SOLENT STEEL ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-26 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£266K
-11.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£608K
-192.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
40
+2.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1M
+26.5% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2019-11-01 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-08-12 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £3,760,065 | £5,134,137 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,801,538 | -£1,323,712 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£1,801,544 | -£1,323,579 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£6,079 | £20,816 | -£1,800,867 | -£1,266,101 | |
| Cash | — | — | £516,728 | £473,006 | £302,096 | £266,335 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £349,686 | — | £312,821 | £333,637 | £668,647 | -£606,144 | |
| Net assets | £349,686 | — | £312,821 | £333,637 | £658,074 | -£608,027 | |
| Equity | £349,686 | £349,686 | £312,821 | £333,637 | £658,074 | -£608,027 | |
| Average employees | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 39 | 40 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,827,392 | £1,958,929 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+36.5%
£3,760,065 £5,134,137
-
Cash
-11.8%
£302,096 £266,335
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-192.4%
£658,074 -£608,027
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+2.6%
39 40
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+26.5%
-£1,801,538 -£1,323,712
-
Profit before tax
+26.5%
-£1,801,544 -£1,323,579
-
Wages
+7.2%
£1,827,392 £1,958,929
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2019-11-01 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-08-12 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -47.9% | -25.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -47.9% | -24.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -269.4% | 218.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.14x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -300256.33x | — |
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
- Moore (South) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors acknowledge the operating losses disclosed in this report and the Group continues to take the actions necessary to drive growth and financial improvements. The Group will continue to receive the guaranteed financial support necessary from its ultimate parent company, as it progresses through its future growth and development. Therefore, at the time of this report, the directors have a reasonable expectation that company has adequate resources and support to continue operations for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- SOLENT STEEL ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- Bigneat Limited 100%
- Carbon Filters Direct Limited 100%
Significant events
- “With the completion of the 2021 acquisition by Caron Products and Services, Inc., the Group became part of a global group that provides world-class laboratory fume hoods, air/hazard containment and automation enclosures, environment chambers and related products and services to a variety of customers... Since the acquisition in August 2021, the Group has made investments in product designs, process development and improvements, and has undergone organizational restructuring.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Cort | Director | 2021-08-12 | Jul 1991 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONKS, Annette Patricia | Secretary | — | 2016-11-24 |
| BAYNHAM, Julia | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| GORE, Iain | Director | 2021-08-12 | 2022-02-17 |
| HEXAMER, Jay | Director | 2021-08-12 | 2024-10-31 |
| MONKS, Annette Patricia | Director | — | 2016-11-24 |
| MONKS, Anthony John | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2021-08-12 |
| MONKS, Christopher Simon | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2021-08-12 |
| MONKS, John David | Director | — | 2021-08-12 |
| MONKS, Richard | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2021-08-12 |
| MONKS, Robert David | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2021-08-12 |
| MONKS, Robert David | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2016-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigneat Acquisition Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-12 | Ceased 2021-08-12 |
| Mr Robert David Monks | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-17 | Ceased 2021-08-12 |
| Mr Robert David Monks | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-21 | Ceased 2016-12-21 |
| Robert David Monks | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-11-16 | Ceased 2018-01-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-02-27 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.