MORRIS LINE ENGINEERING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
+171.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.2m
+89.3% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £18,816,627 | £21,040,340 | £21,913,628 | +4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £872,278 | £1,182,087 | £2,229,593 | +88.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £867,144 | £1,181,969 | £2,237,049 | +89.3% | |
| Net profit | £769,860 | £1,094,546 | £1,870,071 | +70.9% | |
| Cash | £1,026,933 | £879,159 | £2,389,230 | +171.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,079,918 | £7,982,786 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £6,984,616 | £7,850,579 | — | — | |
| Equity | £6,984,616 | £7,850,579 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 153 | 143 | — | — | |
| Wages | £4,889,725 | £4,960,858 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £469,627 | £487,897 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £84,478 | £88,502 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £167,302 | £174,886 | — | — |
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 | 4.6% | 5.6% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 5.2% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 14.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.6% | 22.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.98x | 4.37x | 3.41x |
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
- MORRIS LINE ENGINEERING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2019-02-11 → present
- HEMINGWAY 1 LIMITED 2018-12-11 → 2019-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
Group structure
- MORRIS LINE ENGINEERING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Morris Line Engineering Limited 100%
- JW Morris Limited 100%
- Morris Line Engineering MLE FZE 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELDEN, Rachel | Secretary | 2019-04-24 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Glyn Ian | Director | 2021-07-01 | Dec 1955 | British |
| KEARLE, David | Director | 2018-12-11 | Feb 1965 | British |
| SELDEN, Rachel | Director | 2018-12-11 | Dec 1978 | British |
| THOMAS, Simon Lee | Director | 2019-03-13 | Sep 1972 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Brenda Gillett, Dr | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| JONES, Brian | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2020-08-28 |
| WALAVALKAR, Ajeet | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2020-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Rachel Selden | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-11 | Ceased 2019-03-29 |
| Mr David Kearle | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-11 | Ceased 2019-03-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-02-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-02-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-09-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-08-18 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-02-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.