THE EXPANDED METAL COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£1M
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.9M
+6.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
90
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1M
+149.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,140,000 | £16,530,000 | £18,051,000 | +9.2% | |
| Operating profit | £145,000 | £433,000 | £1,105,000 | +155.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £202,000 | £448,000 | £1,116,000 | +149.1% | |
| Net profit | £145,000 | £379,000 | £810,000 | +113.7% | |
| Cash | £897,000 | £981,000 | £1,015,000 | +3.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,006,000 | £4,958,000 | £5,251,000 | +5.9% | |
| Net assets | £4,688,000 | £4,637,000 | £4,921,000 | +6.1% | |
| Equity | £4,688,000 | £4,637,000 | £4,921,000 | +6.1% | |
| Average employees | 84 | 87 | 90 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £2,320,000 | £3,303,000 | £3,683,000 | +11.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £245,000 | £219,000 | £191,000 | -12.8% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 2.6% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 2.3% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | 8.7% | 21.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 40.1% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.13x | 2.10x | 2.11x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- THE EXPANDED METAL COMPANY LIMITED 2006-03-31 → present
- EXPAMET INDUSTRIAL LIMITED 2006-03-02 → 2006-03-31
- SHOO 215 LIMITED 2005-11-24 → 2006-03-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE EXPANDED METAL COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Expamet Fencing Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTLEY, Philip James | Director | 2016-10-07 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MEISER, Wolfgang Edmund Johannes | Director | 2023-07-31 | Apr 1969 | German |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLTON, John Bland | Secretary | 2006-02-23 | 2025-02-25 |
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-24 | 2006-02-23 |
| CHARLTON, John Bland | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2025-02-25 |
| HEARD, Frank Gilbert | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2016-04-15 |
| KORNBREKKE, Henning Norman | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2013-10-30 |
| LIPKE, Brian | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2015-05-28 |
| MAYNARD, Alan David | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2006-11-01 |
| SHEARS, Stephen | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2016-05-18 |
| WHITE, Alan | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2016-12-22 |
| SHOOSMITHS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-11-24 | 2006-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expanded Metal Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-01-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.