JOHN LAWRIE METALS LIMITED
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Cash
£7.1M
+153.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.6M
+17.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
36
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6M
+2,046.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £48,100,977 | £47,851,969 | £46,820,123 | -2.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,328,128 | £6,012 | £1,423,401 | +23,576% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,427,281 | £74,898 | £1,607,677 | +2,046.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,814,771 | £8,375 | £1,275,750 | +15,132.8% | |
| Cash | £420,407 | £2,816,280 | £7,142,729 | +153.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,665,238 | £8,049,860 | £9,229,058 | +14.6% | |
| Net assets | £7,358,101 | £7,366,476 | £8,642,226 | +17.3% | |
| Equity | £7,358,101 | £7,366,476 | £8,642,226 | +17.3% | |
| Average employees | 35 | 35 | 36 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £2,303,485 | £2,007,335 | £1,984,863 | -1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £492,905 | £533,546 | £491,060 | -8% |
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 | 4.8% | 0.0% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.4% | 0.1% | 15.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.36x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 77.20x | 4.74x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- JOHN LAWRIE METALS LIMITED 2019-01-04 → present
- JOHN LAWRIE (ABERDEEN) LTD. 1990-01-01 → 2019-01-04
- JOHN LAWRIE & CO. (ABERDEEN) LIMITED 1961-08-11 → 1990-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. As a result, the directors have continued to adopt a going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- JOHN LAWRIE METALS LIMITED · parent
- Oiltube Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOLEY, Julian John | Secretary | 2022-07-11 | — | — |
| FOLEY, Julian John | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jan 1971 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Sharon | Director | 2024-01-31 | Oct 1977 | British |
| SCHWARZ, Stephan | Director | 2023-04-03 | Mar 1965 | German |
| WESTON, David Norman | Director | 2005-03-08 | Jul 1967 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELDRUM, Brian James | Secretary | 1994-02-23 | 1998-06-01 |
| MELDRUM, Frederick James | Secretary | — | 1994-02-23 |
| MELDRUM, Marjory | Secretary | 2016-12-01 | 2017-11-17 |
| PARKER, Charles David | Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 2022-07-11 |
| BOUCHER, Joseph | Director | 2017-11-17 | 2022-02-28 |
| BOUZAR, Cedric | Director | 2022-05-23 | 2026-04-30 |
| EADIE, John | Director | 1994-10-21 | 1997-09-30 |
| EATON, James Martin | Director | 1989-01-01 | 1998-01-31 |
| FISCHER, Andrew Olaf | Director | 2017-11-17 | 2022-02-28 |
| FISHER, Ian | Director | 2017-11-17 | 2022-02-28 |
| FRENCH, Gideon | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2023-04-03 |
| GEDDIE, James William | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1997-12-10 |
| GRANT, Raymond | Director | 2007-01-03 | 2021-03-31 |
| JACAMON, Christophe Paul Claude | Director | 2022-05-23 | 2026-04-30 |
| LAFFERTY, Joseph | Director | — | 1991-02-20 |
| LAING, Iain | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2021-01-04 |
| LAKIN, Ian Mcdonald | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1998-11-02 |
| MACGREGOR, James Donald | Director | 2007-01-03 | 2009-07-16 |
| MELDRUM, Brian James | Director | — | 2017-11-17 |
| MELDRUM, Frederick James | Director | — | 1997-04-04 |
| MELDRUM, Michael James | Director | 2008-12-28 | 2017-11-17 |
| MELDRUM, Michael Iain | Director | — | 2005-03-08 |
| MILNE, Kevin Dawson | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2005-11-30 |
| PANDEY, Santosh Kumar | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2022-05-23 |
| PARKER, Charles David | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| RODGER, Iain | Director | 1990-01-01 | 2016-12-07 |
| SINCLAIR, Victor Arthur | Director | 1996-10-21 | 2022-02-28 |
| TURNER, Steve | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1999-04-30 |
| VIRDI, Balraj Singh | Director | 2017-11-17 | 2022-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcelormittal Downstream Solutions Holding | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-30 | Active |
| Arcelormittal Sheffield Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-28 | Ceased 2024-09-30 |
| John Lawrie Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-17 | Ceased 2022-02-28 |
| Mr Brian James Meldrum | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% (as firm), Appoints directors | 2016-07-31 | Ceased 2017-11-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 287 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-21 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.