MOWDEN CONTROLS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9M
+8.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.8M
+1% vs 2024
Employees
56
+5.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£40K
-96.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,501,673 | £4,943,370 | -24% | |
| Operating profit | £1,189,093 | -£3,466 | -100.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,209,321 | £40,247 | -96.7% | |
| Net profit | £877,419 | £56,850 | -93.5% | |
| Cash | £2,685,636 | £2,924,788 | +8.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,770,105 | £5,798,188 | +0.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,717,362 | £5,774,212 | +1% | |
| Equity | £5,717,362 | £5,774,212 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 56 | +5.7% | |
| Wages | £1,395,607 | £1,879,258 | +34.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £358,442 | £427,237 | +19.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.3% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | 13.5% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | -0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.98x | 12.74x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. As a result the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements”
Significant events
- “As macro factors impacted global markets so demand slowed in 2024/25, ultimately reducing volumes. The company has put great effort into new business generation and this is expected to bear fruit in 2025-6 and ought to coincide with a revival in demand generally as stock levels normalise.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Lewis | Secretary | 1995-11-01 | — | British |
| BARBER, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 1997-08-27 | Jun 1969 | British |
| BARBER, Thomas William | Director | 2026-04-01 | Mar 2001 | British |
| GREEN, Michael John | Director | 2002-06-12 | Nov 1945 | British |
| KIRK, Anne Letitia | Director | — | Oct 1935 | British |
| MACLEAN, Neil | Director | 1994-09-30 | Apr 1958 | British |
| SALISBURY, Joanna Jean | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Lewis | Director | 1997-06-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRK, Anne Letitia | Secretary | — | 1995-10-31 |
| ELLINGTON, Vincent | Director | — | 1997-08-07 |
| FENWICK, Keith William Harold, Dr | Director | — | 2002-06-12 |
| REDHEAD, Robert David | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2010-10-15 |
| SMITH, Judith | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2003-03-21 |
| TAPPLY, Peter Lansdell | Director | 1997-08-27 | 2003-02-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Ivy Rose | Director | — | 1997-07-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Anne Letitia Kirk | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Elizabeth Anne Barber | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Lewis Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2017-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2017-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.