SHERWOOD STAINLESS AND ALUMINIUM LTD
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Cash
£518k
-19.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£9.1m
+4% vs 2025
Employees
186
-18.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£486k
+160.8% first positive since 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,612,223 | £35,656,672 | £34,996,443 | -1.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,989,037 | -£509,023 | £727,207 | +242.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,699,144 | -£799,704 | £486,283 | +160.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,266,526 | -£911,332 | £553,550 | +160.7% | |
| Cash | £512,555 | £646,884 | £518,165 | -19.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,496,390 | £11,664,282 | £11,671,457 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £9,729,238 | £8,777,906 | £9,131,456 | +4% | |
| Equity | £9,729,238 | £8,777,906 | £9,131,456 | +4% | |
| Average employees | 203 | 229 | 186 | -18.8% | |
| Wages | £6,954,773 | £7,759,895 | £7,905,137 | +1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £70,477 | £72,096 | £65,666 | -8.9% |
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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | -1.4% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | -2.6% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | -4.4% | 6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.3% | — | 21.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 5.28x | 20.55x | |
| Interest cover | 5.58x | -1.40x | 2.95x |
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
- SHERWOOD STAINLESS AND ALUMINIUM LTD 2018-05-01 → present
- SHERWOOD STAINLESS STEEL (SERVICE CENTRE) LIMITED 1990-01-24 → 2018-05-01
- GORONO LIMITED 1989-08-09 → 1990-01-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Jordan & Company
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have forecast the company's performance and considered whether the company could withstand a downturn in activity. Based on this review, the directors have concluded that under all plausible eventualities, even before considering the impact of mitigating actions, the company has access to sufficient financial resources to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- SHERWOOD STAINLESS AND ALUMINIUM LTD · parent
- Neville Precision Engineering Limited 100%
- UB Plastics Limited 50%
- A&S Holdings Burton Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWIS, Kirsty | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | — | — |
| FRANKLIN, Terence | Director | — | Aug 1954 | British |
| THURSTON, Paul | Director | — | Jan 1954 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEGARITY, Patrick John | Secretary | — | 2015-12-31 |
| MEGARITY, Patrick John | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
| MORLEY, Kevin | Director | — | 1996-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrick Megarity | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-01 |
| Mr Paul Thurston | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Terence Franklin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-19 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-08-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
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.