STEELITE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£6.9m
+60.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£88m
+1.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
776
-9.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6m
+235.4% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £79,044,000 | £97,374,000 | £118,785,000 | +22% | |
| Operating profit | £7,421,000 | -£1,900,000 | £2,596,000 | +236.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,398,000 | -£1,919,000 | £2,599,000 | +235.4% | |
| Net profit | £5,388,000 | -£1,425,000 | £1,466,000 | +202.9% | |
| Cash | £3,137,000 | £4,297,000 | £6,878,000 | +60.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £85,042,000 | £106,200,000 | £104,839,000 | -1.3% | |
| Net assets | £82,981,000 | £86,147,000 | £87,563,000 | +1.6% | |
| Equity | £82,981,000 | £86,147,000 | £87,563,000 | +1.6% | |
| Average employees | 916 | 858 | 776 | -9.6% | |
| Wages | £27,698,000 | £27,002,000 | £25,572,000 | -5.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £207,000 | £265,000 | £213,000 | -19.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £17,000 | £16,000 | £41,000 | +156.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £207,303 | £265,303 | £212,252 | -20% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.4% | -2.0% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | -1.5% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | -1.8% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.6% | 56.5% | 52.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.72x | 0.74x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | — | -45.24x | 83.74x |
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 7 times since incorporation
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2016-06-09 → present
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2014-03-17 → 2016-06-09
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2013-12-13 → 2014-03-17
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2006-05-09 → 2013-12-13
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2006-01-05 → 2006-05-09
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2003-04-14 → 2006-01-05
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2002-09-23 → 2003-04-14
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL PLC 1983-02-04 → 2002-09-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements for Steelite International Limited have been prepared on a going concern basis which, in the opinion of the Directors, is appropriate”
Group structure
- STEELITE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Steelite International Benelux BV 100%
- Steelite International Canada Ltd 100%
- Steelite International Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Steelite International Exports Ltd 100%
- William Edwards Ltd 100%
- Anderton Port Ltd 100%
- Utopia Tableware Trading Ltd 100%
- Utopia Holdings (Chesterfield) Ltd 100%
- Utopia Tableware Ltd 100%
- Utopia Tableware BV 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 May 2025, the trade and assets of Utopia Tableware's UK operations were transferred to Steelite International Limited as part of the Group's ongoing initiative to simplify its corporate structure and streamline operations.”
- “On 1 March 2025, the Group successfully transitioned the servicing of the UK and Irish markets to Utopia Tableware's Chesterfield operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Daniel James | Secretary | 2022-07-01 | — | — |
| CAMERON, Jonathan Ian Duncan | Director | 2016-06-28 | Jun 1973 | British |
| MILES, John David | Director | 2016-06-13 | Sep 1968 | American |
| RUSSELL, George Gregory | Director | 2022-12-16 | May 1990 | American |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POOLE, Richard Edwin | Secretary | 2002-10-31 | 2013-03-28 |
| RAY, Philip | Secretary | 2013-03-28 | 2022-06-30 |
| SARGEANT, Graham | Secretary | — | 2002-10-31 |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-06-14 | 2018-02-01 |
| BARTEK, Richard Samuel | Director | 2018-03-26 | 2019-12-20 |
| CANNON BROOKES, Markham | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2002-09-23 |
| CHADWICK, Raymond John | Director | — | 2006-01-06 |
| HOOPER, Neil | Director | 2016-06-28 | 2018-03-26 |
| JOHNSON, David Edward Dunn | Director | — | 2002-09-23 |
| LYNN, Brody Donahue | Director | 2019-12-20 | 2022-12-16 |
| MATTHEWS, Bernard | Director | — | 2011-04-01 |
| NICHOLSON, Paul Douglas, Sir | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2002-09-23 |
| OAKES, Kevin Graham | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2016-06-14 |
| POOLE, Richard Edwin | Director | — | 2016-06-14 |
| RADFORD, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1993-09-06 |
| REEVES, Anthony Alan | Director | — | 2002-09-23 |
| ROST, Michael | Director | 2016-06-14 | 2019-12-20 |
| SIMCOCK, Gordon | Director | — | 1991-09-26 |
| WIECHKOSKE, Andrew | Director | 2016-06-14 | 2019-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Athena Global Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-04 | Active |
| St Athena Acquisition Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-03 | Ceased 2020-12-04 |
| Steelite International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as trust) | 2020-12-02 | Ceased 2020-12-03 |
| St Athena Global Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-24 | Ceased 2016-05-24 |
| Steelite International Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-17 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no 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.