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Cash

£40m

-15.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£172m

-3.5% vs 2023

Employees

763

+0.1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£15m

-178.6% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Total income £67,412,000£69,225,000 +2.7%
Operating profit -£3,355,000£72,000 +102.1%
Profit before tax -£5,227,000-£14,564,000 -178.6%
Net profit -£7,453,000-£11,956,000 -60.4%
Cash £47,164,000£39,953,000 -15.3%
Total assets less current liabilities £227,491,000£208,993,000 -8.1%
Net assets £178,290,000£172,031,000 -3.5%
Equity £178,290,000£172,031,000 -3.5%
Average employees 762763 +0.1%
Wages £32,360,000£31,462,000 -2.8%
Directors' remuneration £2,158,000£1,639,000 -24.1%
Directors' pension contributions £75,000£18,900 -74.8%
Highest paid director £320,000£221,000 -30.9%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -5.0%0.1%
Net margin -11.1%-17.3%
Return on capital employed -1.5%0.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) —0.0%
Current ratio 1.84x2.13x
Interest cover -3.14x0.08x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Having considered the above matters, the Directors are satisfied that the Group and Company have sufficient financial resources to meet its ongoing obligations as and when they fall due for the foreseeable future”

Group structure

  1. WELDING INSTITUTE(THE) · parent
    1. TWI Ltd 100% · England
    2. The Test House (Cambridge) Limited 100% · England
    3. TWI Certification Limited 100% · England
    4. Plant Integrity Limited 100% · England
    5. Granta Park Estates Limited 100% · England
    6. Waverley Technology Limited 100% · England
    7. NSIRC Limited 100% · England
    8. SIRF Limited 100% · England
    9. TWI Technology (S E Asia) Sdn Bhd 100% · Malaysia
    10. GPE 1 Limited 100% · England
    11. GPE 2 Limited 100% · England
    12. TWI Estates Limited 100% · England
    13. Granta Entrance Ltd 50% · England
    14. TWI Technology Centre (Yorkshire) Limited 100% · England
    15. Abington Park Limited 100% · England
    16. TWI Middle East FZ, TWI Gulf WLL 100% · UAE, Bahrain
    17. TWI (India) Private Ltd 100% · India
    18. TWI Training and Services Company Ltd 49% · Thailand
    19. TWI Turkey Muhendıslık Tic Ltd sti 100% · Turkey
    20. TWI Technology Engineering (Private) Ltd 100% · Pakistan
    21. TWI Services Bhd 30% · Malaysia
    22. TWI Training and Consultancy Ltd 100% · Canada
    23. TWI North America LLC 100% · USA
    24. TWI Belgium SPRL 100% · Belgium
    25. TWI Global Technology Centre Pte Ltd 100% · Singapore
    26. TWI Kazakhstan LLP 100% · Kazakhstan
    27. TVI Turkey Engineering Trade Limited Company - Azerbaijan Republic Branch 100% · Azerbaijan
    28. TWI Middle East FZ LLC 100% · UAE, Duba
    29. Fullagar Technologies Limited 100% · England
    30. TWI ABM Training & Certification Sdn Bhd 50% · Malaysia
    31. TWI Technology Middle East - Sole Propnetorship LLC 100% · UAE
    32. UK Welding Technology (Beijing) Co Ltd 30% · China

