SILBERLINE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£702K
+142.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3M
-76.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
100
-17.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£10M
-291.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw your attention to note 2 in the financial statements, which explains that management has decided to cease trading and subsequently strike off the company. The company has confirmed that there are no further plans to continue trading activity after 31st December 2025. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in note 2.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £16,412,022 | £13,654,303 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£2,618,632 | -£10,238,392 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £153,362 | -£2,630,544 | -£10,287,658 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £133,913 | -£2,014,706 | -£10,190,485 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £278,845 | £289,792 | £701,842 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £16,124,873 | £13,288,562 | £6,392,664 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £15,281,959 | £13,267,253 | £3,076,768 | |
| Equity | £16,956,941 | £15,656,872 | £15,148,046 | £15,281,959 | £13,267,253 | £3,076,768 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 132 | 121 | 100 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £4,503,843 | £4,118,965 | £3,709,371 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £30,000 | £30,000 | — |
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
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Turnover
-16.8%
£16,412,022 £13,654,303
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Cash
+142.2%
£289,792 £701,842
highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
-76.8%
£13,267,253 £3,076,768
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-17.4%
121 100
lowest in 3 filed years
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Operating profit
-291%
-£2,618,632 -£10,238,392
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Profit before tax
-291.1%
-£2,630,544 -£10,287,658
lowest in 3 filed years
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Wages
-9.9%
£4,118,965 £3,709,371
lowest in 3 filed years
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -16.0% | -75.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -12.3% | -74.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -19.7% | -160.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 9.7% | 65.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 6.14x | 2.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -163.55x | -180.11x |
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
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw your attention to note 2 in the financial statements, which explains that management has decided to cease trading and subsequently strike off the company. The company has confirmed that there are no further plans to continue trading activity after 31st December 2025. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in note 2.”
Significant events
- “Following a consultation process with employees and a lengthy review of our operations in Leven, the decision has been made to close the Leven plant by the end of December 2025.”
- “The company has plans to voluntarily strike off the register of companies and will subsequently be dissolved. Trading is planned to cease by 31st December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-12-10 | — | — |
| GIPP, Andreas | Director | 2024-04-26 | Mar 1980 | German |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-06-23 | 2014-12-10 |
| DUNDAS & WILSON CS | Corporate Secretary | — | 1998-06-23 |
| ARSHT, Susan Scheller | Director | 1990-07-01 | 1997-01-07 |
| KARNISH, Gary John | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2024-04-26 |
| KERR, John Daniel | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2006-05-11 |
| KING, David Roland, Dr | Director | — | 2002-07-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Fraser Hales | Director | 2003-08-11 | 2012-02-03 |
| SCHELLER, Ernest | Director | — | 1990-07-01 |
| SCHELLER, Joseph Bernard | Director | — | 1990-07-01 |
| SCHELLER, Lisa Jane | Director | 1997-01-07 | 2024-01-19 |
| SCHELLER III, Ernest | Director | 1990-07-01 | 1997-08-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andreas Gipp | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-04-26 | Active |
| Lisa Jane Scheller | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.