PROBE MANUFACTURING AND FABRICATION LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£1.6m
-246.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
55
-5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.3m
+96.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £11,855,000 | £12,494,000 | £10,715,000 | -14.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,810,000 | -£42,331,000 | -£863,000 | +98% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,399,000 | -£39,598,000 | -£1,271,000 | +96.8% | |
| Net profit | £3,366,000 | -£40,756,000 | -£1,510,000 | +96.3% | |
| Cash | £149,000 | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £45,789,000 | £5,174,000 | £2,281,000 | -55.9% | |
| Net assets | £41,816,000 | £1,060,000 | -£1,556,000 | -246.8% | |
| Equity | £41,816,000 | £1,060,000 | -£1,556,000 | -246.8% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 58 | 55 | -5.2% | |
| Wages | £2,244,000 | £2,588,000 | £2,733,000 | +5.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 15.3% | — | -8.1% | |
| Net margin | 28.4% | — | -14.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | -818.1% | -37.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.9% | 90.8% | 116.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.72x | 0.99x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | 8.01x | — | -2.12x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PROBE MANUFACTURING AND FABRICATION LIMITED 2023-07-05 → present
- PROBE OIL TOOLS LIMITED 1974-04-26 → 2023-07-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements and do not consider that a material uncertainty exists in relation to going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 31 March 2026, 100% of the company's share capital was acquired by fellow group company, Claxton PMF Limited.”
- “On 21 May 2026, the company was acquired by AF Gruppen ASA Group.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANTON, Samuel John | Director | 2021-07-15 | Aug 1977 | British |
| MANPURIA, Vikash | Director | 2026-05-21 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, Keith | Secretary | — | 2013-09-05 |
| BOUFFARD, Brice Marc | Director | 2024-05-29 | 2026-05-21 |
| BRENNAN, David | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2019-12-31 |
| BRUGGAIER, Bernhard, Dr | Director | 2013-09-05 | 2024-05-29 |
| DEACON, Eric Stanley Fairfax | Director | — | 1993-01-21 |
| FORD, Keith | Director | — | 2016-08-31 |
| FORD, Kevin | Director | 1993-03-17 | 2013-09-05 |
| FORD, Pauline Ann | Director | 1993-05-05 | 2013-09-05 |
| HUNTER, Steven | Director | 2020-02-05 | 2021-07-15 |
| MOBBS, Jane | Director | 1998-03-27 | 2013-09-05 |
| OVENDEN, Kevin Francis | Director | 2013-09-05 | 2016-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claxton Pmf Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-31 | Active |
| Project Santis Deltaco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-06 | Ceased 2025-08-06 |
| Project Santis Deltaco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-05 | Ceased 2026-03-31 |
| Acteon Group Operations (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-21 | Ceased 2025-08-06 |
| Acteon Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.