ARMFIELD LIMITED
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Cash
£475K
-43.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£931K
-58.8% vs 2023
Employees
87
-1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£289K
+53.4% 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 | £9,395,791 | £10,354,611 | +10.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£634,111 | -£317,293 | +50% | |
| Profit before tax | -£619,041 | -£288,667 | +53.4% | |
| Net profit | -£432,599 | -£260,965 | +39.7% | |
| Cash | £842,956 | £474,845 | -43.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,274,683 | £1,732,344 | -47.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,261,821 | £931,254 | -58.8% | |
| Equity | £2,261,821 | £931,254 | -58.8% | |
| Average employees | 88 | 87 | -1.1% | |
| Wages | £3,264,995 | £3,344,780 | +2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £299,128 | £363,724 | +21.6% |
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 | -6.7% | -3.1% | |
| Net margin | -4.6% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -19.4% | -18.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | -16.72x | -9.51x |
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
- ARMFIELD LIMITED 1988-08-16 → present
- STARTBID LIMITED 1985-11-20 → 1988-08-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company, with ongoing support from the parent company, has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In making this assessment the directors have considered the period until the end of April 2026 and therefore they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ARMFIELD LIMITED · parent
- Armfield Inc. 100%
- Armfield Technical Education Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2025, the Trustees of the Armfield pension scheme approved commencement of the winding up of the scheme, a process that is expected to take 12-18 months before the defined benefit pension scheme is officially no longer the responsibility of Armfield.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REECE, Glynn Carl | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | — | — |
| KAY, Andrew John | Director | 2014-01-01 | May 1968 | British |
| LAVELLE, Mark Stephen | Director | 2017-11-15 | Sep 1958 | British |
| MACPHERSON, Andrew Scott | Director | 2023-04-17 | Dec 1973 | British |
| ORMSBY, Bradley Leonard | Director | 2015-04-30 | Feb 1976 | British |
| PRESTIDGE, Tim, Dr | Director | 2026-02-08 | May 1971 | British |
| STURGESS, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2025-09-24 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN, Ralph Leslie | Secretary | 2015-01-22 | 2015-04-30 |
| FARROW, Simon Frederick | Secretary | — | 2015-01-22 |
| TALBOT, Christopher | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | 2018-10-01 |
| ADDIS, Christopher James | Director | — | 2018-03-31 |
| BARNBROOK, David | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2017-12-31 |
| BARNES, Nigel Thomas Charles | Director | 2020-09-21 | 2025-10-08 |
| CICUREL, David Elie | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2026-02-08 |
| COHEN, Ralph Leslie | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2015-04-30 |
| DILEO, Michael John | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| FARROW, Simon Frederick | Director | — | 2016-07-23 |
| GALLAGHER, Patrick William | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2018-05-24 |
| GREGORY, Sean, Dr | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| GREGORY, Sean, Dr | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2020-01-01 |
| MORTON, Thomas Oliver | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2015-09-18 |
| SANSOM, Edward Ernest | Director | 1997-02-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| SAWYER, David John | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| SEBBORN, Paul | Director | 2024-09-16 | 2025-06-06 |
| STUDDART, Stephen | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2010-03-10 |
| TRELEAVEN, Christopher Robert, Doctor | Director | — | 1995-01-03 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Daniel Oliver | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2020-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judges Scientific Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-05-04 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-05-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-04 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-05-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.