Annual accounts
Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
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- Registered office
- Alphinbrook Road, Alphington, Exeter, Devon EX2 8TJ
- Classification (SIC)
- Treatment and coating of metals (25.61 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 30/03/2026View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-03-17 with updates
- 22/12/2025View PDF (31 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 14/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Steve Elliott Mead on 2025-10-13
- 13/10/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-13 with updates
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
31/03/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 17/03/2026Due 31/03/2027
- Next statement date
- 17/03/2027
- Last statement dated
- 17/03/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£3.93M2025
16.87%vs 20242024: £3.36M
Total Assets
£11.89M2025
7.40%vs 20242024: £11.07M
Cash in Bank
£236.78K2025
-44.56%vs 20242024: £427.08K
Total Liabilities
£4.62M2025
-1.38%vs 20242024: £4.68M
Employees
1712025
+12vs 20242024: 159
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Total assets moved furthest, up 7.40% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +9.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | +12 |
| 2024 | 159 | +20 |
| 2023 | 139 | -1 |
| 2022 | 140 | -7 |
| 2021 | 147 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 147 in 2021 to 171 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
9Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 25/09/2024–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 29/04/2019–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 01/10/2001–Present | 18 | |
| Director | 01/04/2005–Present | 19 | |
| Secretary | 31/08/2006–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 01/04/2005–03/11/2021 | 4 | |
| Director | 01/04/2005–Present | 16 | |
| Director | 02/08/2022–31/10/2024 | 3 | |
| Director | 01/04/2019–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 15
- Since 22/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 4
- Same as the year before (4)
- Most recent filing
- 30/03/2026
- 6 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statement (2)Latest 30/03/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 22/12/2025
- Officer changesLatest 14/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 30/03/2026View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-03-17 with updates
- 22/12/2025View PDF (31 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 14/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Steve Elliott Mead on 2025-10-13
- 13/10/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-13 with updates
- 24/03/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-28 with updates
- 20/12/2024View PDF (32 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 06/11/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Steve Elliott Mead as a director on 2024-09-25
- 06/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Nick James Keast as a director on 2024-10-31
- 01/07/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 022462730007 in full
- 14/06/2024View PDF (34 pages)
Registration of charge 022462730008, created on 2024-06-14
- 13/06/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Matthew Jacobs on 2024-06-13
- 15/03/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-02-28 with updates
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About SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Alphinbrook Road, Alphington, Exeter, Devon EX2 8TJ. Companies House classifies its business as Treatment and coating of metals. It has been on the register for 38 years 5 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £3.93M and 171 employees.
SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED under one registered business activity: Treatment and coating of metals (25.61 - SIC 2007).
SOUTH WEST METAL FINISHING LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 20/04/1988.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £3.93M, total assets of £11.89M, cash in bank of £236.78K and total liabilities of £4.62M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 30/03/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-03-17 with updates, 6 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 31/03/2027.
Companies House lists 9 officers (7 currently in post) and 0 people with significant control.