MERCURY BEARINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-6.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
30
-6.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£502K
-13.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £11,831,963 | £12,897,205 | £11,604,150 | £11,369,698 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £828,712 | £1,037,975 | £557,366 | £476,552 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £828,714 | £1,049,766 | £580,050 | £501,887 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £674,680 | £803,270 | £425,856 | £399,752 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £943,378 | £1,536,755 | £1,985,710 | £1,858,786 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £5,027,833 | £5,169,103 | £4,924,959 | £4,861,711 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £5,004,833 | £5,133,103 | £4,858,959 | £4,808,711 | |
| Equity | £3,764,106 | £4,330,115 | £4,887,153 | £5,004,833 | £5,133,103 | £4,858,959 | £4,808,711 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 34 | 33 | 32 | 30 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,682,381 | £1,672,850 | £1,612,057 | £1,628,367 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £232,887 | £249,443 | £197,711 | £158,626 |
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
-2%
£11,604,150 £11,369,698
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-6.4%
£1,985,710 £1,858,786
-
Net assets
-1%
£4,858,959 £4,808,711
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-6.3%
32 30
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-14.5%
£557,366 £476,552
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-13.5%
£580,050 £501,887
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+1%
£1,612,057 £1,628,367
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 7.0% | 8.0% | 4.8% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 5.7% | 6.2% | 3.7% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 16.5% | 20.1% | 11.3% | 9.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.35x | 3.46x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and preparing integrated profit and loss account and cash flow forecasts for the wider Hayley group for one year from the date the financial statements are signed, the directors have formed a judgement that, as at the date of approving the financial statements, there is a reasonable expectation that the company, with any required support from the wider group, has adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future. The preparation of the forecasts has been produced using known and unknown certainties, as described in more detail below.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINLAN, Gary Joseph | Secretary | 2022-04-30 | — | — |
| BRINTON, James Nicholas | Director | 2024-05-02 | Jun 1979 | British |
| CARR, Edward Andrew | Director | 2022-01-01 | Dec 1966 | British |
| NOAKES, Ben Edward | Director | 2022-04-30 | Mar 1985 | British |
| QUINLAN, Gary Joseph | Director | 2022-04-30 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINTON, Garth Nicholas | Secretary | 2017-01-24 | 2022-04-30 |
| CLAYDEN, Christopher Neil | Secretary | 1998-07-16 | 2017-01-24 |
| BRINTON, Garth Nicholas | Director | 2017-01-24 | 2022-04-30 |
| CLAYDEN, Christopher Neil | Director | 1998-07-16 | 2024-06-30 |
| CLAYDEN, Sandra Lesley | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2013-02-18 |
| KING, Graham Robert | Director | 1998-07-16 | 2017-01-24 |
| KING, Kim Judith | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2003-04-06 |
| NOAKES, Bernard Carl | Director | 2017-01-24 | 2022-04-30 |
| WILLITTS, Leon Nigel Wallis | Director | 2017-01-24 | 2022-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury Holdings (London) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.