SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED
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Cash
£237K
-44.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9M
+16.9% vs 2024
Employees
171
+7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£614K
+287.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,552,079 | £12,716,357 | +33.1% | |
| Operating profit | £262,542 | £731,063 | +178.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £158,427 | £614,054 | +287.6% | |
| Net profit | £83,010 | £566,907 | +582.9% | |
| Cash | £427,075 | £236,781 | -44.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,355,565 | £5,589,276 | +4.4% | |
| Net assets | £3,360,540 | £3,927,447 | +16.9% | |
| Equity | £3,360,540 | £3,927,447 | +16.9% | |
| Average employees | 159 | 171 | +7.5% | |
| Wages | £4,498,412 | £5,323,411 | +18.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £262,132 | £345,318 | +31.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 13.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.67x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | 2.47x | 6.11x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED 1988-08-26 → present
- PANGATE LIMITED 1988-04-20 → 1988-08-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Thompson Jenner LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The directors do not envisage the business of the company changing in the foreseeable future, but continually look for opportunities for further expansion.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBS, Jacqueline Louise | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | — | British |
| ELLIOTT-MEAD, Stephen Terry | Director | 2024-09-25 | Mar 1975 | British |
| FOLLOWS, Lyndon | Director | 2019-04-29 | Sep 1966 | British |
| GILL, Damon | Director | 2019-04-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| JACOBS, Jacqueline Louise | Director | 2005-04-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| JACOBS, Matthew | Director | 2005-04-01 | Jul 1976 | British |
| JACOBS, Paul | Director | 2001-10-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMSON, Charles | Secretary | — | 2006-08-31 |
| BAKER, Kevin | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2021-11-03 |
| HODDER, Trevor George | Director | — | 1993-06-01 |
| JACOBS, Clive Nicholas | Director | — | 2006-08-31 |
| JACOBS, Richard James | Director | — | 2006-08-31 |
| KEAST, Nick James | Director | 2022-08-02 | 2024-10-31 |
| THOMSON, Charles | Director | — | 2006-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Robert | Director | — | 2001-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.I.C. (Exeter) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.