Annual accounts
Full accounts
31/07/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/07/2024Due 31/07/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/07/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/07/2024
SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Guilden Sutton Lane No 86, Guilden Sutton, Chester, Cheshire CH3 7EX
- Classification (4 SIC codes)
- Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products (21.10 - SIC 2007)Aluminium production (24.42 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of light metal packaging (25.92 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 19/08/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Michael John Duffell as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 19/08/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Valerie Ann Duffell as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 08/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Andrew Michael Duffell on 2026-03-31
- 20/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-14 with no updates
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What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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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.
64 days overdue
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
02/09/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 19/08/2026Due 02/09/2027
- Next statement date
- 19/08/2027
- Last statement dated
- 19/08/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£30.80M2024
11.69%vs 20232023: £27.57M
Total Assets
£48.44M2024
6.63%vs 20232023: £45.43M
Cash in Bank
£11.44M2024
-13.98%vs 20232023: £13.30M
Total Liabilities
£7.22M2024
-2.36%vs 20232023: £7.40M
Employees
32024
0vs 20232023: 3
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 11.69% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +3.7% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | -284 |
| 2022 | 287 | +17 |
| 2021 | 270 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 270 in 2021 to 3 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
25Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 10/04/2003–31/12/2004 | 0 | |
| Director | 27/07/2016–Present | 6 | |
| Director | 27/02/2015–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 27/02/2015–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 10/04/2003–28/04/2014 | 4 | |
| Director | 27/04/2001–31/07/2003 | 5 | |
| Director | 27/02/2015–25/04/2018 | 37 | |
| Director | 04/05/2021–Present | 37 | |
| Director | 30/01/2019–01/05/2019 | 37 | |
| Director | 22/01/2009–28/04/2014 | 4 | |
| Director | 12/11/1984–18/02/2010 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 14/07/1995–27/04/2001 | 3 | |
| Secretary | 20/06/1994–11/07/1995 | 3 | |
| Secretary | 10/04/2003–09/09/2008 | 8 | |
| Secretary | 06/01/2009–Present | 8 | |
| Director | 27/04/2001–17/12/2002 | 2 | |
| Secretary | 27/04/2001–10/04/2003 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 09/09/2008–06/01/2009 | 0 | |
| Director | 18/05/1987–27/04/2001 | 41 | |
| Director | 10/04/2003–Present | 41 | |
| Director | 01/09/2009–Present | 27 | |
| Director | 18/05/1987–27/04/2001 | 20 | |
| Director | 01/11/2024–Present | 15 | |
| Director | 27/02/2015–Present | 20 | |
| Director | 27/02/2015–Present | 17 |
Persons with significant control
5Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 41 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 41 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 27 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 27 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 18
- Since 24/01/2023
- Last 12 months
- 4
- -3 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 19/08/2026
- 1 month ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (3)Latest 19/08/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 20/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 19/08/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Michael John Duffell as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 19/08/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Valerie Ann Duffell as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 08/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Andrew Michael Duffell on 2026-03-31
- 20/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-14 with no updates
- 31/07/2025View PDF (34 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-07-31
- 23/12/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Michael John Duffell on 2024-12-20
- 23/12/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Mark James Gwinnett on 2024-12-20
- 23/12/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Victoria Ann Moody on 2024-12-20
- 20/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-14 with no updates
- 20/12/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Valerie Ann Duffell on 2024-12-20
- 20/12/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Hilene Susan Henry as a director on 2024-11-01
- 30/07/2024View PDF (34 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-07-31
Showing 12 of 18 filings
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About SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Guilden Sutton Lane No 86, Guilden Sutton, Chester, Cheshire CH3 7EX. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products, one of 4 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 42 years.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £30.80M and 3 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED under 4 registered business activities: Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products (21.10 - SIC 2007), Aluminium production (24.42 - SIC 2007), Manufacture of light metal packaging (25.92 - SIC 2007) and Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007).
SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 21/09/1984.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £30.80M, total assets of £48.44M, cash in bank of £11.44M and total liabilities of £7.22M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 19/08/2026: Notification of Michael John Duffell as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06, 1 month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/07/2026, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 02/09/2027.
Companies House lists 25 officers (10 currently in post) and 5 people with significant control (3 current).