SHEARLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£83K
-14.9% vs 2022
Net assets
£3M
-3.5% first positive since 2019
Employees
116
-1.7% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£147K
-153.4% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
9-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £8,453,254 | £9,182,139 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £334,864 | -£31,423 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £274,311 | -£146,532 | |
| Net profit | — | £30,000 | — | £120,268 | — | £173,337 | — | £276,660 | -£104,914 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £15,734 | — | £11,019 | — | £97,035 | £82,591 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£1,127 | — | £1,234,885 | — | £1,162,754 | — | £5,466,388 | £5,015,388 | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,127 | — | £4,141 | — | £27,478 | — | £3,017,700 | £2,912,786 | |
| Equity | -£1,127 | -£1,127 | -£1,127 | £4,141 | £4,141 | £27,478 | £27,478 | £3,017,700 | £2,912,786 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 118 | 116 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £3,664,390 | £3,683,100 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £133,189 | £127,701 |
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+8.6%
£8,453,254 £9,182,139
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Cash
-14.9%
£97,035 £82,591
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Net assets
-3.5%
£3,017,700 £2,912,786
first positive since 2019
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Employees
-1.7%
118 116
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Operating profit
-109.4%
£334,864 -£31,423
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Profit before tax
-153.4%
£274,311 -£146,532
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Wages
+0.5%
£3,664,390 £3,683,100
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 | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.0% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.3% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.1% | -0.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.59x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.52x | -0.27x |
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
- SHEARLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1988-08-23 → present
- TURTLEGATE LIMITED 1988-07-07 → 1988-08-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Whitings LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have assessed that the group is able to continue to meet its debts as they fall due and therefore have prepared the accounts under the going concern basis. Furhter detail regarding our assessment can be found in note 2.3.”
Group structure
- SHEARLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Shearline Precision Engineering Limited 100%
- Hybrid Laser Tech Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLECHILD, David Howard | Director | — | Jan 1949 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, David Smith | Secretary | 1998-03-26 | 1999-11-01 |
| GAUTREY, Marion Elsie | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2002-08-31 |
| GOULDTHORP, Kevin | Secretary | 2002-09-01 | 2010-01-31 |
| HAYWARD-WILLIAMS, Heather | Secretary | 1992-01-01 | 1998-02-16 |
| LITTLECHILD, David Howard | Secretary | — | 1992-01-01 |
| RADFORD, Ian Peter | Secretary | 2014-06-03 | 2016-05-19 |
| LITTLECHILD, Herbert Jack | Director | — | 1991-03-13 |
| LITTLECHILD, Jon Scott | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-02-11 |
| RADFORD, Ian Peter | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2016-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Littlechild | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-02-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-01-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-01-06 | 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.