MERO-SCHMIDLIN (UK) PLC
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Cash
£449K
+34% vs 2024
Net assets
£566K
-2.2% vs 2024
Employees
1
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.2K
+285.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Mr G Tröster, director and ultimate controlling party, continues with his support of the company and has stated his intention to give financial support for the forthcoming twelve months from the date of the signing of the balance sheet. Taking all these factors and issues into account, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £137,380 | £122,540 | -10.8% | |
| Operating profit | £568 | £2,189 | +285.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £568 | £2,189 | +285.4% | |
| Net profit | £28,829 | -£12,580 | -143.6% | |
| Cash | £335,185 | £449,257 | +34% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £578,516 | £565,936 | -2.2% | |
| Net assets | £578,516 | £565,936 | -2.2% | |
| Equity | £578,516 | £565,936 | -2.2% | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | 0% | |
| Wages | £75,572 | £79,141 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £70,782 | £73,919 | +4.4% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 21.0% | -10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 40.80x | 28.11x |
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
- MERO-SCHMIDLIN (UK) PLC 2006-10-04 → present
- MERO (UK) PLC 1988-11-23 → 2006-10-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Stewart & Co Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Mr G Tröster, director and ultimate controlling party, continues with his support of the company and has stated his intention to give financial support for the forthcoming twelve months from the date of the signing of the balance sheet. Taking all these factors and issues into account, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “An increase in power costs due to the continuing Ukraine conflict and now with the Iran conflict leading to global uncertainty have had a dramatic effect on the groups cost of raw materials, rising by 30%. The cost of manufacturing and transport has also increased due to the use of electricity in our production plant, and the cost of fuel increasing transport costs have risen.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURROWS, Neil | Secretary | 2016-06-01 | — | — |
| BURROWS, Neil | Director | 2015-09-04 | Apr 1969 | British |
| TROSTER, Gunther | Director | 2005-04-20 | Jun 1948 | German |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LALOR, Patrick Francis | Secretary | 1997-10-24 | 2001-06-29 |
| MAYL, Kenneth James | Secretary | 2003-11-27 | 2016-05-31 |
| EXCELLET INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 2003-11-27 |
| BARROW, David | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2010-07-15 |
| DITTRICH, Rolf Frank | Director | 1995-08-14 | 1996-12-04 |
| EBERLEIN, Helmut George | Director | — | 1995-08-14 |
| EGLE, Christoph Anton Florian | Director | 2011-01-17 | 2012-10-31 |
| EHRKE, Kurt Albert Heinrich | Director | 1991-07-05 | 1995-04-04 |
| JACKSON, Peter | Director | 2010-08-10 | 2012-05-16 |
| KLOSE, Roland | Director | — | 2005-04-20 |
| LALOR, Patrick Francis | Director | 1991-11-27 | 2001-06-29 |
| MAYL, Kenneth James | Director | 2012-10-31 | 2015-09-04 |
| REZAZAD, Habib | Director | — | 1991-11-26 |
| ROSSMANITH, Josef | Director | 1997-02-03 | 2004-08-06 |
| TROSTER, Gunther | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2004-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gunther Troster | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-06-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.