THOMAS ARMSTRONG (CONCRETE BLOCKS) LIMITED
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Cash
£4.9M
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£40M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
122
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£7.6M
Period ending 2025-09-27
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-28 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £71,203,094 | £60,407,628 | £61,192,445 | — | |
| Operating profit | £11,087,477 | £9,083,252 | £6,954,943 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £12,009,663 | £10,253,498 | £7,578,627 | — | |
| Net profit | £9,363,714 | £7,966,521 | £6,413,595 | — | |
| Cash | £16,786,711 | £15,865,434 | £4,922,746 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,944,886 | £37,695,271 | £45,318,968 | — | |
| Net assets | £25,858,122 | £33,824,643 | £40,238,238 | — | |
| Equity | £25,858,122 | £33,824,643 | £40,238,238 | — | |
| Average employees | 144 | 134 | 122 | — | |
| Wages | £5,620,764 | £5,310,670 | £5,351,919 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £250,027 | £462,236 | £337,152 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-28 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.6% | 15.0% | 11.4% | |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 13.2% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.0% | 24.1% | 15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 55.1% | 32.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.31x | 2.37x |
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
- THOMAS ARMSTRONG (CONCRETE BLOCKS) LIMITED 1986-04-03 → present
- THOMAS ARMSTRONG (CONCRETE) LIMITED 1964-09-09 → 1986-04-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the company's current and future prospects and its availability of cash resources and financing and are satisfied that the company can continue to pay its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. For this reason the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- THOMAS ARMSTRONG (CONCRETE BLOCKS) LIMITED · parent
- G. C. Blocks Limited 100%
- Sellite Blocks Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company has had a difficult trading year as uncertainty in the construction industry and the wider economy continued throughout the year. Excess supply in the market combined with cost pressures from suppliers have contributed to the reduction in profitability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIBBITTS, Jonathan Maxwell | Secretary | 2024-01-01 | — | — |
| CLARK, Andrew | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| DENHAM, Anthony Robert Glover | Director | 2012-12-13 | Nov 1960 | British |
| DENHAM, John Keith | Director | — | Mar 1943 | British |
| FISHER, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2022-10-03 | Nov 1975 | British |
| HOME, Martin | Director | — | Aug 1956 | British |
| KENDAL, Stephen Edward | Director | 2022-12-05 | Aug 1967 | British |
| MASON, John | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| WALKER, Mark Arthur | Director | 2013-09-30 | Oct 1962 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Paul | Secretary | 2003-04-28 | 2023-12-31 |
| DENHAM, Raymond Glover Layton | Secretary | — | 2003-04-28 |
| ARMSTRONG, Paul | Director | 1996-12-16 | 2023-12-31 |
| BOWMAN, Trevor Reynoldson | Director | — | 2012-04-27 |
| DENHAM, Raymond Glover Layton | Director | — | 2003-04-28 |
| HOGG, Edward | Director | — | 1995-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Keith Denham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.