EMBRACE STEEL GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+12.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+92% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
101
+260.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+126.8% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £26,238,894 | £41,430,060 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,283,709 | £3,273,624 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,013,017 | £2,298,001 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £744,935 | £1,942,950 | |
| Cash | — | — | £3,725,219 | £4,207,051 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3 | — | £6,689,359 | £18,853,447 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,112,159 | £4,055,109 | |
| Equity | £3 | £319,999 | £2,112,159 | £4,055,109 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 28 | 101 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,207,511 | £3,289,148 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+57.9%
£26,238,894 £41,430,060
-
Cash
+12.9%
£3,725,219 £4,207,051
-
Net assets
+92%
£2,112,159 £4,055,109
-
Employees
+260.7%
28 101
-
Operating profit
+155%
£1,283,709 £3,273,624
-
Profit before tax
+126.8%
£1,013,017 £2,298,001
-
Wages
+172.4%
£1,207,511 £3,289,148
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 4.9% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.8% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 19.2% | 17.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.07x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 4.29x | 3.00x |
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
- EMBRACE STEEL GROUP LTD 2021-09-17 → present
- SPECIAL STRUCTURAL VENTURES LTD 2020-10-08 → 2021-09-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Clayton & Brewill
- 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 the 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
- EMBRACE STEEL GROUP LTD · parent
- Hambleton Steel (South) Limited 100%
- Hambleton Structures Limited 100%
- Sublet Fabrications Limited 100%
- Hambleton Steel Limited 100%
- Hambleton Steel Group Limited 100%
- ESG Bidco01 Limited 100%
- ESG Bidco2 100%
- WAA (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Shufflebottom Limited 100%
- Celtic Cladding Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The directors are delighted to announce the acquisition of WAA (Holdings) Limited and its subsidiaries, Shufflebottom Limited and Celtic Cladding Services Limited. A move that signifies a strategic expansion of our capabilities and offerings within the structural steel fabrication industry.”
- “These risks have been continued through 4 due to the impact of the continuing Ukraine conflict on the UK and world economies and additional pressures of similar nature.”
- “During the year the group made charitable donations of £5,562 to a number of local and national organisations for general purposes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTHOLOMEW, Charles | Director | 2020-10-08 | Sep 1949 | British |
| CURNOCK, Dominic | Director | 2020-10-08 | Mar 1983 | British |
| KELLY, Martin Thomas | Director | 2025-10-23 | Sep 1967 | British |
| LONGFIELD, Simon John | Director | 2025-10-23 | Apr 1966 | British |
| MCADAM, Ross Andrew | Director | 2025-10-23 | Jul 1992 | British |
| SAPAK, Joe Thomas | Director | 2020-10-08 | May 1980 | British |
| WHITING, Richard Antony | Director | 2024-11-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst Ventures Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-06-23 | Active |
| Charles Bartholomew | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-10-08 | Ceased 2022-06-23 |
| Dominic Curnock | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-10-08 | Ceased 2022-06-23 |
| Joe Thomas Sapak | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-10-08 | Ceased 2022-06-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.