XYZ MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
+29.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£24m
-1.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
75
-1.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
-15.2% lowest in 3 filed years
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
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,800,889 | £28,683,762 | £24,462,692 | -14.7% | |
| Operating profit | £4,340,978 | £4,427,546 | £3,676,221 | -17% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,378,368 | £4,324,012 | £3,667,462 | -15.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,256,209 | £3,373,421 | £2,924,151 | -13.3% | |
| Cash | £1,641,705 | £2,644,950 | £3,425,205 | +29.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,376,577 | £24,423,408 | £24,092,513 | -1.4% | |
| Net assets | £26,800,547 | £23,821,437 | £23,544,674 | -1.2% | |
| Equity | £26,800,547 | £23,821,437 | £23,544,674 | -1.2% | |
| Average employees | 81 | 76 | 75 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £4,098,289 | £3,849,751 | £3,913,986 | +1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £480,180 | £524,149 | £388,593 | -25.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,005 | £28,800 | £17,938 | -37.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £298,017 | £187,843 | £198,347 | +5.6% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 15.4% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 11.8% | 12.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 18.1% | 15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.2% | 20.9% | 20.3% | |
| Current ratio | 5.34x | 4.05x | 4.15x | |
| Interest cover | — | 30.61x | 53.87x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- XYZ MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED 1993-11-15 → present
- XYZ SYSTEMS AND SERVICE LIMITED 1984-05-03 → 1993-11-15
- CREWMARE LIMITED 1983-10-31 → 1984-05-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed budgets, cash flow forecasts, headroom against covenants attached to loans within the group, post year end financial performance and are satisfied that, based on the information available to date, the company is able to operate within available resources for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELLIER, Christopher Ian | Secretary | 2022-01-17 | — | — |
| BURTON, Martin Douglas | Director | 2024-04-08 | Apr 1971 | British |
| HELLIER, Christopher Ian | Director | 2022-01-17 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERTON, Nigel | Secretary | 2020-10-08 | 2022-01-17 |
| GEORGE, Edward Ernest | Secretary | — | 2006-02-28 |
| HARRELD, Trevor | Secretary | 2019-09-05 | 2020-10-08 |
| WILSON, Keith | Secretary | 2006-02-28 | 2019-09-05 |
| ATHERTON, Nigel | Director | — | 2024-06-18 |
| GEORGE, Edward Ernest | Director | — | 2006-02-28 |
| HARRELD, Trevor John | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2020-10-08 |
| LEONHARD, Richard Wright | Director | 2006-02-28 | 2024-06-18 |
| PORTER, John Brian | Director | — | 1993-11-02 |
| WILSON, Keith | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2019-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xyz Machine Tools (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-17 | Active |
| Xyz Machine Tools (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-14 | Ceased 2025-01-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-17 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-07-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-04 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-07-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.