TOM MARTIN & COMPANY LIMITED

Active
Company number 00990667Private limited companyIncorporated 1970

Key figures

£32,549,661+0.9%
Net assets 2025
+0.9%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
010 m20 m30 m40 m20242025

† TOM MARTIN & COMPANY LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 38320

Where the company stands among the 1,884 active companies whose first SIC code is 38320 (Recovery of sorted materials).

Turnover£58,786,545
Higher than 85% · median £17,691,678 among 100 that publish turnover
Net assets£32,549,661
Higher than 99% · median £95,169
Total assets£43,125,835
Higher than 99% · median £308,041
Cash£1,959,418
Higher than 93% · median £82,801
Employees79
Higher than 97% · median 2
Company age56.1 years
Older than 98% · median 11.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MURA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£49.2m
  2. ENICOR LIMITED£39.7m
  3. HAZELL AND JEFFERIES LIMITED£35.1m
  4. DS SMITH RECYCLING UK LIMITED£34.6m
  5. TOM MARTIN & COMPANY LIMITED£32.5m
  6. SAICA NATUR UK LIMITED£26.5m
  7. ROBERTSON METALS RECYCLING LIMITED£25.6m
  8. WRC RECYCLING LIMITED£25.3m
  9. BYWATERS (LEYTON) LIMITED£24.8m
  10. RECRESCO LIMITED£24m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 1,884. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: TOM MARTIN & COMPANY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

TOM MARTIN & COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00990667. It was incorporated on 1 Oct 1970. Its status is active. The registered office is in Preston (PR5). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is recovery of sorted materials (38320), wholesale of waste and scrap (46770), other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (72190).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £58,786,545. Profit for the year was £3,554,898. Net assets were £32,549,661, up 0.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,959,418. Total assets were £43,125,835 and total liabilities £10,239,038. The company had an average of 79 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,884 active companies whose first SIC code is 38320: By turnover it ranks higher than 85% of the 100 that publish turnover (median £17,691,678). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £95,169). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £308,041). By cash it ranks higher than 93% of them (median £82,801). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 2). It is older than 98% of them (median age 11.4 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £333.8k, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly aluminium, lead, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly aluminium, other base metals, zinc. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 35 days to pay suppliers, and 2% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 25 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 27 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover56,278,53558,786,545
Profit for the year4,717,5693,554,898
Cash at bank and in hand1,085,8741,959,418
Total assets—43,125,835
Total liabilities8,492,92010,239,038
Net assets / total equity32,264,80832,549,661
Average number of employees7579

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

3 grants

TOM MARTIN & COMPANY LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2021, together worth £333.8k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2 grants · £197.8k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £136k
Grants
  1. Novel molten salt electrolysis process for efficient recovery of titanium from industrial wastes (MERTi)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £86,156 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. Novel molten salt electrolysis process for efficient recovery of titanium from industrial wastes (MERTi)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £111,605 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  3. Novel molten salt electrolysis process for efficient recovery of titanium from industrial wastes (MERTi)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £135,992 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
35 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
2%
Standard payment terms
28–61 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 76%
  • 31 to 60 days 23%
  • After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (6)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Jun 2024
35
33%
16%
31 Dec 2020
28
44%
44%
30 Jun 2020
43
35%
54%
31 Dec 2019
34
42%
52%
30 Jun 2019
32
41%
25%
31 Dec 2018
37
33%
29%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: aluminium, lead and machinery.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: aluminium, other base metals and zinc.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

18 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £58.8m, net assets £32.5m, 79 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £56.3m, net assets £32.3m, 75 employees
  3. Tom Martin Metal Property Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Tom Martin Metal Holdings 2011 Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Tom Martin Metal Holdings 2011 Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Tom Martin Metal Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Mr George Edward Brettle ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Mr Colin Mcneill ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (10)
  1. Mr Alan Slater ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Tom Martin Metal Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Majormobile Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Majormobile Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Mr Sean Hallinan ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Mr George Edward Brettle registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr Colin Mcneill registered as a person with significant control
  8. Mr Alan Slater registered as a person with significant control
  9. Mr Sean Hallinan registered as a person with significant control
  10. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.