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A. F. MACHINERY LIMITED

#02561921 · Active · Incorporated 1990-11-23 (35y 6m) · Last filing 2025-12-22 (5mo ago)
Consumer Staples · SIC 01610 · A Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-06 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£328K

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£30M

highest in 5 filed years

Employees

87

lowest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£8M

highest in 5 filed years

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2019-10-012020-09-302020-10-012021-09-302021-10-012022-09-302022-10-012024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover —£11,841,293—£11,236,519—£12,290,828—£19,421,743£16,502,438
Operating profit —£1,351,596—£732,019—£1,686,897—£4,501,295£8,334,661
Profit before tax —£1,135,675—£536,304—£1,508,520—£4,274,453£8,235,573
Net profit —£900,158—£321,898—£1,306,070—£3,334,983£6,176,680
Cash £598,543£309,121£309,121£302,209£302,209£313,666£313,666£364,635£328,057
Total assets less current liabilities —£24,580,934—£23,845,390—£24,530,657—£26,872,371£33,766,696
Net assets —£18,611,097—£18,932,995—£20,223,065—£23,546,048£29,720,728
Equity £17,710,939£18,611,097£18,611,097£18,932,995£18,932,995£20,223,065£20,223,065£23,546,048£29,720,728
Average employees —134—127—114—9187
Wages —£3,650,946—£3,516,811—£3,510,321—£4,374,180£3,459,184
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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 18 months prior.

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2019-10-012020-09-302020-10-012021-09-302021-10-012022-09-302022-10-012024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin —11.4%—6.5%—13.7%—23.2%50.5%
Net margin —7.6%—2.9%—10.6%—17.2%37.4%
Return on capital employed —5.5%—3.1%—6.9%—16.8%24.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) ———————23.3%19.0%
Current ratio ———————4.35x6.95x
Interest cover —6.10x—3.59x—9.09x—17.75x69.21x

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

  1. A. F. MACHINERY LIMITED 1991-02-21 → present
  2. RUNSECTOR LIMITED 1990-11-23 → 1991-02-21

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Moore Green Chartered Accountants
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 0 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ABREY, Richard Symon Secretary — — British
ABREY, Christopher Peter Director — May 1950 British
ABREY, Giles Matthew Richard Director 2015-05-22 Nov 1973 British
ABREY, Matthew Robert Director 2015-05-22 Apr 1983 British
ABREY, Richard Symon Director — Mar 1947 British
ABREY, Robert Director — Jan 1955 British
ABREY, Thomas Russell William Director 2015-05-22 Jun 1979 British

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 106 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-10-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-06 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current extended PDF
2023-11-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-06-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-12-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-06-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-01-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-06-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-06-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-12-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-07-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-12-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-07-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2017-12-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2017-12-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2017-07-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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