FUEL PROOF LIMITED

Active
Company number 03991145Private limited companyIncorporated 2000

Key figures

£5,851,996+8.0%
Net assets 2024/25
+6.7%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2024/25
02 m4 m6 m2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25

† FUEL PROOF 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

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 25290

Where the company stands among the 198 active companies whose first SIC code is 25290 (Manufacture of other tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal).

Net assets£5,851,996
Higher than 94% · median £304,869
Total assets£9,221,268
Higher than 91% · median £660,022
Cash£1,821,272
Higher than 91% · median £186,135
Employees65
Higher than 93% · median 3
Company age26.5 years
Older than 72% · median 13.3 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BENDALLS ENGINEERING LIMITED£22.3m
  2. PERMASTORE LIMITED£14m
  3. TRANSMIT CONTAINERS LIMITED£13.6m
  4. NEWSPACE CONTAINERS LIMITED£11m
  5. LUXFER GAS CYLINDERS LIMITED£8.9m
  6. MIKROFILL SYSTEMS LIMITED£7.4m
  7. ADAMS CUNDELL ENGINEERS LIMITED£6.5m
  8. IVEL 2 LIMITED£6.4m
  9. FUEL PROOF LIMITED£5.9m
  10. IRACROFT LIMITED£5.7m

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 198. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: FUEL PROOF LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

FUEL PROOF LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03991145. It was incorporated on 12 May 2000. Its status is active. The registered office is in Heysham (LA3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal (25290).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files medium company accounts. Turnover was £9,172,637. Net assets were £5,851,996, up 8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,821,272. The company had an average of 65 employees. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2020/21–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 198 active companies whose first SIC code is 25290: By net assets it ranks higher than 94% of them (median £304,869). By total assets it ranks higher than 91% of them (median £660,022). By cash it ranks higher than 91% of them (median £186,135). By number of employees it ranks higher than 93% of them (median 3). It is older than 72% of them (median age 13.3 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Nuclear Restoration Services Limited. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £31.7k.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, vehicles, plastics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, vehicles.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 4 current directors. One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 May 2027.

Dividends

from the accounts
2023/24

Dividends paid in the financial year: £1,000,000 (64% of the profit for the year).

History
2023/24£1,000,000
2022/23£2,000,000
2021/22£1,250,000
Filed accounts2020/21–2024/25
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25 †
Turnover8,845,03710,416,86912,330,682—9,172,637
Profit for the year1,332,6921,576,2542,026,0231,556,093—
Cash at bank and in hand1,396,3042,067,840995,3941,109,8501,821,272
Total assets5,937,8057,651,0748,182,5757,230,4069,221,268
Total liabilities2,160,5143,795,2844,086,6583,058,976—
Net assets / total equity4,508,2964,834,5504,860,5735,416,6655,851,996
Average number of employees6870747065
Average pay (per year)34,55836,02240,81639,537—
Dividends paid—1,250,0002,000,0001,000,000—

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.

Principal activity

Accounts 2025

The principal activity of the company continued to be the manufacture and sale of fuel storage equipment.

As described in the company's latest filed accounts.

Public contracts

1 contract

FUEL PROOF LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Nuclear Restoration Services Limited. Its published value is £31.7k.

Contract
  1. Supply of a 9000ltr Fuel Bowser‡Nuclear Restoration Services Limited · £31,701

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, vehicles, plastics, electrical equipment and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, vehicles, optical, medical and measuring instruments and rubber.

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

28 events
  1. Julie Ann TURNBULL resignedDirector
  2. Julie Ann TURNBULL appointedDirector
  3. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £9.2m, net assets £5.9m, 65 employees
  4. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £5.4m, 70 employees
  5. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £12.3m, net assets £4.9m, 74 employees
  6. Mrs Julie Ann Turnbull registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr Treve Robert Hendry ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £10.4m, net assets £4.8m, 70 employees
Earlier events (20)
  1. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: turnover £8.8m, net assets £4.5m, 68 employees
  2. Roger Arthur PILKINGTON resignedDirector
  3. Roger Arthur PILKINGTON resignedSecretary
  4. Julie Ann TURNBULL appointedSecretary
  5. Treve Robert HENDRY appointedDirector
  6. Hans Marthinus MEYER appointedDirector
  7. Julie Ann TURNBULL appointedDirector
  8. Mr Treve Robert Hendry registered as a person with significant control
  9. Mr Andrew Richard Hargreaves ceased to be a person with significant control
  10. Mr Roger Arthur Pilkington ceased to be a person with significant control
  11. Mr Andrew Richard Hargreaves registered as a person with significant control
  12. Mr Roger Arthur Pilkington registered as a person with significant control
  13. David Steven MATTHEWS resignedNominee secretary
  14. CORPORATE LEGAL LTD resignedNominee director (corporate)
  15. Andrew Richard HARGREAVES appointedDirector
  16. David Steven MATTHEWS appointedNominee secretary
  17. Roger Arthur PILKINGTON appointedSecretary
  18. Roger Arthur PILKINGTON appointedDirector
  19. CORPORATE LEGAL LTD appointedNominee director (corporate)
  20. 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.