PATERSON & COOKE GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£5.5m
+6.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
+11.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
190
+3.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3m
+150.2% 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,569,143 | £26,573,102 | £30,223,217 | +13.7% | |
| Operating profit | £2,190,657 | £1,168,611 | £3,033,546 | +159.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,216,372 | £1,196,435 | £2,993,871 | +150.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,687,809 | £933,859 | £2,478,402 | +165.4% | |
| Cash | £5,411,614 | £5,133,377 | £5,477,636 | +6.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,053,980 | £10,783,339 | £12,029,517 | +11.6% | |
| Net assets | £9,996,415 | £10,782,027 | £12,005,247 | +11.3% | |
| Equity | £9,996,414 | £10,782,027 | £12,005,247 | +11.3% | |
| Average employees | 173 | 183 | 190 | +3.8% | |
| Wages | £12,758,533 | £13,454,711 | £14,263,645 | +6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £680,048 | £762,499 | £610,970 | -19.9% |
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 | 7.9% | 4.4% | 10.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 3.5% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.8% | 10.8% | 25.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 26.8% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.25x | 3.14x | 2.69x | |
| Interest cover | 95.10x | 25.24x | 33.39x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 Group's or the Parent 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
- PATERSON & COOKE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Paterson & Cooke Ltd 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Australia (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Group South America SpA 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Europe Ltd 100%
- Mine Smart Solutions Limited 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Africa (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Paterson & Cooke (UK) Ltd 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Iberia 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Nordic 100%
- Paterson & Cooke USA Ltd 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Canada Inc 100%
- MINEXXT Inc 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Ideas 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Chile SpA 100%
- Paterson & Cooke Peru 99.8%
- Backfill Inc 100%
- MINEXXT Canada, Inc 100%
Significant events
- “Paterson & Cooke Ideas Ltd an indirect subsidiary undertaking of Paterson & Cooke Group, was formally dissolved on January 14, 2026”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN WYK, Carol Anne | Secretary | 2017-01-19 | — | — |
| JANSEN, Rachel Anne | Director | 2025-06-25 | Sep 1980 | American |
| PATERSON, Angus John Cawood, Dr | Director | 2007-01-09 | Jul 1963 | South African |
| ROBITAILLE, Brent | Director | 2023-06-28 | Jun 1986 | Canadian |
| RUSCONI, Julian Michael | Director | 2017-06-21 | Apr 1973 | South African |
| WILSON, Stephen | Director | 2014-12-18 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Robert, Dr | Secretary | 2007-01-09 | 2017-01-19 |
| BACHMAN, Matthew Paul | Director | 2020-06-17 | 2022-06-22 |
| BROWN, Robert Edward | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2023-06-28 |
| COOKE, Robert, Dr | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2024-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, Graeme Barry | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2018-06-14 |
| MARTINSON MUÑOZ, Karl Ray | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2019-01-23 |
| MCGUINNESS, Maureen | Director | 2023-07-05 | 2025-06-25 |
| OSORIO, Carlos David Salinas | Director | 2024-06-26 | 2025-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-16 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-05-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-04 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 9
- 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.