942 | British |
| REGAN, Richard John | Director | 1996-07-26 | Nov 1964 | British |
| ROBINSON, Steven Peter | Director | 2021-04-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| WYNNE, Damian James | Director | 2023-11-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Raymond | Secretary | 1996-07-26 | 1997-04-01 |
| LOVELY, Martin John | Secretary | 2002-03-14 | 2003-10-31 |
| REGAN, Maureen Ann | Secretary | 1997-04-01 | 2002-03-14 |
| STANSFIELD, James Robert | Secretary | — | 1996-07-26 |
| BARROWCLIFFE, Craig Stephen | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2025-11-06 |
| BROWN, Raymond | Director | 1996-07-26 | 2001-12-31 |
| CANDY, Geoffrey William | Director | — | 1996-07-26 |
| GURNEY, David | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2026-01-29 |
| HALL, Nigel Timothy | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| HALL, Nigel Timothy | Director | 2018-05-31 | 2019-03-31 |
| LOCKWOOD, Peter | Director | 1996-08-22 | 1999-01-08 |
| LOVELY, Martin John | Director | 2002-04-24 | 2003-10-31 |
| STANSFIELD, James Robert | Director | — | 1996-07-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempston Group (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-03 | Active |
| Mr Richard John Regan | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-29 | Ceased 2025-04-03 |
| Thomas Roberts Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-03 |
| Mr Bernard Regan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.