POTTER & MOORE PLC
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Cash
£3.6m
-0.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£26m
+7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
379
+0.3% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£2.8m
-19.3% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £53,194,000 | £54,066,000 | £53,849,000 | -0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £3,038,000 | £3,531,000 | £2,692,000 | -23.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,277,000 | £3,497,000 | £2,822,000 | -19.3% | |
| Net profit | -£3,527,000 | £2,452,000 | £2,092,000 | -14.7% | |
| Cash | £3,138,000 | £3,659,000 | £3,630,000 | -0.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,801,000 | £28,637,000 | £29,905,000 | +4.4% | |
| Net assets | £22,055,000 | £24,223,000 | £25,928,000 | +7% | |
| Equity | £22,055,000 | £24,223,000 | £25,928,000 | +7% | |
| Average employees | 407 | 378 | 379 | +0.3% | |
| Wages | £12,752,000 | £12,675,000 | £12,913,000 | +1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £543,000 | £642,000 | +18.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £30,000 | £23,000 | -23.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £205,000 | £160,000 | -22% |
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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 6.5% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | -6.6% | 4.5% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.3% | 12.3% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.0% | 36.5% | 34.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 2.55x | 2.70x | |
| Interest cover | 8.70x | 21.93x | 23.01x |
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 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-04-21
- POTTER & MOORE PLC 2026-04-21 → present
- CREIGHTONS PLC 1997-10-02 → 2026-04-21
- CREIGHTON'S NATURALLY PLC 1989-08-29 → 1997-10-02
- CREIGHTON LABORATORIES PLC 1986-04-01 → 1989-08-29
- HIBAVEND LIMITED 1975-09-29 → 1986-04-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Soltery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are pleased to report that the Group has renewed its bank facilities and expects to meet its debt obligations and expects to meet its debt obligations within the available borrowing facilities. We have carried out a review of our cash requirements for the next twelve months from the date of this report. For this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- POTTER & MOORE PLC · parent
- Potter & Moore Innovations Limited 100%
- Potter and Moore (International) Inc 100%
- Emma Hardie GmbH 100%
- Potter and Moore (Devon) Limited 100%
- Potter and Moore Pty Limited 100%
- Emma Hardie Limited 100%
- Brodie & Stone International Limited 100%
- Brodie & Stone Holdings Limited 100%
- Potter and Moore Limited 100%
- Emma Hardie China 100%
- Creightons Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Board intends to optimise the Board structure at the appropriate for the Group’s size and complexity.”
- “Mr N O'Shea will be retiring from the Board at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM).”
- “Mrs Jemima Bird has also been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONE ADVISORY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-12-04 | — | — |
| BIRD, Jemima Chloe | Director | 2025-03-31 | Oct 1972 | British |
| CLARK, Philippa Beatrice Euphemia | Director | 2015-02-11 | May 1969 | British |
| FORSTER, Paul | Director | 2015-02-11 | Apr 1958 | British |
| GEARY, Brian Samuel | Director | 2024-03-07 | Nov 1965 | British |
| GLENCROSS, William Torrance | Director | 2005-07-01 | Jul 1946 | British |
| O'SHEA, Nicholas Desmond John | Director | 2001-05-17 | Jul 1954 | British |
| QADEER, Mohammed | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jan 1991 | British |
| STEVENS, Martin | Director | 2015-02-11 | Jun 1961 | British |
| WATTS, Paul Richard | Director | 2025-01-29 | Sep 1963 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENSELL, Edward Noel | Secretary | — | 1995-07-12 |
| O'SHEA, Nicholas Desmond John | Secretary | 1998-02-01 | 2021-03-30 |
| THOMSON, Malcolm Stuart | Secretary | 1995-07-12 | 1997-06-10 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-06-10 | 1998-01-31 |
| SAXON COAST CONSULTANTS LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2021-03-30 | 2024-11-30 |
| BAILEY, Robert William | Director | — | 1996-12-18 |
| CARNEY, Mary Teresa | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2019-11-19 |
| CARR, John | Director | 1996-09-24 | 1997-12-19 |
| CLEMENTS, Gerald David | Director | — | 1996-10-14 |
| COLLARD, Richard David | Director | — | 1996-09-24 |
| DALE, Barry Gordon | Director | 1997-12-19 | 1999-12-23 |
| GUBBINS, Michael Robert | Director | 1997-07-08 | 1999-09-08 |
| HAMILTON, William Easton | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2000-09-13 |
| HAMMOND-TURNER, Patrick Arnold | Director | — | 1994-09-12 |
| JOHNSON, Bernard James Mary | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2023-11-24 |
| LANE SMITH, Roger | Director | 1997-12-19 | 2001-05-09 |
| LEWIS, James Patrick | Director | 1997-07-07 | 1997-09-30 |
| MCILROY, William Oliver | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2024-12-10 |
| NICHOLLS, Angela Mary | Director | — | 1997-09-30 |
| PICKFORD, Simon Nicholas | Director | 1997-03-03 | 1997-07-02 |
| SMITH, Keith Ramsay | Director | 1997-09-30 | 1997-12-19 |
| SOMERS, Peter Leonard | Director | 1998-09-21 | 1999-09-28 |
| SUTTON, Michael Phillip | Director | 1994-11-03 | 1997-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Oliver Mcilroy | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-08-08 | Ceased 2021-07-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 322 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-09-17 RP04SH01 Legacy PDF
- 2025-09-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.