ROBA METALS LIMITED
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Cash
£255K
-11.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.7M
+4.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
34
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£497K
-38.6% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £41,884,279 | £59,021,117 | £63,390,808 | +7.4% | |
| Operating profit | £721,314 | £1,063,605 | £821,615 | -22.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £522,367 | £809,770 | £497,079 | -38.6% | |
| Net profit | £361,140 | £560,603 | £337,317 | -39.8% | |
| Cash | £391,634 | £288,343 | £255,092 | -11.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,037,380 | £7,687,969 | £8,253,092 | +7.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,836,567 | £7,397,170 | £7,734,487 | +4.6% | |
| Equity | £6,836,567 | £7,397,170 | £7,734,487 | +4.6% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 34 | 34 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,732,199 | £1,885,516 | £1,881,749 | -0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £361,143 | £437,653 | £354,537 | -19% |
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 | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.2% | 13.8% | 10.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.8% | 57.6% | 62.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.49x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 3.52x | 4.15x | 2.42x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- ROBA METALS LIMITED 1991-09-09 → present
- ROBA STEEL METALS & ALLOYS LIMITED 1987-11-05 → 1991-09-09
- ROBA STEEL METALS AND ALLOYS LIMITED 1987-02-23 → 1987-11-05
- CUSTOMWELCOME LIMITED 1987-01-19 → 1987-02-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Curo Professional Services Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis on the grounds that the directors believe that there is sufficient funding in place to support the business for the next twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, geopolitical tensions and other world events outside the industry having an ongoing impact on our business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COHN, Paul Steven | Director | 1994-01-01 | Jul 1962 | Dutch |
| HUGHES, David Norman | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1968 | British |
| VAN UNEN, Rutger Thomas | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1983 | Dutch |
| WHITE, Jake | Director | 2022-02-24 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDFORD, Timothy Richard | Secretary | 2003-08-05 | 2023-02-01 |
| UGGERLOESE, Peter Henrik, Company Secretary | Secretary | — | 1993-07-31 |
| YATES, Philip Albert Roger | Secretary | 1993-08-02 | 2003-08-04 |
| BORGGREVE, Simon Frederik | Director | — | 1994-01-01 |
| COHN, Stefan Dirk Gert | Director | — | 1994-01-01 |
| RICHHEIMER, Brent | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| SANDFORD, Timothy Richard | Director | 1997-01-22 | 2022-02-24 |
| UGGERLOESE, Peter Henrik, Company Secretary | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| VAN GEERTERUY, Roger Gaston Marie | Director | — | 2023-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roba Holding Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-16 | 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.