A. F. MACHINERY LIMITED
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Cash
£328K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£30M
highest in 5 filed years
Employees
87
lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.2M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | £309,121 | £302,209 | £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 | £18,611,097 | £18,932,995 | £20,223,065 | £23,546,048 | £29,720,728 | — | |
| Average employees | 134 | 127 | 114 | 91 | 87 | — | |
| 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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 18 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | 4.35x | 6.95x | |
| Interest cover | 6.10x | 3.59x | 9.09x | 17.75x | 69.21x |
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
- A. F. MACHINERY LIMITED 1991-02-21 → present
- 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
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2017-12-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2017-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.