600 GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)

42 BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON, W1J 5AW

Company Number: 00196730
Incorporation date: 26-Mar-1924
Status: Active
Entity type: Public Limited Company

SIC codes:
26701 Manufacture of optical precision instruments

SUMMARY

This company is 100.1 years old and is currently active. The company has positive equity (net assets) of USD 28.6 million which has decreased from the previous year's figure of USD 29.6 million. The latest reported revenue figure is USD 67.2 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of USD 65.2 million. The company has 3 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 13 other companies, 4 (30.8%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.

FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Sep-2023
Accounts Filed: GROUP (31-Mar-2022)

P&L Financials:

Year end	Currency	Revenue	Operating profit	Interest Received	Interest Paid
28-Mar-2020	USD	67,206,000	2,727,000	5,000	1,664,000
30-Mar-2019	USD	65,167,000	5,257,000	35,000	1,236,000
31-Mar-2018	USD	66,014,000	4,230,000	1,744,000	1,182,000

Balance Sheet Financials:

Year end	Currency	Cash	Current Assets	Current Liabilities	Debt	Share Capital	Premium Reserve	Retained Earnings	Net Assets
28-Mar-2020	USD	2,878,000	31,386,000	16,146,000	11,654,000	1,803,000	3,828,000	28,508,000	28,558,000
30-Mar-2019	USD	948,000	38,002,000	16,399,000	10,173,000	1,746,000	2,885,000	30,186,000	29,643,000
31-Mar-2018	USD	1,676,000	31,539,000	14,574,000	12,251,000	1,746,000	2,885,000	57,711,000	58,737,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end	Currency	% Equity	Sum raised	Pre-Money Valuation*	Post-Money Valuation*	Enterprise Value**
28-Mar-2020	USD	3.16%	1,000,000	30,631,579	31,631,579	40,132,079

* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Nationality	All apointments (active/resigned)
Active	Neil Richard CARRICK	01 Nov 2023	16 Apr 2024		1 - 0
Resigned	ONE ADVISORY LIMITED	17 May 2023	31 Oct 2023		67 - 35
Resigned	Derek ZISSMAN	03 May 2023	17 May 2023		0 - 1
Resigned	Neil Richard CARRICK	01 Oct 2011	03 May 2023	British	0 - 1
Resigned	Alan Roy MYERS	01 Jan 1995	01 Oct 2011		1 - 121
Resigned	Hubert Ernest ASHTON		31 Dec 1994		1 - 18

DIRECTORS

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All appointments (active/resigned)	Dissolved companies (rate)
Active	Laura Muriel FRASER	31 Oct 2023		Company Director	Dutch	5 - 7	5 (41.7%)
Resigned	Neil Richard CARRICK	01 Jan 2023	03 May 2023	Chief Financial Officer	British	4 - 134	112 (81.2%)
Resigned	Rui Miguel COELHO LOPES	28 Feb 2022	31 Dec 2022	Cfo	Portuguese	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Donald James HASELTON	02 Sep 2021	31 Dec 2023	Non-Executive Director	American	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Active	Todd Walter RIGGS	02 Sep 2021		Non-Executive Director	American	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Gary Mitchell KRASNY	22 Dec 2020	10 Feb 2021	Group Cfo	American	0 - 15	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Stephen Eugene FIAMMA	13 May 2015	31 Oct 2023	Company Director	American	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Nigel Foster ROGERS	26 Mar 2012	30 Apr 2015	Chief Executive Officer	British	2 - 30	8 (25.0%)
Resigned	Neil Richard CARRICK	03 Oct 2011	22 Dec 2020	Group Finance Director	British	4 - 134	112 (81.2%)
Resigned	Derek ZISSMAN	02 Feb 2011	31 Oct 2023	Chartered Accountant	British	3 - 25	8 (28.6%)
Active	Paul Rich DUPEE	02 Feb 2011		Investor	American	3 - 3	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Christopher John CUNDY	01 Aug 2009	02 Feb 2011	Director	British	2 - 98	27 (27.0%)
Resigned	David Howard NORMAN	06 Aug 2008	26 Mar 2012	General Manager	British	1 - 16	8 (47.1%)
Resigned	Stephen John RUTHERFORD	01 Oct 2007	28 Sep 2021	Director	British	1 - 13	3 (21.4%)
Resigned	Martin John TEMPLE	01 Apr 2007	14 Sep 2011	Chief Executive	British	0 - 15	4 (26.7%)
Resigned	Martyn Gordon David WAKEMAN	02 Oct 2006	24 Oct 2011	Chartered Accountant	British	2 - 84	68 (79.1%)
Resigned	Andrew James DICK	18 Apr 2005	06 Aug 2008	Company Director	British	0 - 9	3 (33.3%)
Resigned	Edward Shahzad AHMAD	01 Feb 2003	29 May 2003	Director	British	0 - 7	3 (42.9%)
Resigned	Jonathan Aistrope KITCHEN	07 Jul 1998	25 Sep 2009	Retired Merchant Banker	British	0 - 6	1 (16.7%)
Resigned	John Rowntree FUSSEY	01 Jul 1996	20 Dec 2006	Director	British	0 - 60	52 (86.7%)
Resigned	Peter Bradley BULLOCK	11 Jun 1995	08 Sep 2004	Company Director	British	0 - 10	4 (40.0%)
Resigned	Anthony Ricardo SWEETEN	01 Oct 1994	31 Jul 2007	Managing Director	British	0 - 19	12 (63.2%)
Resigned	Alan Roy MYERS	01 Jan 1993	22 Feb 1993	Legal Adviser	British	1 - 121	103 (84.4%)
Resigned	Michael Thomas, Professor WRIGHT	01 Jan 1993	31 Jul 2007		British	0 - 12	2 (16.7%)
Resigned	Colin Simister GASKELL	01 Aug 1992	20 Aug 1997	Company Director	British	0 - 72	48 (66.7%)
Resigned	Albert Christian SCHAUER		06 Sep 2000	Company Director	American	0 - 3	2 (66.7%)
Resigned	Thomas James Johnston CAMPBELL		31 Dec 1992	Company Director	Usa	0 - 12	11 (91.7%)
Resigned	Simon Robert James POWELL		01 Feb 1996	Company Director	British	2 - 48	37 (74.0%)
Resigned	Peter Bradley BULLOCK		08 Sep 2004	Company Director	British	0 - 10	4 (40.0%)
Resigned	William Jeffrey BENSON		31 Dec 1992	Company Chairman	British	0 - 26	20 (76.9%)
Resigned	Brian James KNIGHTLEY		06 Sep 2000	Company Director	British	1 - 5	1 (16.7%)
Resigned	Colin Simister GASKELL		20 Aug 1997	Company Director	British	0 - 72	48 (66.7%)
Resigned	Alexander Frank MASTERS		14 Aug 1996	Company Director	British	0 - 6	2 (33.3%)

