EMC SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
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Cash
£9.5m
-2.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
119
+4.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£467k
-40.3% 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 | £9,204,495 | £13,243,171 | £14,895,304 | +12.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,789,078 | £2,411,999 | £2,364,166 | -2% | |
| Profit before tax | £997,817 | £783,306 | £467,415 | -40.3% | |
| Net profit | £279,530 | £78,254 | -£66,223 | -184.6% | |
| Cash | £10,438,238 | £9,748,350 | £9,532,693 | -2.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,386,107 | £16,066,397 | £15,732,187 | -2.1% | |
| Net assets | £12,616,429 | £12,844,835 | £12,778,612 | -0.5% | |
| Equity | £12,616,429 | £12,844,835 | £12,778,612 | -0.5% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 114 | 119 | +4.4% | |
| Wages | £3,272,775 | £4,254,704 | £5,002,737 | +17.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £11,702 | £12,558 | £45,677 | +263.7% |
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 | 30.3% | 18.2% | 15.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 0.6% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.8% | 15.0% | 15.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.4% | 47.2% | 44.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 1.82x | 2.13x | |
| Interest cover | 47.82x | 21.92x | 2.74x |
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
- EMC SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2022-09-27 → present
- EMC PROPERTIES LIMITED 2011-11-21 → 2022-09-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Advance Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- EMC SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED · parent
- United Anodisers (Batch) Limited 100%
- United Anodisers Holdings Limited 100%
- United Anodisers Limited 100%
- R.D.M. Industrial Services Limited 100%
- EMC Properties Eccles Limited formally EMC Property Holdings Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Christopher Victor | Director | 2022-09-02 | Aug 1992 | British |
| CLARKE, James Peter | Director | 2012-04-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, Robert Ian | Director | 2011-11-21 | 2016-12-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Elaine Mary Clarke | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-08-08 | Active |
| Mr James Peter Clarke | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-01 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.