M.S.M. (CONTRACTS) LTD
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Cash
£4.5m
-4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.4m
+12% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
60
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£750k
+183.1% 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 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,662,085 | £23,912,324 | £18,394,721 | -23.1% | |
| Operating profit | £395,512 | £627,052 | £635,339 | +1.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £373,468 | £265,002 | £750,316 | +183.1% | |
| Net profit | £270,524 | £134,988 | £654,150 | +384.6% | |
| Cash | £2,323,249 | £4,720,485 | £4,529,340 | -4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,423,142 | £5,203,728 | £5,815,050 | +11.7% | |
| Net assets | £5,073,736 | £4,788,261 | £5,362,411 | +12% | |
| Equity | £5,073,736 | £4,788,261 | £5,362,411 | +12% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 60 | 60 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,195,295 | £2,326,091 | £2,599,783 | +11.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 2.6% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 0.6% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 12.1% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 54.3% | 56.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.67x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 10.79x | 15.92x | 16.08x |
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
- M.S.M. (CONTRACTS) LTD 2000-01-01 → present
- CAPISTRAN ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1985-10-28 → 2000-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Jones Peters
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. The directors have reviewed and considered relevant information in making their assessment. In particular the directors have taken into account the impact on their business of Brexit and the current wars in Ukraine and Gaza which have led to greater economic uncertainty. The directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACKEY, Irene | Secretary | 1985-10-28 | — | — |
| CARSON, Peter John | Director | 2022-04-25 | May 1973 | Northern Irish |
| MACKEY, Gareth | Director | 2018-10-31 | May 1987 | British |
| MACKEY, Robert Stanley Nelson | Director | 1985-10-28 | Nov 1951 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILCOCK, Daryl | Director | 1985-10-28 | 2006-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Stanley Nelson Mackey | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-20 | 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
- 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.