WASHINGTON MILLS ELECTRO MINERALS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.8m
+5.2% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£15m
+9.2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
23
-8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.6m
-17.8% first positive since 2020
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,646,839 | £14,019,451 | £17,878,525 | £20,413,453 | £18,350,277 | £17,904,759 | -2.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£235,211 | £604,516 | £1,952,907 | £1,730,490 | £1,853,535 | £1,487,561 | -19.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£320,211 | £562,516 | £1,924,907 | £1,778,490 | £1,944,480 | £1,598,532 | -17.8% | |
| Net profit | -£320,273 | £592,936 | £1,595,598 | £1,329,896 | £1,442,665 | £1,183,165 | -18% | |
| Cash | £1,459,585 | £2,262,459 | £1,965,221 | £2,350,188 | £4,545,706 | £4,782,160 | +5.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,522,366 | £9,700,273 | — | £12,110,976 | £13,500,965 | £14,636,951 | +8.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,092,515 | £8,116,722 | £11,518,060 | £12,537,456 | £13,920,871 | £15,194,786 | +9.2% | |
| Equity | £6,092,515 | £8,116,722 | £11,518,060 | £12,537,456 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 23 | -8% | |
| Wages | £800,737 | £816,874 | £931,405 | £1,025,056 | £1,050,905 | £1,193,664 | +13.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £94,200 | £109,478 | £144,278 | £155,401 | £133,545 | £143,040 | +7.1% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | 4.3% | 10.9% | 8.5% | 10.1% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | 4.2% | 8.9% | 6.5% | 7.9% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.5% | 6.2% | — | 14.3% | 13.7% | 10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.1% | 36.6% | 18.1% | 18.8% | -3.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 6.04x | 4.05x | |
| Interest cover | -2.77x | 14.39x | 69.75x | 36.05x | 57.92x | 38.14x |
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
- WASHINGTON MILLS ELECTRO MINERALS LIMITED 1988-11-18 → present
- ELECTRO MINERALS COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED 1987-01-28 → 1988-11-18
- SOHIO ELECTRO MINERALS COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED 1984-07-09 → 1987-01-28
- ELECTRO MINERALS COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED 1983-11-15 → 1984-07-09
- CARBORUNDUM BONDED ABRASIVES LIMITED 1979-07-10 → 1983-11-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moss & Williamson Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“This conclusion has been reached based upon the Company having access to sufficient funds to be able to meet its liabilities and obligations as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from approving these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZENG, Wenjing | Secretary | 2019-12-01 | — | — |
| ROBERTS, Grant David | Director | 2019-07-16 | Aug 1959 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Anne | Director | 2012-01-26 | Aug 1974 | American |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINE, Kevin Peter | Secretary | — | 2019-09-30 |
| ROBERTS, Grant David | Secretary | 2019-10-01 | 2019-11-30 |
| CAMPBELL, Ronald R | Director | 2000-04-10 | 2024-08-31 |
| HINE, Kevin Peter, Mr. | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2026-01-01 |
| HORNER, Henry Chandler | Director | — | 2000-10-03 |
| NUTTER, John Thornley | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| PAINTER, Ronald Stuart | Director | 2009-06-15 | 2013-11-30 |
| ROBBINS, Edward Johnson | Director | — | 2000-04-10 |
| TOW, John Gordon | Director | — | 2002-02-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Arthur Merrick Creagh | Director | — | 2019-04-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Mills Group Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2020-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-12-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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