£6.22m
+9%vs May 2024Active03046151Private limited company
SPECIAL STEELS LIMITED
B72/100From public filings as at 31 Aug 2026; may contain errors or be out of date. Verify at Companies House · Terms
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Summary
SPECIAL STEELS LIMITED is an active private limited company (company number 03046151) incorporated on 13 April 1995. Its registered activity is other non-ferrous metal production (SIC 24450). Latest small accounts cover the period ending 31 May 2025, showing net assets of £6.22m and cash of £598k, with 48 employees on average. Net assets rose 9% on the prior period (£5.72m).
Peer position · net assets
By net assets it sits in the top quarter of 157 comparable companies in the UK (median £21k, upper quartile £250k).
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Key dates
- Incorporated
- 13 April 199531 yrs ago
- Next accounts due
- 28 February 2027in 129 days
- Confirmation statement due
- 27 April 2027in 187 days
Due dates are expected from Companies House filing rules; confirm on the official register before relying on them.
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Activity
- SIC 24450
- Other non-ferrous metal production
- SIC 25610
- Treatment and coating of metals
- Accounts type
- Small
- Size band
- SmallCompanies Act thresholds
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Financials
£598k
−71%vs May 2024Not reported
48
−4%vs May 2024| Period end | Net assets | Cash | Debtors | Creditors <1y | Turnover | Profit | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | £6.22m | £598k | £5.01m | — | — | — | 48 |
| 31 May 2024 | £5.72m | £2.06m | £2.74m | — | — | — | 50 |
Cash per employee£12kCash ÷ average employees
Figures as filed in iXBRL accounts at Companies House. "—" means the line was not reported in that filing.
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Firmoscan score
72 / 100 · grade B
| 50 | Starting scoreEvery scored company starts here |
| +10 | Positive net assetsNet assets £6,221,777 at 2025-05-31 |
| +4 | Cash reservesCash £597,631 |
| +8 | EstablishedIncorporated 1995-04-13 (32 years) |
| 72 | Score, grade B |
A transparent, rules-based score from filed data only: every point lists its evidence. It is not a credit rating or advice. How the score is computed.
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Ownership and control
- Special Steel Co. Ltd
- owns 75–100% of shares
- Mr Alan Kenneth Beardshaw
- owns 50–75% of shares
Persons with significant control hold 25% or more of shares or voting rights. Smaller shareholdings are only listed in confirmation-statement documents.
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Timeline
- Confirmation statement duein 187 days
- Next accounts duein 129 days
- Accounts period endNet assets £6.22m · small accounts
- Accounts period endNet assets £5.72m · small accounts
- Incorporated
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All companies incorporated on 13 April 1995 · in Apr 1995.
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Reminders for SPECIAL STEELS LIMITED
Get an email before each filing deadline — accounts and confirmation statement — so nothing is late.