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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

1 item

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

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30

Metric Trend 2020-06-302021-06-302022-06-302023-06-302024-06-302025-06-30
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 35337267
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

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 2020-06-302021-06-302022-06-302023-06-302024-06-302025-06-30
Operating margin 8.2%13.5%
Net margin 6.5%10.2%
Return on capital employed 46.7%51.8%
Current ratio 1.65x2.12x
Interest cover 85.46x131.65x

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

  1. SEWARD REFRIGERATION LIMITED 1993-08-02 → present
  2. 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

  1. SEWARD REFRIGERATION LIMITED · parent
    1. Seward Refrigeration EA Limited 100% · England & Wales · Refrigeration services
    2. Seward Refrigeration Yorkshire Limited 100% · England & Wales · Refrigeration services

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-09-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
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 PDF
2025-06-17 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-03-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-01-30 RP04CS01 confirmation-statement Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date PDF
2025-01-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-29 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
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 PDF
2024-07-08 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-07-08 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-07-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2024-02-19 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

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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