FBM METALS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£259K
-51.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+1.1% vs 2023
Employees
0
-100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£149K
+9.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,219,227 | £21,294,151 | +16.9% | |
| Operating profit | £50,421 | £85,938 | +70.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £136,682 | £149,257 | +9.2% | |
| Net profit | £136,682 | £114,240 | -16.4% | |
| Cash | £530,172 | £259,204 | -51.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,820,502 | £10,934,742 | +1.1% | |
| Net assets | £10,820,502 | £10,934,742 | +1.1% | |
| Equity | £10,820,502 | £10,934,742 | +1.1% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 0 | -100% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | 0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 5.53x | 2.67x | |
| Interest cover | 2.51x | — |
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
- FBM METALS (UK) LIMITED 2003-10-06 → present
- FRITZ BENDER METALS (U.K.) LIMITED 1975-08-12 → 2003-10-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Evans Mockler 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. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Henry Edward | Secretary | 2018-07-12 | — | — |
| GAWNE, Michael Stephen | Director | 2015-07-31 | Mar 1983 | British |
| WILKINSON, Henry Edward | Director | 2015-07-31 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODSON, Leona Jane | Secretary | 2014-02-03 | 2018-07-12 |
| WILKINSON, Julia | Secretary | — | 2014-02-03 |
| BENDER, Ralf Michael | Director | — | 2004-04-06 |
| UHLEMANN, Ansgar | Director | — | 2013-12-20 |
| WILKINSON, Michael John | Director | — | 2018-07-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fbm Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-07-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2018-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.