SIGMATEX (UK) LIMITED
Operating from Runcorn, Cheshire, the company is a private manufacturer of technical and industrial textiles.
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Cash
£2.2m
+54.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.7m
-21.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
222
-6.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.2m
-407.9% 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 Consumer Discretionary 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 | £74,059,478 | £69,680,434 | £61,870,866 | -11.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,551,660 | £1,861,380 | -£1,250,345 | -167.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,354,676 | £702,728 | -£2,164,026 | -407.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,064,694 | £621,782 | -£2,342,973 | -476.8% | |
| Cash | £1,858,545 | £1,431,485 | £2,205,997 | +54.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,708,409 | £20,029,450 | £17,554,274 | -12.4% | |
| Net assets | £12,233,331 | £12,417,748 | £9,706,827 | -21.8% | |
| Equity | £12,233,331 | £12,417,748 | £9,706,827 | -21.8% | |
| Average employees | 243 | 238 | 222 | -6.7% | |
| Wages | £9,738,771 | £9,941,702 | £9,846,124 | -1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £307,663 | £276,643 | £277,794 | +0.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £43,797 | £65,042 | £74,256 | +14.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £203,257 | £186,937 | £180,962 | -3.2% |
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 | 3.4% | 2.7% | -2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 0.9% | -3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 9.3% | -7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.0% | 68.7% | 74.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.34x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 2.12x | 1.59x | -1.36x |
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
- SIGMATEX (UK) LIMITED 1987-01-21 → present
- TECNOTEX LIMITED 1987-01-02 → 1987-01-21
- PATHBUSY LIMITED 1986-10-20 → 1987-01-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- SIGMATEX (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Sigmatex (Shanghai) Composite Materials Co. Ltd 100%
- Sigmatex Carbon Textile Solutions Inc 100%
- Sigmatex North America Inc 100%
Significant events
- “Operational improvements during the year led to the identification of historic inaccuracies in the stock counting process, resulting in a negative variance of £694,447.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROMILOW, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2026-04-28 | — | — |
| BROMILOW, Paul Michael | Director | 2026-04-28 | Jan 1980 | British |
| EHNIMB, Erik David Ian | Director | — | Aug 1957 | Swiss |
| EHNIMB, Leonardo Nastagio Erik | Director | 2018-04-26 | Jan 1997 | Swiss |
| MCMULLAN, Paul David | Director | 2018-12-12 | Feb 1977 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EADEN, Anthony John | Secretary | — | 2026-04-28 |
| EHNIMB, Erik | Secretary | 1996-10-01 | 1997-01-01 |
| BRADDELL, Harry Michael Godfrey | Director | — | 2018-04-26 |
| COLEMAN, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2007-05-02 | 2025-08-29 |
| EADEN, Anthony John | Director | — | 2026-04-28 |
| EHNIMB, Erik | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2004-11-01 |
| EHNIMB, Ursula | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2009-07-24 |
| ROBSON, Jan | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2011-03-31 |
| TOLSON, Scott Justin | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2020-03-30 |
| WHITE, Herbert | Director | — | 2008-04-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigmatex Composites Holding Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Erik David Ian Ehnimb | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.