SHD COMPOSITE MATERIALS LTD
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Cash
£1.3m
+1,190% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.4m
-1.6% vs 2024
Employees
87
+2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.4m
-9.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-11-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,706,003 | £31,115,330 | +8.4% | |
| Operating profit | £4,677,896 | £4,164,810 | -11% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,843,491 | £4,372,103 | -9.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,688,239 | £3,785,793 | +2.6% | |
| Cash | £103,576 | £1,336,161 | +1,190% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,930,611 | £9,837,065 | -0.9% | |
| Net assets | £9,538,258 | £9,384,573 | -1.6% | |
| Equity | £9,538,258 | £9,384,573 | -1.6% | |
| Average employees | 85 | 87 | +2.4% | |
| Wages | £3,541,238 | £4,702,357 | +32.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £145,893 | £797,904 | +446.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £228,982 | — |
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 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 13.4% | |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 47.1% | 42.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.6% | 34.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.52x | 2.77x |
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
- SHD COMPOSITE MATERIALS LTD 2010-12-08 → present
- SHD ENGINEERING LTD 2009-11-17 → 2010-12-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- 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.”
Significant events
- “In November 2025 SHD and the SHD Group were acquired by Cambium Biomaterials Inc, a US based company specialising in developing new chemicals and formulations using AI based techniques.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLATHERWICK, Nigel Ashley | Director | 2020-05-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| DOUGHTY, Alec Edward | Director | 2025-06-01 | May 1996 | British |
| JACKSON, Jacqueline | Director | 2014-12-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SCHNEIDER, Brett Raymond | Director | 2025-11-24 | May 1972 | American |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-17 | 2009-11-17 |
| BUTT, Colin | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2011-09-19 |
| COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2009-11-17 |
| DOUGHTY, Helen Louise | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2025-11-24 |
| DOUGHTY, Steven Clive | Director | 2010-07-27 | 2026-07-14 |
| SMITH, Nicholas James George | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2025-11-24 |
| SOWDEN, Andrew | Director | 2010-09-13 | 2011-06-20 |
| SOWDEN, Andrew | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2010-09-13 |
| SOWDEN, Karin Ann | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2011-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shd Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.