SEAWHITE OF BRIGHTON LIMITED
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Cash
£5.7m
-1.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
70
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£521k
-32.5% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,986,220 | £8,496,821 | £10,422,167 | £12,233,577 | £11,591,532 | £11,677,065 | +0.7% | |
| Operating profit | £513,956 | £269,471 | £277,439 | £462,683 | £667,496 | £420,035 | -37.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £518,902 | £269,481 | £285,108 | £537,785 | £770,857 | £520,536 | -32.5% | |
| Net profit | £410,302 | £177,610 | £223,815 | £399,625 | £566,561 | £378,168 | -33.3% | |
| Cash | £3,932,645 | £4,136,926 | £3,886,950 | £4,666,183 | £5,805,503 | £5,708,172 | -1.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,925,477 | £12,123,805 | £12,360,084 | £12,760,770 | £13,340,634 | £13,073,332 | -2% | |
| Net assets | £11,808,147 | £11,985,757 | £12,209,572 | £12,609,197 | £13,175,758 | £12,929,216 | -1.9% | |
| Equity | £11,808,147 | £11,985,757 | £12,209,572 | £12,609,197 | £13,175,758 | £12,929,216 | -1.9% | |
| Average employees | 78 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 70 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,245,598 | £2,197,471 | £2,293,022 | £2,819,887 | £2,819,732 | £3,145,399 | +11.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £403,921 | £425,105 | £441,352 | £868,098 | £749,750 | £966,000 | +28.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £43,324 | £39,892 | -7.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £467,992 | £529,892 | +13.2% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.8% | 5.8% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 4.9% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 3.6% | 5.0% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.5% | 7.9% | 9.4% | 13.4% | 11.0% | 12.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 7.02x | 6.39x |
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
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “On 4 April 2025, the company purchased 1,200 of its own shares for a total of £621,600. These shares were subsequently cancelled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOBIN, Sydney Charles Nicholas | Secretary | 2005-05-27 | — | British |
| TOBIN, Daniel Philip | Director | 2024-03-06 | Apr 1970 | British |
| TOBIN, Nicholas | Director | — | May 1961 | British |
| TOBIN, Sydney Charles Nicholas | Director | — | Dec 1931 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOBIN, Jean Marjorie | Secretary | — | 2005-05-27 |
| TOBIN, Jean Marjorie | Director | — | 2005-05-27 |
| TOBIN, Shaun | Director | — | 2024-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sydney Charles Nicholas Tobin | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-05-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-05-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-05-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.