INVESTMENT CASTING SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Cash
£646K
+126.7% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£2M
-26.1% vs 2024
Employees
67
-8.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£895K
-1,274.7% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £8,109,267 | £6,736,599 | -16.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,004,216 | -£347,665 | -134.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£65,081 | -£894,663 | -1,274.7% | |
| Net profit | £535,538 | £716,364 | £478,403 | £332,809 | £135,552 | -£704,003 | -619.4% | |
| Cash | £75,898 | £69,584 | £36,320 | £63,465 | £284,946 | £646,063 | +126.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,118,461 | — | — | £5,514,994 | £5,461,765 | £4,033,939 | -26.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,384,589 | £1,752,462 | £2,207,123 | £2,192,121 | £2,698,697 | £1,994,694 | -26.1% | |
| Equity | £1,384,589 | — | £2,207,123 | £2,192,121 | £2,698,697 | £1,994,694 | -26.1% | |
| Average employees | 24 | 30 | 35 | 2 | 73 | 67 | -8.2% | |
| Wages | — | £807,417 | £859,486 | — | £2,293,874 | £2,404,238 | +4.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £74,670 | £339,052 | +354.1% |
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 12.4% | -5.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.7% | -10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 18.4% | -8.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.57x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2.70x | -0.93x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Simpkins Edwards 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. 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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- INVESTMENT CASTING SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
- Technical Composite Systems Limited 52%
- Casting Support Systems Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025 proved to be an incredibly challenging year, with the loss of 2 of the injection moulding division's largest customers, a downturn in demand by all sectors that the group supplies, with the exception of aerospace plastics, and many large projects either cancelled or delayed due to geopolitics.”
- “Losses were further impacted by the downward revaluation of the investment properties by £174k.”
- “Cashflow has been a major struggle in the year but with cash injections by the directors, new funding secured on directors personal assets, the assistance of extended payment terms by some suppliers and time to pay agreement with HMRC the business has been able to carefully manage its cashflow obligations until the completion of the sale of the investment properties post year end.”
- “During 2026 the group's investment properties have been sold and the short-term debt taken to fund the move in 2022 has been repaid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEAD, Edward James Leslie | Director | 2007-01-19 | May 1951 | British |
| HEAD, James | Director | 2007-01-19 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEAD, James | Secretary | 2007-01-19 | 2019-10-01 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-01-19 | 2007-01-19 |
| FRITH, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2024-12-18 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-01-19 | 2007-01-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment Casting Plastics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-05-30 | Active |
| Mr Edward James Leslie Head | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Head | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.