OLDFIELD ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Cash
£37k
-76.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.4m
+4.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
71
-1.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-12.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £18,490,542 | £20,076,333 | £21,827,776 | +8.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,201,213 | £1,286,853 | £1,117,399 | -13.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,151,655 | £1,241,555 | £1,086,282 | -12.5% | |
| Net profit | £856,924 | £908,115 | £781,566 | -13.9% | |
| Cash | £8,856 | £159,510 | £36,914 | -76.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,409,018 | £3,578,866 | £3,582,890 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £3,007,607 | £3,275,722 | £3,417,288 | +4.3% | |
| Equity | £3,007,607 | £3,275,722 | £3,417,288 | +4.3% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 72 | 71 | -1.4% | |
| Wages | £2,513,829 | £3,016,713 | £3,389,353 | +12.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £66,554 | £225,397 | £219,761 | -2.5% |
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 | 6.5% | 6.4% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 4.5% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.2% | 36.0% | 31.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.4% | 57.4% | 55.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 1.73x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | 24.20x | 28.00x | 32.19x |
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
- OLDFIELD ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED 2001-11-23 → present
- OLDFIELD ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES (BRADFORD) LIMITED 1958-10-27 → 2001-11-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- 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 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.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Bernard | Secretary | 1997-11-03 | — | British |
| BELL, Georgina Elizabeth | Director | 2016-01-14 | Jan 1969 | British |
| BELL, Matthew Charles | Director | 1997-11-03 | Feb 1971 | British |
| BELL, Richard Graham | Director | 2016-01-14 | Apr 1968 | British |
| BELL, Sarah | Director | 1997-11-20 | May 1971 | British |
| GUY, Andrew Cyril | Director | 2023-11-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
| SMITH, Allison Louise | Director | 2016-01-14 | Dec 1967 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew John | Director | 2016-01-14 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTLE, Barbara | Secretary | — | 1997-11-03 |
| BIRTLE, Barbara | Director | — | 1997-11-03 |
| BIRTLE, John Richard Harley | Director | — | 1997-11-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldfield Group (Skipton) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.