PATERSON ENTERPRISES LIMITED
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Cash
£16M
+22.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£73M
+9.7% vs 2024
Employees
243
+4.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£13M
+20.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £97,092,000 | £103,789,000 | +6.9% | |
| Operating profit | £10,386,000 | £12,372,000 | +19.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,786,000 | £12,999,000 | +20.5% | |
| Net profit | £7,653,000 | £9,758,000 | +27.5% | |
| Cash | £12,754,000 | £15,646,000 | +22.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £69,886,000 | £76,020,000 | +8.8% | |
| Net assets | £66,702,000 | £73,147,000 | +9.7% | |
| Equity | £66,702,000 | £73,147,000 | +9.7% | |
| Average employees | 233 | 243 | +4.3% | |
| Wages | £8,961,000 | £9,965,000 | +11.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,091,000 | £1,126,000 | +3.2% |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 11.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.9% | 16.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.5% | 19.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.85x | 2.85x |
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
- PATERSON ENTERPRISES LIMITED 2004-01-21 → present
- TRUSHELFCO (NO.3002) LIMITED 2003-10-14 → 2004-01-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dyke Yaxley Limited
- 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
- PATERSON ENTERPRISES LIMITED · parent
- Goodall Bates & Todd Limited 100%
- Paterson Lubricants India Private Limited 100%
- Morris Lubricants Limited 100%
- Morris Leisure Limited 100%
- Newton Oils Limited 100%
- Forward Lubricants Limited 100%
- Metcut (Great Britain) Limited 100%
- Metcut Limited 100%
- Industrial Speciality Lubricants Limited 100%
- PEL Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Tribolysis Testing Services Limited 100%
- G.B. Lubricants Limited 100%
- Morris Oils Limited 100%
- Poston Mill Park Limited 100%
- Poston Mill Holdings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “relocation of our logistics department to Sentinel Works and enhancements to our new blending tank”
- “achieved Platinum accreditation from Ecovadis”
- “reduced our total CO₂e emissions by more than 50%”
- “next strategic milestone is to further reduce emissions, with the ambition of achieving full carbon neutrality by 2040”
- “Talent development continues to be a key focus, forming an integral part of the directors' succession planning. We have successfully progressed individuals into management roles”
- “In January 2025, the Worldwide Distribution Centre at the Sentinel Works in Shrewsbury went live. Morris Lubricants have moved their entire logistics function to this new site.”
- “In November 2023, Morris Leisure and Morris Lubricants switched to a 100% renewable energy tariff.”
- “In September 2024, Morris Lubricants began the switch from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHELTON, Jane Linda | Secretary | 2010-07-23 | — | — |
| BOOTH, Paul | Director | 2025-02-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| GODDARD, Andrew James | Director | 2004-07-19 | May 1973 | British |
| GODDARD, Diana Mary | Director | 2015-05-22 | Jan 1945 | British |
| GODDARD, Edward Wyatt | Director | 2004-07-19 | Aug 1970 | British |
| SHELTON, Jane Linda | Director | 2019-01-02 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GODDARD, Andrew James | Secretary | 2004-03-23 | 2007-03-01 |
| GUMSLEY, David Peter | Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2010-07-22 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-10-14 | 2004-03-23 |
| ALTON, John David | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2016-12-05 |
| CRONIN, Padraig Joseph | Director | 2003-11-26 | 2004-03-23 |
| DIXON, Andrew | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2024-01-31 |
| EDWARDS, Matthew Lee | Director | 2003-11-26 | 2004-03-23 |
| GODDARD, David Wyatt | Director | 2004-03-23 | 2025-12-31 |
| JONES, David Gareth | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2024-07-31 |
| MORRIS, William Henry Clifford | Director | 2004-03-23 | 2004-07-20 |
| STOKER, Louise Jane | Director | 2003-10-14 | 2003-11-26 |
| WILKINS, Andrew John | Director | 2015-05-22 | 2018-07-31 |
| ZUERCHER, Eleanor Jane | Director | 2003-10-14 | 2003-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goddard Enterprises Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with made up date | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2021-04-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2020-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-31 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.