SDL SHEFFIELD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-21 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
+12.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
-61.7% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £41,967,829 | £37,086,099 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,633,088 | £1,009,465 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £6,860,633 | £2,627,041 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £5,346,545 | £1,945,510 | |
| Cash | — | — | £363 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,142,149 | £14,419,320 | £20,876,073 | £23,170,485 | |
| Net assets | £17,884,003 | £12,890,556 | £15,691,085 | £17,636,595 | |
| Equity | £17,884,003 | £12,890,556 | £15,691,085 | £17,636,595 | |
| Average employees | 242 | 241 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £0 | £0 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-11.6%
£41,967,829 £37,086,099
-
Cash
-100%
£363 £0
-
Net assets
+12.4%
£15,691,085 £17,636,595
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-61.7%
£2,633,088 £1,009,465
-
Profit before tax
-61.7%
£6,860,633 £2,627,041
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 6.3% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 12.7% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 12.6% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.25x | 3.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 10.49x | 2.92x |
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
- SDL SHEFFIELD LIMITED 1999-03-11 → present
- POLYLANG LIMITED 1992-01-10 → 1999-03-11
- W E PERCIVAL ASSOCIATES (LANGUAGE CONSULTANTS) LIMITED 1986-07-04 → 1992-01-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst and Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having performed an assessment of the financial position of the Company, including assessing the Company's access to cash through the Group's cash sweep arrangements, the Directors have concluded that the Company is dependent on its ultimate parent entity, RWS Holdings plc, for support in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due until at least 30 September 2026. After considering these factors, including the financial and operational ability of RWS Holdings plc to continue as a going concern, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence at least until 30 September 2026. No material uncertainties that could cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern have been identified. Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period at least until 30 September 2026 and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLOTHIER, Peter Nicholas | Director | 2025-07-03 | Dec 1978 | British |
| LACEY, James Christopher | Director | 2024-05-21 | May 1978 | British |
| NEWTON, Amanda Jayne | Director | 2025-09-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, John William | Secretary | 1999-11-23 | 2010-04-04 |
| CRAPPER, Gareth Dale, Doctor | Secretary | 1995-07-27 | 1995-11-15 |
| PERCIVAL, Wolfdieter Eberhard | Secretary | 1995-11-15 | 1997-12-01 |
| PERCIVAL, Wolfdieter Eberhard | Secretary | — | 1995-07-27 |
| THOMAS, Christopher | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 1999-11-23 |
| ANDERSEN AWEIMRIN, Lotte Martin | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1997-12-01 |
| BALLINTYNE, Brett Anthony | Director | 2024-05-21 | 2025-06-30 |
| BENTLEY, Nadya Lynne | Director | 2012-11-02 | 2017-05-12 |
| CANT, Robert | Director | 2019-08-29 | 2020-05-01 |
| COKER, Christopher | Director | 2017-05-12 | 2019-08-29 |
| EVERITT, Timothy Mark | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2022-02-14 |
| GORDON, Alastair Neil | Director | 1998-10-29 | 2008-09-30 |
| HALL, Gary Peter William | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2024-05-21 |
| HALPERN, Ronald Benjamin | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1997-12-01 |
| HUNTER, John | Director | 2008-09-30 | 2012-11-02 |
| KNIGHT, Matthew | Director | 2011-09-26 | 2013-10-11 |
| LALLI, Dominique Francois Lionnel | Director | 2022-02-14 | 2022-07-13 |
| LANCASTER, Mark Jonathan | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2011-10-04 |
| PERCIVAL, Douglas | Director | — | 1991-08-12 |
| PERCIVAL, Jose | Director | — | 1997-12-01 |
| PERCIVAL, Matthew Dieter | Director | 1991-08-12 | 1995-07-27 |
| PERCIVAL, Nicholas James | Director | 1997-03-24 | 1997-12-01 |
| PERCIVAL, Wolfdieter Eberhard | Director | — | 1997-12-01 |
| STOREY, Christopher Mark | Director | 2023-01-31 | 2023-04-17 |
| STOREY, Christopher Mark | Director | 2022-07-13 | 2023-01-31 |
| SDL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-02-17 | 2023-02-17 |
| SDL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-01-31 | 2024-05-21 |
| SDL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-10-11 | 2023-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rws Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2020-08-27 | Active |
| Sdl Global Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-20 | Ceased 2020-08-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-14 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.