SPEEDWELL SETTLEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-25 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£749K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£388K
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£124K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £641,609 | £883,534 | |
| Operating profit | £34,597 | £124,031 | |
| Profit before tax | £34,598 | £124,031 | |
| Net profit | £26,868 | £106,720 | |
| Cash | £579,278 | £749,376 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £281,580 | £388,300 | |
| Net assets | £281,580 | £388,300 | |
| Equity | £281,580 | £388,300 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £558,782 | £703,808 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-10-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 14.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 12.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 31.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.50x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from following the approval of the financial statements. The ultimate parent company, Vaisala Oyj, has pledged to continue to give financial support to the company for the foreseeable future and no less than 12 months following the approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In October 2024, the Speedwell Weather Group of companies, which was wholly owned by Speedwell Associates Ltd ("SAL") was acquired by Vaisala Oyj, the parent company of Vaisala Group.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOHERTY, Stephen Paul | Director | 2016-04-20 | Jun 1965 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, David | Director | 2016-04-20 | Sep 1975 | American |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOHERTY, Stephen | Secretary | 2016-04-20 | 2020-01-06 |
| SCOTT, Thomas James Buchan | Secretary | 2020-01-06 | 2025-01-24 |
| MORENO, Michael | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2017-12-01 |
| PALMER, Richard James | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2018-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedwell Climate Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 30 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-10-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-10-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.