PAILTON ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£5.5M
+1.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+5% vs 2024
Employees
153
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.1M
+9.1% vs 2024
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
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,815,341 | £20,543,813 | -1.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,932,108 | £2,114,983 | +9.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,954,478 | £2,132,712 | +9.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,617,773 | £1,562,191 | -3.4% | |
| Cash | £5,472,312 | £5,543,955 | +1.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,731,418 | £15,745,331 | +6.9% | |
| Net assets | £14,524,874 | £15,256,921 | +5% | |
| Equity | £14,524,874 | £15,256,921 | +5% | |
| Average employees | 144 | 153 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | £5,377,236 | £5,495,500 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £74,401 | £150,336 | +102.1% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.8% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.1% | 13.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.7% | 17.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.49x | 4.94x |
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
- PAILTON ENGINEERING LIMITED 1993-09-07 → present
- PAILTON PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED 1978-07-05 → 1993-09-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements show the group had net current assets of £10,505,562 and net assets of £15,256,921 at the balance sheet date. Post year end trading results overall show a positive outlook for the group. At the balance sheet date and signing date, the group had strong cash balances and net current assets. The directors have prepared financial forecasts and they show that the group has sufficient cash available to it during the foreseeable future. On that basis, the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PAILTON ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- Pailton Inc 100%
Significant events
- “The introduction of "Trump Tariffs" caused significant disruption throughout 2025.”
- “The introduction of CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) as an example is an unknown and will be priority for management throughout 2026 to ensure UK readiness by 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLIFORD, Dawn Michelle | Secretary | 2022-05-01 | — | — |
| GALLIFORD, Dawn Michelle | Director | 2024-09-09 | Nov 1977 | British |
| NOLLETT, Henry Ralph | Director | 2024-06-05 | Jun 1994 | British |
| NOLLETT, John Ralph | Director | 1999-03-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| NOLLETT, Veronica | Director | 2015-07-05 | Jul 1946 | British |
| NOLLETT, William Ralph | Director | 2024-06-05 | Jan 1987 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Christopher John | Secretary | 2015-04-07 | 2022-05-01 |
| HUMPHREY, Kevin Boyd | Secretary | 2004-12-07 | 2008-02-27 |
| NOLLETT, Yvonne Theresa | Secretary | — | 2004-12-07 |
| WARD, Howard Geoffrey | Secretary | 2008-02-27 | 2014-12-31 |
| BENGER, Stephen | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| CLEAVER, Carl | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2001-05-07 |
| ELLAWAY, Greveill James | Director | 2009-11-30 | 2014-02-28 |
| HUMPHREY, Kevin Boyd | Director | 2002-08-23 | 2016-04-30 |
| KNIGHT, Timothy Stephen Carwardine | Director | — | 1999-02-26 |
| KRUGER, Keith Peter | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2013-09-19 |
| NOLLETT, Ralph Theodore | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| NOLLETT, Yvonne Theresa | Director | — | 2004-05-31 |
| PALMER, Ian Martin | Director | 2015-01-08 | 2015-01-08 |
| PEPLOW, John Flavell | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2001-02-16 |
| RANDLE, William Thomas | Director | 1994-07-04 | 2002-08-22 |
| ROBINSON, Geoffrey | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| ROSE, Michael William | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2003-04-09 |
| VICARY, Barry Vincent | Director | — | 1999-02-26 |
| WARD, Howard Geoffrey | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2014-12-31 |
| WARD, Howard Geoffrey | Director | 2008-09-02 | 2013-02-14 |
| WILKINSON, Cy Thomas | Director | 2015-01-09 | 2019-02-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2018-03-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Henry Ralph Nollett | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2024-07-10 | Active |
| Mr William Ralph Nollett | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2024-07-10 | Active |
| Mrs Susan Elizabeth Wood | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-10 |
| Mr Cy Thomas Wilkinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-15 |
| Mr Stephen Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-04 |
| Mrs Veronica Nollett | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.