Number of active directors: 3
Average tenure of active directors: 5.4 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 4.4 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 13.9%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name	Laura Muriel FRASER	Todd Walter RIGGS	Paul Rich DUPEE
COLCHESTER MACHINE TOOL SOLUTIONS LTD (00144979) - Active			✔
600 GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) (00196730) - Active	✔	✔	✔
600 GROUP (OVERSEAS) LIMITED (THE) (00599171) - Active			✔
PASLEY-TYLER HOLDINGS LIMITED (02793425) - Active	✔
PASLEY-TYLER & COMPANY LIMITED (03316652) - Active	✔
FIRST LONDON SECURITIES LIMITED (04619306) - Dissolved	✔
ARION HUMAN CAPITAL LIMITED (04713630) - Dissolved	✔
STARMAP LIMITED (05091024) - Dissolved	✔
PAYDAY MEDIA LIMITED (05360217) - Dissolved	✔
PASLEY-TYLER TRUSTEES LIMITED (08204865) - Active	✔
MOGLE & PARTNERS LIMITED (08446348) - Active	✔
600 SPV1 LIMITED (09072992) - Active			✔
600 SPV2 LIMITED (09135113) - Active			✔
INTERACTIVE PHARMA MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED (12916924) - Active - Proposal to Strike off	✔

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name	Share class	Shares at confirmation date
Shareholder name	Share class	2011-08-08
HADDEO PARTNERS LLP	ORDINARY	16,125,868 64.2%
HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS	ORDINARY	5,314,519 21.2%
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	ORDINARY	3,671,320 14.6%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES

no controlling companies

600 GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)

Controlled companies below

>75%:PRATT BURNERD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (09241483 - UK) ceased
>75%:ELECTROX LIMITED (09241729 - UK) active
>75%:COLCHESTER LATHE CO. LIMITED (09241690 - UK) ceased
>75%:CRAWFORD COLLETS LIMITED (09241782 - UK) active
>75%:600 MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED (09241461 - UK) active
>75%:600 CONTROLS LIMITED (09241466 - UK) active
>75%:PRATT GAMET LIMITED (09241696 - UK) active
>75%:GAMET BEARINGS LIMITED (09241725 - UK) active
>75%:T.S. HARRISON & SONS LIMITED (09241776 - UK) ceased
>75%:THE RICHMOND MACHINE TOOL COMPANY LIMITED (09241552 - UK) active
>75%:600 LATHES LIMITED (09241561 - UK) active
>75%:600 GROUP (OVERSEAS) LIMITED (THE) (00599171 - UK) active
>75%:600 GROUP PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED (THE) (01071315 - UK) active
>75%:600 SPV1 LIMITED (09072992 - UK) active
>75%:ELECTROX LASER LIMITED (09344517 - UK) active

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT

This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES

No Court Cases found

PATENTS

No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 26701 Manufacture of optical precision instruments)

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)

This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:

Basis	Liquidation within 3 months	Liquidation within 6 months	Liquidation within 12 months	Prediction confidence
600 GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)	0.9%	3.6%	7.1%	Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector	Too few competitors


Age	0.6%	1.7%	2.7%	Medium
Company Type	1.7%	4.0%	5.9%	Medium
Accounts category	0.6%	1.5%	2.5%	Medium
Accounting Month	0.5%	1.8%	3.9%	Medium
Sic code count	0.7%	3.5%	7.0%	Medium

VALUATION (BETA)

Valuation ratios as at 2023-09-30

	Market Cap GBP	Enterprise Value GBP	PE	EV/Revenue	EV/EBITDA
600 GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)	3,390,000	13,262,400	3.0	0.4	7.9
Industrial Metals and Mining ( 52 companies)	114,451,220,000	128,182,124,141	17.7 (median)	1.1 (median)	N/A