SEWARD REFRIGERATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-21 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-07
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+33% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+49.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
67
-6.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+59.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £18,402,487 | £17,710,551 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,502,216 | £2,390,552 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,509,252 | £2,402,462 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,198,830 | £1,799,340 | |
| Cash | £1,967,247 | £1,456,179 | — | — | £3,220,213 | £4,283,508 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,170,084 | £2,130,472 | — | — | £3,218,150 | £4,611,422 | |
| Net assets | £2,169,493 | £2,129,881 | — | — | £3,014,811 | £4,514,151 | |
| Equity | £2,169,493 | £2,129,881 | £1,270,758 | £1,911,071 | £3,014,811 | £4,514,151 | |
| Average employees | 35 | 33 | — | — | 72 | 67 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £4,515,483 | £4,508,218 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £386,979 | £388,579 | — | — | £1,177,833 | £866,092 |
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-3.8%
£18,402,487 £17,710,551
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Cash
+33%
£3,220,213 £4,283,508
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+49.7%
£3,014,811 £4,514,151
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-6.9%
72 67
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Operating profit
+59.1%
£1,502,216 £2,390,552
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Profit before tax
+59.2%
£1,509,252 £2,402,462
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Wages
-0.2%
£4,515,483 £4,508,218
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 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.2% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | 10.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 46.7% | 51.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.65x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 85.46x | 131.65x |
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
- SEWARD REFRIGERATION LIMITED 1993-08-02 → present
- ACTIONTEXT LIMITED 1993-07-07 → 1993-08-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Champion Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- SEWARD REFRIGERATION LIMITED · parent
- Seward Refrigeration EA Limited 100%
- Seward Refrigeration Yorkshire Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 9 June 2025, 10,000 issued A ordinary £1 shares and 10,000 issued B ordinary £1 shares were redesignated as 20,000 ordinary £1 shares. On the same date, 20,000 issued ordinary £1 shares were redesignated as 5,000 A ordinary £1 shares, 5,000 B ordinary £1 shares, 5,000 C ordinary £1 shares and 5,000 D ordinary £1 shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLES, Kimberley | Secretary | 2010-09-02 | — | — |
| CULLEY, Mark Stephen | Director | 2022-03-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| HATFIELD, Jennifer Jayne | Director | 2024-02-08 | Nov 1983 | British |
| JACKSON, Ryan | Director | 2025-09-23 | Jun 1989 | British |
| NICHOLSON, David Andrew | Director | 2021-12-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
| SEWARD, Leigh Christopher | Director | 2015-11-10 | Oct 1983 | British |
| SEWARD, Robert Thomas | Director | 1997-09-09 | Sep 1936 | British |
| SEWARD, Ross Steven | Director | 2015-11-10 | Aug 1986 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUTTER, Gary John | Secretary | 1997-09-09 | 2002-10-15 |
| SEWARD, Brian Steven | Secretary | 1996-05-29 | 1997-09-09 |
| SEWARD, Elaine Debra | Secretary | 1993-07-14 | 1996-01-01 |
| SEWARD, Joanne Jayne | Secretary | 2002-10-15 | 2010-06-22 |
| SEWARD, Robert Thomas | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 1996-04-11 |
| STOCKTON, Dawn | Secretary | 2010-06-22 | 2010-09-01 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-07-07 | 1993-07-14 |
| BRITTON, Bernard David | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1999-03-01 |
| JACKSON, Graham | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| JONES, Michael | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2004-09-17 |
| RIZVI, Zahid Hussain, Dr | Director | 2001-10-17 | 2005-05-31 |
| SEWARD, Brian Steven | Director | 1993-07-14 | 2024-06-30 |
| SEWARD, Robert Thomas | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1996-04-11 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-07-07 | 1993-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seward Refrigeration Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-09 | Active |
| Brian Steven Seward Discretionary Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-07-08 | Ceased 2025-06-09 |
| Mr Ross Steven Seward | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2024-06-30 | Ceased 2024-07-08 |
| Mr Leigh Christopher Seward | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2024-06-30 | Ceased 2024-07-08 |
| Mr Brian Steven Seward | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2024-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-30 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-01-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-02-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.