SALE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE LTD.
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Cash
£5.4m
-8.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£4m
-15.1% vs 2024
Employees
76
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.6m
-44% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,520,477 | £30,374,137 | £40,798,181 | £34,956,177 | £42,249,932 | £46,992,478 | +11.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,375,777 | £42,920 | £252,678 | £590,127 | £2,776,461 | £1,530,585 | -44.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,380,314 | £43,499 | £253,544 | £617,488 | £2,785,397 | £1,559,412 | -44% | |
| Net profit | £1,087,889 | £438,791 | £180,126 | £11,687 | £2,055,624 | £1,087,326 | -47.1% | |
| Cash | £2,914,597 | £3,686,302 | £3,675,895 | £3,465,889 | £5,923,132 | £5,423,965 | -8.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,629,380 | £5,868,171 | £6,048,297 | £3,823,622 | £4,829,799 | £4,118,066 | -14.7% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,823,622 | £4,749,246 | £4,030,482 | -15.1% | |
| Equity | £5,629,380 | £5,868,171 | £6,048,297 | £3,823,622 | £4,749,246 | £4,030,482 | -15.1% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 56 | 68 | 68 | 77 | 76 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £3,204,844 | £3,595,948 | £4,318,868 | £4,819,071 | £5,046,542 | £5,728,312 | +13.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £914,210 | £899,404 | £983,897 | £1,199,365 | £940,557 | £1,736,237 | +84.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £24,043 | £19,080 | £248,154 | +1,200.6% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £554,995 | £240,232 | £429,797 | +78.9% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 6.6% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 4.9% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.4% | 0.7% | 4.2% | 15.4% | 57.5% | 37.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 70.2% | 68.3% | 76.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.42x | 1.44x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 48.53x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Sale Group completed an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) transaction to safeguard the longterm future of the business and preserve the culture established by Peter Sale over the past 26 years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAILEY, Sean | Director | 2017-04-03 | Oct 1966 | British |
| GIBLIN, Niall John | Director | 2023-12-06 | Feb 1973 | British |
| LYONS, Kelvin Terry Roy | Director | 2022-01-04 | Dec 1983 | British |
| PARKER, Neil | Director | 2024-05-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| SALE, Peter John | Director | 2000-12-08 | Jan 1961 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOT, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | 2024-01-19 |
| HOWARD, John Rory | Secretary | 2004-02-17 | 2014-03-31 |
| MITCHELL EBERHARD, Margareth | Secretary | 2000-12-08 | 2004-02-17 |
| CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-12-08 | 2000-12-08 |
| BOOT, Claire | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2024-01-19 |
| HUTCHINGS, Tom Frank | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| JOHNSON, Mark | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2024-04-10 |
| WIGGINS, Marion Rita | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2012-02-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-03-01 | Active |
| Mr Peter John Sale | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-12 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.