TAYLOR ENGINEERING & PLASTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.6M
+2.7% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£11M
+4.6% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
183
-12% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£694K
-34.7% first positive since 2020
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,425,034 | — | — | — | £24,193,189 | £22,011,852 | -9% | |
| Operating profit | -£929,989 | — | — | — | £1,168,458 | £843,758 | -27.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£986,864 | £564,896 | £1,431,058 | £1,377,273 | £1,062,763 | £693,892 | -34.7% | |
| Net profit | -£865,877 | £320,070 | £1,156,313 | £1,135,854 | £803,713 | £437,719 | -45.5% | |
| Cash | £3,047,783 | £3,027,525 | £4,504,510 | £5,187,226 | £5,424,033 | £5,569,571 | +2.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,140,941 | £10,185,136 | £11,685,402 | £12,607,105 | £12,725,104 | £13,975,317 | +9.8% | |
| Net assets | £6,928,473 | £7,304,463 | £8,457,776 | £9,610,880 | £10,412,343 | £10,888,312 | +4.6% | |
| Equity | £6,928,473 | £7,304,463 | £8,457,776 | £9,610,880 | £10,412,343 | £10,888,312 | +4.6% | |
| Average employees | 160 | 182 | 231 | 229 | 208 | 183 | -12% | |
| Wages | £4,531,981 | £5,221,306 | £6,364,968 | £6,633,704 | £7,055,007 | £6,884,445 | -2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £951,094 | £916,120 | £1,043,228 | £1,456,764 | £1,570,384 | £1,335,350 | -15% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.4% | — | — | — | 4.8% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | -6.0% | — | — | — | 3.3% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.2% | — | — | — | 9.2% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.52x | 2.74x | |
| Interest cover | -14.00x | — | — | — | 10.58x | 5.46x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- TAYLOR ENGINEERING & PLASTICS LIMITED 1983-04-08 → present
- R. TAYLOR ENGINEERING & PLASTICS (1977) LIMITED 1977-06-02 → 1983-04-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- TAYLOR ENGINEERING & PLASTICS LIMITED · parent
- Taylor Technical Coatings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 14 October 2025, a contract was signed for £2,693,913 worth of tangible fixed assets that have not yet been received.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Ian | Secretary | 2019-09-17 | — | — |
| TAYLOR, Ian Barnes | Director | 2003-12-04 | May 1970 | British |
| TAYLOR, Jane | Director | 2023-03-01 | May 1969 | British |
| TAYLOR, Jean Margaret | Director | 1994-10-03 | Jul 1945 | British |
| TAYLOR, John Scott | Director | 1998-09-28 | Sep 1967 | British |
| TAYLOR, Richard Rodney | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jun 1981 | British |
| TAYLOR, Rodney | Director | — | Aug 1944 | United Kingdom |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARPE, William | Secretary | 1996-12-20 | 2003-09-30 |
| SHORE, Kenneth | Secretary | — | 1996-12-20 |
| WORTH, Alan Dennis | Secretary | 2003-10-01 | 2019-09-17 |
| HOPWOOD, Charles Montague | Director | — | 1991-09-30 |
| NEWBOLD, John Gordon | Director | — | 2020-04-25 |
| TAYLOR, Roy | Director | — | 1991-09-30 |
| WEATHERALL, Alan | Director | — | 2001-07-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Engineering & Plastics(Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-09-11 | Active |
| Mr Rodney Taylor | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.