FLOWMAX LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£6m
+9.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,140,000 | £53,457,000 | £61,509,000 | +15.1% | |
| Operating profit | £8,016,000 | £5,790,000 | £6,228,000 | +7.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,890,000 | £5,519,000 | £6,048,000 | +9.6% | |
| Net profit | £5,917,000 | £4,045,000 | £4,216,000 | +4.2% | |
| Cash | £3,166,000 | £3,300,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,271,000 | £27,966,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £24,490,000 | £24,473,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £24,490,000 | £24,473,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 196 | 207 | — | — | |
| Wages | £7,937,000 | £8,310,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,005,000 | £1,939,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £66,000 | £58,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £288,000 | £299,000 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 10.8% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 7.6% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.4% | 20.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.7% | 38.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 1.93x | — | |
| Interest cover | 45.29x | 18.56x | 24.42x |
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
- FLOWMAX LIMITED 2007-01-30 → present
- FLOWMAX HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 2000-01-14 → 2007-01-30
- FLUID HOLDINGS LIMITED 1997-10-24 → 2000-01-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above, the Directors are of the opinion that the going concern principle is applicable and that the Group and Company have the necessary resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- FLOWMAX LIMITED · parent
- Action-Sealtite Limited 90%
- Alpeco Limited 100%
- ASL Europe B.V. 90%
- Midatech Sp. z o.o. 67.5%
- Petroy B.V. 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 March 2025, a subsidiary company, Essco Controls Limited, acquired the trade and assets of Helec Ltd for a total consideration of £579,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRVING, Mary-Kate | Secretary | 2026-08-13 | — | — |
| COUTTS-TROTTER, Carl Philip | Director | 2012-12-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| CUBITT, Lucy Katherine | Director | 2025-08-18 | Apr 1984 | British |
| MORRELL, Graham Joseph | Director | 2015-06-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| SANDS, Graeme | Director | 2019-09-11 | May 1962 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEL, Graham Ernest | Secretary | 1998-10-28 | 2018-05-16 |
| PENNSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-24 | 1998-10-28 |
| ARNOLD, Kevin John | Director | 2006-05-17 | 2014-12-31 |
| COUTTS-TROTTER, Philip | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2019-08-28 |
| FRANKEL, William Henry | Director | 1997-10-24 | 1997-11-07 |
| LAPICKI, Peter Roy | Director | 2006-05-17 | 2014-09-10 |
| MARSHALL, Robin | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2009-02-01 |
| NEL, Graham Ernest | Director | 1997-10-29 | 2018-05-16 |
| PENN, Stephen George | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2015-07-07 |
| ROBINSON, Harry | Director | 2003-05-20 | 2015-07-04 |
| SACKS, Howard Warren | Director | 1997-10-29 | 1998-06-22 |
| SEABROOKE, Christopher Stefan | Director | 1998-06-22 | 2013-01-01 |
| SWEENEY, Sam Michael | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2023-06-28 |
| TERRY, Michael George | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| VAN HEERDEN, Terence James | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2001-05-01 |
| WEEKS, Steven Richard | Director | 2014-09-10 | 2017-06-29 |
| PENNINGTONS DIRECTORS (NO 1) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-24 | 1997-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ct Enterprise Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-04-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.