SHAKESPEARE MONOFILAMENT UK LIMITED
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Cash
£631k
-69.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£6.5m
-1.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
31
-6.1% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£269k
+273.6% first positive since 2024
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
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,928,393 | £12,274,672 | £13,415,712 | £10,467,879 | £10,716,638 | £10,862,589 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £974,769 | £1,179,333 | £1,606,883 | -£337,793 | -£323,463 | £457,032 | +241.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £989,949 | £1,220,777 | £1,664,577 | -£251,254 | -£155,145 | £269,266 | +273.6% | |
| Net profit | £808,015 | £1,002,209 | £1,323,179 | -£187,744 | -£116,610 | £198,143 | +269.9% | |
| Cash | £1,668,320 | £2,138,363 | £1,464,353 | £2,918,488 | £2,052,313 | £630,597 | -69.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,397,639 | £8,399,848 | £9,818,386 | £9,573,818 | £6,625,142 | £8,192,585 | +23.7% | |
| Net assets | — | £8,399,848 | £9,723,027 | £9,535,283 | £6,625,142 | £6,523,929 | -1.5% | |
| Equity | £7,397,639 | £8,399,848 | £9,723,027 | £9,535,283 | £6,625,142 | £6,523,929 | -1.5% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 | -6.1% | |
| Wages | £1,332,594 | £1,442,754 | £1,533,588 | £1,529,500 | £1,631,353 | £1,539,452 | -5.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £108,472 | £116,330 | £101,692 | £101,901 | £115,855 | £142,889 | +23.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £6,754 | £7,159 | £7,565 | +5.7% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 9.6% | 12.0% | -3.2% | -3.0% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 8.2% | 9.9% | -1.8% | -1.1% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | 14.0% | 16.4% | -3.5% | -4.9% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 12.1% | 12.3% | 9.3% | 14.2% | 40.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 9.52x | 5.73x | 3.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2.36x |
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
- SHAKESPEARE MONOFILAMENT UK LIMITED 1990-02-12 → present
- MOREDATE LIMITED 1989-12-15 → 1990-02-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the Directors can demonstrate that the company can comply with the financial covenants along with having adequate cash resources available to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Therefore, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “On the 12th June 2025 NOVA Capital Management acquired the Shakespeare division from JADEX Inc. The Shakespeare division consists of 3 manufacturing plants, two of which are based in the United States, and Shakespeare Monofilament UK Limited.”
- “As part of this financing deal structure the UK loaned monies totalling £4.3m to Shakespeare USA.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGSON, Barnaby | Director | 2025-06-12 | Aug 1986 | British |
| STEVENS, Judon Lawinski | Director | 2025-06-12 | Aug 1977 | American |
| WALSH, Gary | Director | 2020-01-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, David Simon | Director | 2025-06-12 | Oct 1957 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAIER, Monte Holt | Secretary | 2005-09-09 | 2007-10-12 |
| CAPPS, John Edward | Secretary | 2007-10-11 | 2016-04-15 |
| CRAWFORD, Diana | Secretary | 2000-11-04 | 2005-09-09 |
| MCCONNELL, Susan E | Secretary | — | 2000-11-03 |
| WALSH, Gary | Secretary | 2016-04-21 | 2017-10-24 |
| ANTHONY, Myron Philip | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| BAUGHMAN, Kevin | Director | 2019-05-14 | 2025-06-12 |
| CAPPS, John Edward | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2016-04-15 |
| D'OVIDIO, Mario | Director | 2023-10-03 | 2025-06-12 |
| FORESTER, Bernard I | Director | — | 2000-04-29 |
| HECKMANN, Richard | Director | 2002-10-11 | 2007-10-12 |
| HUNTER, Hugh Vincent | Director | — | 1998-05-07 |
| MCCONNELL, Susan E | Director | — | 2000-11-03 |
| MOODY II, David Jesse, Dr | Director | 2021-03-18 | 2023-07-07 |
| RANGEL, John | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2007-10-12 |
| RODSTEIN, Richard | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2002-10-11 |
| ROSEBROCK, Mark | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2025-06-12 |
| SANSONE, Richard Todd | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2018-02-21 |
| SEARFOSS, Brian | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2025-06-12 |
| SIMON, John B | Director | 1995-10-31 | 1998-05-07 |
| STURGELL, Benjamin James, Mr. | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2019-05-01 |
| VILLA, Charles | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2021-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Judon Lawinski Stevens | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-06-12 | Active |
| Brian Searfoss | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as firm) | 2023-04-03 | Ceased 2025-06-12 |
| One Rock Capital Partners Ii, Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-01 | Ceased 2019-05-01 |
| One Rock Capital Partners Ii, Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100%, Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-15 | Ceased 2019-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-28 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.