POTTER UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£6.8M
+111.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.2M
+21% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
54
+10.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+15% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £12,676,769 | £13,947,079 | £14,902,901 | +6.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,441,150 | £1,986,798 | £2,302,348 | +15.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,198,273 | £1,756,643 | £2,019,603 | +15% | |
| Net profit | £845,631 | £1,229,681 | £1,424,127 | +15.8% | |
| Cash | £3,660,089 | £3,192,517 | £6,760,759 | +111.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,542,632 | £10,038,981 | £12,128,900 | +20.8% | |
| Net assets | £5,564,262 | £6,793,943 | £8,218,070 | +21% | |
| Equity | £5,564,262 | £6,793,943 | £8,218,070 | +21% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 49 | 54 | +10.2% | |
| Wages | £2,631,891 | £2,743,705 | £2,624,834 | -4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £341,073 | £332,202 | £460,023 | +38.5% |
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 | 11.4% | 14.2% | 15.4% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 8.8% | 9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | 19.8% | 19.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.3% | 47.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 4.32x | 3.79x | 5.58x | |
| Interest cover | 5.22x | 6.40x | 7.50x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving these financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In view of this, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- POTTER UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Elmdene Investments Limited 100%
- Elmdene Limited 100%
- Elmdene International Limited 100%
- Potter Elmdene Security Product Co., Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADKINS, David | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
| ADKINS, David John | Director | 2020-12-10 | Jul 1961 | British |
| RAMSAY, Sharon | Director | 2019-11-12 | May 1970 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOLLY, Gerald Francis | Secretary | 2019-11-12 | 2024-12-31 |
| LEARS, Bernard Joseph | Secretary | 2008-03-12 | 2019-11-12 |
| MUNDAYS COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2008-03-10 | 2008-03-12 |
| CONNOLLY, Gerald Francis | Director | 2019-11-12 | 2024-12-31 |
| FENTON, Mark | Director | 2019-11-12 | 2020-04-30 |
| HESKETT, Michael Sean | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2019-11-12 |
| PALMER, Lorna Catherine | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2008-03-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David John Adkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-10 | Active |
| Mr Gerald Francis Connolly | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-11-12 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
| Ms Sharon Ramsay | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-11-12 | Ceased 2021-08-01 |
| Mr Mark Fenton | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-11-12 | Ceased 2020-04-30 |
| Potter Holdings Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
| Mr Bernard Joseph Lears | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-12 |
| Mr Michael Sean Heskett | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.