ADLINGTON WELDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Cash
£377k
-50.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.9m
-1.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
56
-5.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£151k
-9.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £13,870,456 | £12,723,899 | £11,679,123 | -8.2% | |
| Operating profit | £582,773 | £159,576 | £61,052 | -61.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £295,888 | -£137,981 | -£151,397 | -9.7% | |
| Net profit | £275,287 | -£138,755 | -£109,432 | +21.1% | |
| Cash | £46,835 | £756,052 | £376,726 | -50.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,844,774 | £6,503,702 | £6,074,628 | -6.6% | |
| Net assets | £6,187,839 | £6,049,084 | £5,939,652 | -1.8% | |
| Equity | £6,187,839 | £6,049,084 | £5,939,652 | -1.8% | |
| Average employees | 67 | 59 | 56 | -5.1% | |
| Wages | £2,656,079 | £2,375,206 | £2,355,025 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £223,300 | £158,012 | £91,430 | -42.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,000 | £3,000 | £2,413 | -19.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £123,140 | £139,976 | — | — |
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 | 4.2% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | -1.1% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 2.5% | 1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.6% | 50.3% | 47.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.86x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 2.01x | 0.54x | 0.29x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Freehold land and buildings with a carrying amount of £800,000 (2024 - £800,000) have been pledged to secure borrowings of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANCOCK, Benjamin David | Director | 2019-02-01 | Jan 1991 | British |
| RUMGAY, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2024-10-21 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNT, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| TURNER, Pauline | Secretary | — | 2000-03-31 |
| CLEMENTS, Gary Robert | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| HUNT, Mark Andrew | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| MACDONALD, Gareth John | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2025-08-31 |
| SCOTT, Stephen James | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2019-02-01 |
| TURNER, Howard Antony | Director | 1998-04-10 | 2019-07-08 |
| TURNER, Nigel Andrew | Director | 1998-04-10 | 2023-01-01 |
| TURNER, Pauline | Director | — | 2004-08-31 |
| TURNER, William | Director | — | 2004-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlington Welding Supplies (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge 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.