FUTURE METAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£595k
+90.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£602k
-27% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
50
-2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£843k
+76.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,861,625 | £6,584,757 | £6,891,399 | +4.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,037,543 | £630,465 | £1,000,154 | +58.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £864,551 | £478,266 | £843,072 | +76.3% | |
| Net profit | £705,849 | £417,817 | £619,198 | +48.2% | |
| Cash | £365,843 | £311,849 | £594,820 | +90.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,624,363 | £3,436,168 | £2,345,121 | -31.8% | |
| Net assets | £920,850 | £823,667 | £601,629 | -27% | |
| Equity | £920,850 | £823,667 | £601,629 | -27% | |
| Average employees | 51 | 51 | 50 | -2% | |
| Wages | £1,846,202 | £1,814,270 | £1,941,529 | +7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £351,663 | £386,567 | £448,289 | +16% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £57,551 | £51,520 | £53,801 | +4.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £159,552 | £136,728 | £99,262 | -27.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.1% | 9.6% | 14.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 6.3% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 39.5% | 18.3% | 42.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.6% | 85.5% | 87.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 1.34x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | 5.88x | 4.14x | 5.81x |
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
- BW Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group meets its day to day working capital requirements through an invoice financing facility, which is secured against trade debtors... the directors' view is that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- FUTURE METAL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Barley Chalu Limited 100%
- Future Metal International Limited 100%
- Alustar Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHALU, John Leslie Robert | Director | 2007-01-26 | Jul 1981 | English |
| CHESHEM-PANAM, Mohammed | Director | 2007-01-26 | May 1965 | British |
| CHESHEM-PANAM, Susan | Director | 2020-06-30 | Jan 1964 | British |
| CHESHEM-PANAM, Yasmin | Director | 2024-10-24 | Jan 1997 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALU, Elizabeth Helen | Secretary | 2007-01-26 | 2020-03-10 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-01-26 | 2007-01-26 |
| CARMAN, Douglas John | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2020-03-10 |
| CHALU, Elizabeth Helen | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2020-03-10 |
| CHALU, Richard Terence | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2020-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-01-26 | 2007-01-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panam Chalu Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-12-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-04-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.