PETER MARSH & SONS,LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9m
+39.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.2m
+9.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
42
-27.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£749k
+35.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-18.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £8,917,897 | £8,795,149 | £6,229,095 | -29.2% | |
| Operating profit | £301,365 | £480,600 | £23,119 | -95.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £321,028 | £551,353 | £748,840 | +35.8% | |
| Net profit | £287,192 | £437,593 | £707,178 | +61.6% | |
| Cash | £1,522,932 | £2,087,711 | £2,906,960 | +39.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,409,821 | £5,883,896 | £6,368,664 | +8.2% | |
| Net assets | £5,304,984 | £5,668,625 | £6,218,151 | +9.7% | |
| Equity | £5,304,984 | £5,668,625 | £6,218,151 | +9.7% | |
| Average employees | 63 | 58 | 42 | -27.6% | |
| Wages | £1,725,362 | £1,909,926 | £1,454,604 | -23.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £216,515 | £280,179 | £245,068 | -12.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £38,601 | £47,195 | £39,276 | -16.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £119,703 | £130,870 | £116,737 | -10.8% |
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 | 3.4% | 5.5% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 5.0% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | 8.2% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.3% | 3.7% | 2.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.15x | 3.54x | 5.30x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 83.46x |
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
- Lonsdale & Marsh
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTSON, Diane | Secretary | 2022-06-01 | — | — |
| DAVIS, Caroline Elizabeth Ridge | Director | 2022-01-21 | Dec 1965 | British |
| HINTON, Nicholas James | Director | 2008-01-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| KEHOE, Tina Marie | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jul 1979 | British |
| MARLOW, Christopher Roderick James | Director | — | Sep 1949 | British |
| MARSH, Benjamin Atkin | Director | — | Feb 1949 | British |
| MARSH, Peter Halsey | Director | 2000-05-26 | May 1968 | British |
| MORTON, Daniel John | Director | 2022-06-01 | Jul 1982 | British |
| TROTMAN, Hannah Jane | Director | 2025-01-17 | Aug 1983 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 1992-04-08 | 1999-12-08 |
| HUGHES, Alan David | Secretary | 2004-11-25 | 2020-09-30 |
| MARSH, Peter Halsey | Secretary | 1999-12-08 | 2004-11-25 |
| MARSH, Simon Peter | Secretary | — | 1992-04-08 |
| CLARK, James Orpin | Director | — | 2006-04-28 |
| DIXON, Michael Anthony | Director | 1995-12-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| DURRANCE, Philip Walter | Director | — | 2018-07-31 |
| EWEN, David | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2014-12-31 |
| HUGHES, Alan David | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2020-09-30 |
| JONES, Diane | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-06-01 |
| KENNEDY, Alan Robert | Director | — | 1994-01-01 |
| MARSH, Simon Peter | Director | — | 2022-09-23 |
| REYNOLDS, Francis George | Director | — | 1994-12-24 |
| THOMAS, Wayne Anthony | Director | 1995-12-01 | 2009-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Benjamin Atkin Marsh | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-10-01 | Active |
| Mr Peter Halsey Marsh | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2022-09-26 | Active |
| Mr Simon Peter Marsh | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-12-18 | Ceased 2022-09-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-05-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-03-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.