STEPHEN AUSTIN & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
-59.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£5.8m
+3% vs 2024
Employees
82
-9.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£207k
-28.9% first positive since 2023
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 | £19,853,000 | £21,213,000 | £33,448,000 | £17,154,000 | £12,006,000 | £12,624,000 | +5.1% | |
| Operating profit | £403,000 | £3,612,000 | £3,410,000 | -£268,000 | £468,000 | £297,000 | -36.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £337,000 | £3,562,000 | £3,286,000 | -£349,000 | £291,000 | £207,000 | -28.9% | |
| Net profit | £386,000 | £2,842,000 | £2,932,000 | -£227,000 | £205,000 | £62,000 | -69.8% | |
| Cash | £4,744,000 | £4,220,000 | £5,583,000 | £2,098,000 | £4,069,000 | £1,658,000 | -59.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,342,000 | £14,973,000 | £11,907,000 | £8,156,000 | £9,126,000 | £10,520,000 | +15.3% | |
| Net assets | £9,177,000 | £12,131,000 | £9,028,000 | £5,384,000 | £5,642,000 | £5,809,000 | +3% | |
| Equity | £9,177,000 | £12,131,000 | £9,028,000 | £5,384,000 | £5,642,000 | £5,809,000 | +3% | |
| Average employees | 125 | 131 | 138 | 124 | 91 | 82 | -9.9% | |
| Wages | £4,926,000 | £4,460,000 | £5,232,000 | £4,839,000 | £3,886,000 | £3,253,000 | -16.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2.0% | 17.0% | 10.2% | -1.6% | 3.9% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 13.4% | 8.8% | -1.3% | 1.7% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 24.1% | 28.6% | -3.3% | 5.1% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.0% | 48.2% | 52.1% | 62.7% | 58.6% | 64.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.47x | 4.37x | |
| Interest cover | 2.86x | 30.35x | 26.43x | -1.29x | 1.63x | 2.12x |
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
- STEPHEN AUSTIN & SONS LIMITED 2002-04-10 → present
- TYDALE ENTERPRISES LIMITED 2002-02-26 → 2002-04-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rothmans Audit 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.”
Group structure
- STEPHEN AUSTIN & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLER, Rory James | Director | 2002-03-28 | Aug 1971 | British |
| OBOLENSKY, Edward | Director | 2025-02-25 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGUS, Ian Malcolm | Secretary | 2002-04-02 | 2016-10-31 |
| WELLS, Trevor Jesse | Secretary | 2002-03-14 | 2002-04-02 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-02-26 | 2002-03-14 |
| CHITSON, Michael | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2022-02-23 |
| COHEN, Philip | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2004-08-31 |
| FOWLER, Peter Granville | Director | 2002-03-14 | 2025-02-25 |
| FOX, Roy Hunter | Director | 2006-10-09 | 2009-07-31 |
| MORGAN, David Leonard | Director | 2002-03-14 | 2008-04-08 |
| WELLS, Trevor Jesse | Director | 2002-03-14 | 2005-02-15 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-02-26 | 2002-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Austin (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2020-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.