MAINE SURFACE FINISHING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
-38% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.7m
-8.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
197
-4.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£823k
-40.5% 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 | £32,775,693 | £23,369,051 | £22,862,840 | -2.2% | |
| Operating profit | £3,083,411 | -£303,570 | -£576,902 | -90% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,766,315 | -£585,663 | -£822,904 | -40.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,950,267 | -£487,064 | -£717,990 | -47.4% | |
| Cash | £3,294,072 | £2,204,454 | £1,365,699 | -38% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,340,352 | £13,339,418 | £11,898,158 | -10.8% | |
| Net assets | £9,499,190 | £9,578,627 | £8,737,519 | -8.8% | |
| Equity | £9,499,190 | £9,578,627 | £8,737,519 | -8.8% | |
| Average employees | 243 | 206 | 197 | -4.4% | |
| Wages | £7,643,772 | £7,002,525 | £7,056,721 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £29,940 | £41,032 | £40,750 | -0.7% |
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 | 9.4% | -1.3% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | -2.1% | -3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.1% | -2.3% | -4.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.9% | 28.2% | 26.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.45x | 2.60x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | 9.51x | -0.88x | -2.07x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Stevenson & Wilson
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MAINE SURFACE FINISHING LIMITED · parent
- Smyth Steel Limited 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Beverley | Secretary | 2006-07-19 | — | — |
| DIXON, Adrian | Director | 2013-12-09 | Aug 1967 | British |
| DIXON, Beverley | Director | 2006-07-19 | Dec 1973 | Northern Irish |
| DIXON, Eugene | Director | 2006-07-19 | Dec 1972 | Northern Irish |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANE, Dorothy May | Secretary | 2006-07-19 | 2006-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Eugene Dixon | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.