DETECTAMET LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+38.1% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£8M
+13.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
95
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-10.5% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,015,194 | £13,966,458 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,934,278 | £1,706,257 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,893,443 | £1,695,488 | |
| Net profit | £1,067,437 | £606,440 | £1,549,050 | £1,175,991 | |
| Cash | £61,038 | £464,500 | £2,309,785 | £3,188,830 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £6,687,609 | £7,618,192 | |
| Net assets | £4,081,101 | £4,687,541 | £6,715,530 | £7,597,511 | |
| Equity | — | £4,687,541 | £6,715,530 | £7,597,511 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 71 | 95 | 95 | |
| Wages | £1,793,365 | £2,260,515 | £4,242,193 | £4,486,318 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £204,531 | £242,359 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.3%
£13,015,194 £13,966,458
-
Cash
+38.1%
£2,309,785 £3,188,830
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+13.1%
£6,715,530 £7,597,511
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
95 95
-
Operating profit
-11.8%
£1,934,278 £1,706,257
-
Profit before tax
-10.5%
£1,893,443 £1,695,488
-
Wages
+5.8%
£4,242,193 £4,486,318
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 14.9% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 11.9% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 28.9% | 22.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.88x | 3.86x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 46.50x | 64.07x |
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
- DETECTAMET LTD 2010-04-15 → present
- E-COMPONENTS & CHAINS LIMITED 2004-04-16 → 2010-04-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- 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 group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DETECTAMET LTD · parent
- Detectamet Inc 100%
- Detectamet Products Pty Limited 100%
- Detectamet Detectables Inc 100%
- Detectamet GmbH 100%
- CK Safety Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025 has been a good year for the business and we have grown revenue in each of our market places.”
- “The UK company extended funding facility with HSBC during the current financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRISON, Helen Jacqueline | Director | 2018-07-16 | May 1978 | English |
| SMITH, Sean Ronald | Director | 2018-05-29 | Jan 1962 | English |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSSON, Angela | Secretary | 2004-04-16 | 2018-02-25 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-04-16 | 2004-04-16 |
| CHRISMAS, James Nathan | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2016-09-13 |
| IRELAND, Jonathan Lindsey | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2017-06-07 |
| MITCHELL, Michael | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-12-01 |
| MUSSON, Angela | Director | 2010-03-28 | 2018-02-26 |
| SMITH, Sean Ronald | Director | 2004-04-16 | 2018-05-29 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-04-16 | 2004-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sean Ronald Smith | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-06-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to 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.