STORY PLANT LIMITED
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Cash
-£5M
-2,061.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.1M
+1.9% vs 2024
Employees
223
+8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£34K
+103% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,584,000 | £34,649,000 | +9.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,041,000 | £77,000 | +107.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,126,000 | £34,000 | +103% | |
| Net profit | -£1,103,000 | £41,000 | +103.7% | |
| Cash | £256,000 | -£5,021,000 | -2,061.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £450,000 | £1,098,000 | +144% | |
| Net assets | -£2,117,000 | -£2,076,000 | +1.9% | |
| Equity | -£2,117,000 | -£2,076,000 | +1.9% | |
| Average employees | 206 | 223 | +8.3% | |
| Wages | £12,276,000 | £13,816,000 | +12.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £182,000 | £228,000 | +25.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.3% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | -3.5% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -231.3% | 7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 108.4% | 109.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.28x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | -11.70x | 1.79x |
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
- STORY PLANT LIMITED 2014-04-24 → present
- STORY CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED 2007-10-08 → 2014-04-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period extending over 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. After consideration of the forecast and sensitivities the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company should be able to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. The Directors have also considered the commitment and ability of the Group to continue to support the Company. The Company is expected to continue to be in a position to obtain finance from Story Contracting Holdings Limited when required to operate for the foreseeable future and a letter of support has been provided by Story Contracting Holdings Limited. It is therefore appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GASS, Roger Neil | Secretary | 2007-10-08 | — | British |
| PURDHAM, Ian Douglass | Director | 2024-04-08 | Dec 1976 | British |
| STORY, John Frederick | Director | 2022-01-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERWORTH, Jason Lee | Director | 2020-02-19 | 2023-03-31 |
| HART, Adrian Scott | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-02-03 |
| PORTER, Emma Margaret | Director | 2022-02-07 | 2025-02-05 |
| STORY, Norman Frederick | Director | 2007-10-08 | 2021-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story Contracting Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-04-01 | Active |
| Story Contracting Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-08-31 | Ceased 2023-04-01 |
| Mr Norman Frederick Story | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-01-01 | Ceased 2022-10-14 |
| Story Contracting Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.