SENATOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Operating as part of The Senator Group, the company manufactures commercial, office, and healthcare furniture under brands including Teal.
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Cash
£14k
-41.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£106k
-2.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,350
-5.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£840
-83.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £202,092,000 | £190,146 | £177,374 | -6.7% | |
| Operating profit | £13,176,000 | £5,371 | £1,248 | -76.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,800,000 | £5,217 | £840 | -83.9% | |
| Net profit | £9,187,000 | £3,241 | -£869 | -126.8% | |
| Cash | £27,390,000 | £23,878 | £14,001 | -41.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £106,365,000 | £109,590 | £107,408 | -2% | |
| Net assets | £105,133,000 | £108,122 | £105,604 | -2.3% | |
| Equity | £105,133,000 | £108,122 | £105,604 | -2.3% | |
| Average employees | 1,461 | 1,424 | 1,350 | -5.2% | |
| Wages | £52,179,000 | £51,762 | £49,479 | -4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,664,000 | £2,996 | £792 | -73.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £55,000 | £19 | £69 | +263.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £2,107,000 | £2,293 | £235 | -89.8% |
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% | 2.8% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 1.7% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.4% | 4.9% | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.4% | 26.4% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.08x | 2.10x | 2.14x | |
| Interest cover | 18.05x | 6.52x | 1.66x |
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
- SENATOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1984-02-02 → present
- SENATOR OFFICE FURNITURE LIMITED 1977-08-01 → 1984-02-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinaidin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has more than adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- SENATOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Alan Cooper Limited 100%
- Allermuir Limited 100%
- Plan-It Welding Services Limited 100%
- Recycling Furniture Limited 100%
- S 21 Limited 100%
- Senator Systems International Limited 100%
- Senator Leisure Products Limited 50%
- Senator Environmental Limited 100%
- Teal Furniture Limited 100%
- Teal Furniture (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Timack (NW) Limited 100%
- Torasen Limited 100%
- Mytton Fold Hotel (2020) Limited 100%
- UK Smart Space Comany Limited 100%
- Senator International Inc 100%
- Senator LLC 100%
- Senator GMBH 100%
- Senator Office Furniture India Private Limited 99.99%
- Senator International Hong Kong Limited 100%
- Senator Office Furniture (SG) PTE. Limited 100%
- Senator (Zhongshan) Furniture Limited Company 100%
- Senator International Furniture Trading L.L.C. 99%
- Senator Office Furniture Malaysia Sdn Bhd 100%
- Heap Developments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following a reorganisation of the Group's shareholding structure on 31 March 2026, Mr Robert Mustoe obtained a majority interest in Senator International Limited, the Company's parent undertaking, through shares held directly and through a trust of which he is a trustee.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUSTOE, Robert James | Secretary | 2006-04-13 | — | British |
| DAVIES, Julia Elizabeth | Director | 1999-12-22 | Mar 1979 | British |
| MUSTOE, Colin George | Director | — | Jul 1945 | British |
| MUSTOE, Janice | Director | — | Nov 1946 | British |
| MUSTOE, Robert James | Director | 1997-12-23 | Nov 1972 | British |
| ROBERTS, Kristian | Director | 2017-07-04 | Apr 1979 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRACEWELL, John | Secretary | 1999-02-11 | 2003-12-31 |
| MUSTOE, Janice | Secretary | — | 1999-02-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul | Secretary | 2004-01-01 | 2006-04-13 |
| ATKINSON, Eric | Director | — | 1991-09-30 |
| BRACEWELL, John | Director | — | 2006-04-01 |
| CLARKE, Paul, Mr. | Director | 1993-03-11 | 2017-07-04 |
| MARTIN, Brian | Director | 2014-07-25 | 2017-03-22 |
| MURPHY, Brian Anthony | Director | — | 1999-10-06 |
| PODOLIER, Nicholas Paul Whitfield | Director | 1999-10-06 | 2000-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, John | Director | — | 2015-01-20 |
| TAYLOR, Arthur Gerrard | Director | 1996-03-11 | 2002-12-31 |
| THORNBER, Peter | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2006-04-13 |
| WOODRUFF, Alan Shaw | Director | 1993-11-01 | 2000-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert James Mustoe | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Colin Mustoe | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-18 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-14 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.