EAST MIDLANDS INSTRUMENT COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
+106.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.5m
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
126
-3.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£147k
-74.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £11,516,357 | £12,085,265 | £10,573,612 | -12.5% | |
| Operating profit | £647,767 | £608,624 | £155,190 | -74.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £618,737 | £584,579 | £146,691 | -74.9% | |
| Net profit | £502,159 | £483,932 | £110,135 | -77.2% | |
| Cash | £1,222,422 | £863,949 | £1,782,195 | +106.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,363,232 | £1,561,921 | £1,583,725 | +1.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,125,517 | £1,426,186 | £1,474,759 | +3.4% | |
| Equity | £1,125,517 | £1,426,186 | £1,474,759 | +3.4% | |
| Average employees | 133 | 131 | 126 | -3.8% | |
| Wages | £4,891,269 | £5,476,319 | £5,478,417 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £337,216 | £427,889 | £451,600 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £30,270 | £41,008 | £41,075 | +0.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £173,876 | £172,510 | £179,521 | +4.1% |
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 | 5.6% | 5.0% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 4.0% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 47.5% | 39.0% | 9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.7% | 75.1% | 71.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.17x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 17.56x | 16.54x | 10.12x |
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
- EAST MIDLANDS INSTRUMENT COMPANY LIMITED 1996-07-19 → present
- READCO 135 LIMITED 1996-05-09 → 1996-07-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BINGHAM, Keven Paul | Secretary | 2005-04-15 | — | English |
| BINGHAM, Keven Paul | Director | 1996-07-04 | Jul 1959 | English |
| BINGHAM, Michael Paul | Director | 2023-07-25 | Jun 1988 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, Steven John | Director | 2023-07-25 | May 1985 | British |
| LOVELY, Edward Keith | Director | 2014-05-30 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Guy Collingwood | Nominee Secretary | 1996-05-09 | 1996-07-04 |
| RINGSELL, Christopher Grant | Secretary | 1996-07-04 | 2005-04-15 |
| BINGHAM, Daniel Simon | Director | 2014-05-30 | 2018-07-06 |
| BINGHAM, Michael Paul | Director | 2014-05-30 | 2018-07-31 |
| CROSSLEY, Robert Henry | Nominee Director | 1996-05-09 | 1996-07-04 |
| ELSOM, Barry | Director | 1996-07-04 | 2004-02-27 |
| HEWLING, Kevin | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2018-03-29 |
| HIND, Robert | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2015-05-26 |
| JACKSON, Guy Collingwood | Nominee Director | 1996-05-09 | 1996-07-04 |
| PETTINGER, Brian Clark | Director | 1996-07-04 | 2005-04-15 |
| PETTIT, John Edward | Director | 1996-07-04 | 2005-04-15 |
| RINGSELL, Christopher Grant | Director | 1996-07-04 | 2005-04-15 |
| WATSON, Stephen | Director | 1996-07-04 | 2015-05-26 |
| WILLCOCK, John Reginald | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2018-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.