A1 METAL RECYCLING (2014) LIMITED
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Cash
£569k
+24.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.6m
-14.2% vs 2024
Employees
24
-4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£581k
-435.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £25,173,686 | £24,319,517 | £20,226,592 | -16.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £610,331 | -£96,919 | -£587,162 | -505.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £607,880 | -£108,469 | -£580,695 | -435.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £476,786 | -£86,505 | -£436,370 | -404.4% | |
| Cash | £390,635 | £1,444,322 | £1,825,806 | £1,645,984 | £456,308 | £569,494 | +24.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,020,301 | £3,192,699 | £3,547,515 | £3,629,637 | £3,475,215 | £2,895,847 | -16.7% | |
| Net assets | £1,268,459 | £2,458,537 | £2,845,076 | £3,161,862 | £3,075,357 | £2,638,987 | -14.2% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £3,161,862 | £3,075,357 | £2,638,987 | -14.2% | |
| Average employees | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | -4% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,088,636 | £1,056,132 | £1,024,123 | -3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £455,504 | £349,504 | £351,432 | +0.6% |
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 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 2.4% | -0.4% | -2.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.9% | -0.4% | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 16.8% | -2.8% | -20.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 40.6% | 32.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.14x | 2.74x | 2.89x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 19.32x | -4.22x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saul Fairholm 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 entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company also suffered from the collapse and subsequent liquidation of the third largest metal recycler in the UK, the company was exposed to a bad debt which had been totally written off in the reporting year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILTSHIRE, Leonard Nicholas | Secretary | 2014-01-21 | — | — |
| CANNADINE, Peter Roger | Director | 2022-09-16 | Nov 1965 | British |
| POTTER, David Charles | Director | 2022-09-16 | Jul 1966 | British |
| WILTSHIRE, Leonard Nicholas | Director | 2014-01-21 | Dec 1954 | English |
| WILTSHIRE, Stuart | Director | 2014-01-21 | Jan 1959 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpw Recycling Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-10-26 | Active |
| Mr Leonard Nicholas Wiltshire | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-24 | Ceased 2022-10-26 |
| Mr Stuart Wiltshire | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-24 | Ceased 2022-10-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption 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.