EXPRESS TOUGHENING LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-27 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£759K
+45% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-5% vs 2023
Employees
80
-12.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£242K
+128.2% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £12,022,421 | £11,301,624 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£836,583 | £282,346 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£860,638 | £242,277 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£888,917 | £319,680 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £523,503 | £759,113 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £4,399,117 | £4,127,545 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,624,846 | £3,444,526 | |
| Equity | £2,954,628 | £3,298,440 | — | — | — | £3,624,846 | £3,444,526 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | 80 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £3,209,877 | £2,898,008 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £300,427 | £276,473 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-6%
£12,022,421 £11,301,624
-
Cash
+45%
£523,503 £759,113
-
Net assets
-5%
£3,624,846 £3,444,526
-
Employees
-12.1%
91 80
-
Operating profit
+133.7%
-£836,583 £282,346
-
Profit before tax
+128.2%
-£860,638 £242,277
-
Wages
-9.7%
£3,209,877 £2,898,008
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -7.0% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -7.4% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -19.0% | 6.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.48x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -32.21x | 7.05x |
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
- EXPRESS TOUGHENING LTD 2000-12-08 → present
- GLASS TOUGHENING (UK) LIMITED 2000-10-27 → 2000-12-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- FMCB
- 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.”
Significant events
- “This year, 2025 has seen continued cuts to our cost base. Sales are up approximately 5%. And our cash balance is in excess of £1.5m at the end of June. We are investing in a new water processing system, a new electricity substation and a Cloud based ERP system.”
- “We are now adapting Al into our systems to help offset any future challenges.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURTIS, Philip Simon | Secretary | 2000-10-27 | — | English |
| CURTIS, Adam Wayne | Director | 2013-08-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
| CURTIS, Daniel Robert | Director | 2013-08-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| CURTIS, Geoffrey Stephen | Director | 2000-10-27 | Dec 1948 | English |
| CURTIS, Philip Simon | Director | 2000-10-27 | Aug 1951 | English |
| HOWARD, George Anthony | Director | 2013-08-01 | Jul 1960 | Irish |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Geoffrey Stephen Curtis | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-05-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2016-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2016-09-15 | 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.