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

18 active · 153 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CLARK, Daniel Director 2021-04-29 Oct 1970 British
CRAVEN, Jonathan Quentin Director 2026-03-23 Jul 1971 British
FLETCHER, Martyn Director 2026-03-23 Jan 1969 British
FOURNIER, Annelyse Director 2022-04-05 Mar 1967 Swiss
GREENWOOD, Pheobe Amanda Director 2026-03-23 May 1988 British
HOLLOWAY, Graham Director 2022-06-24 Dec 1963 British
HOPKIN, Gareth John, Dr Director 2021-03-24 Mar 1976 British
KIMPTON, Claire Michelle, Dr Director 2020-09-16 Dec 1982 British
LODHI, Zeeshan Farooq, Dr. Ir. Director 2024-01-10 Jul 1972 Dutch
MCGEE, Joseph Director 2023-04-15 Dec 1968 British
MITCHELL, Rob, Dr Director 2024-07-25 May 1978 British
PALMER, Christopher Director 2024-07-25 Mar 1972 British
PANNI, David Craig, Dr Director 2021-03-24 Oct 1971 British,Italian
STEEL, Duncan James Director 2021-03-24 Aug 1971 British
STONES, Peter James Director 2021-03-24 Mar 1962 British
THAKARE, Mandar Rajiv, Dr Director 2026-03-23 Oct 1978 British
TORP, Morten Laust Director 2024-08-12 Oct 1974 Danish
WARWICK, Paul Cyril Director 2026-03-23 Apr 1953 British
Show 153 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DAWKINS, Robert Victor Michael Secretary 1992-12-14 2010-08-19
KIRK-WILSON, John Alexander Secretary — 1992-08-31
LEECH, Gillian Astrid Secretary 2010-08-19 2020-02-01
SETTERFIELD, Rosemary Elizabeth Secretary 1992-09-01 1992-12-14
AL-TAIE, Ihsan Director 2020-04-01 2021-06-15
ALBERRY, Peter John, Dr Director 1997-06-18 2002-07-17
ALDERDICE, Robert, Dr Director 1998-06-24 1999-12-14
ALSHAHRANI, Abdullah Director 2022-06-23 2023-12-01
ALSHAWAF, Ali, Dr Director 2022-09-29 2025-09-26
ASTBURY, Philip Director 1997-06-18 2007-07-11
ATTWELL, David Michael Director 1993-07-07 1994-06-29
BARRINGTON, Norman Arthur Director 1994-12-15 2000-06-21
BAXTER, John Director 2005-06-22 2011-05-23
BEADSMOORE, John David Director 2005-11-07 2007-10-01
BEADSMOORE, John David Director 1994-06-29 2003-07-03
BEASLEY, Jonathan Gordon Director 2011-10-26 2015-07-01
BEECH, Stephen Martin, Dr Director 2015-07-01 2021-07-03
BEGG, Alan Robert, Dr Director 1995-06-21 1998-06-24
BLACK, Scott Director 2004-07-07 2011-05-23
BLEASDALE, Peter Anthony Director 2003-08-05 2011-05-23
BLUNIER, Dennis Director 1998-06-24 2004-07-07
BOND, Robin Holmes Director — 1993-07-07
BONNET, Christian, Monsieur Doctor Director 1992-06-24 1993-07-07
BONONO, Franco, Dr Director — 1994-10-01
BOREL, Robert J Director 1992-06-24 1998-06-24
BOSMAN, Arnoldus Wilhelmus Maria Director 1996-06-19 2001-07-19
BOUMPHREY, Ruth, Dr Director 2020-06-01 2021-07-03
BOYD, Iain Leyland Director 2015-11-18 2021-07-03
BRADLEY, Ian Director 1996-06-19 2002-07-17
BURDEKIN, Frederick Michael, Professor Director — 2004-07-07
CAMPBELL JR, Flake Carlton Director 2002-07-17 2007-07-11
CHEETHAM, Derek, Dr Director 1999-12-17 2003-07-03
CHIVERS, Paul Adrian Director 2000-06-21 2005-06-22
CHRISTIAN, Monsieyr Director 1992-06-24 1993-07-07
CLARK, David Thomas, Professor Director — 1993-07-07
CLARKE, David Edwin, Dr Director 2011-05-23 2014-07-01
CLEMENTSON, Anthony, Professor Director 1992-06-24 1993-07-07
COOPER, Norman Ian Director 2004-07-07 2021-03-23
CRADDOCK, Paul Anthony, Mr Director 1995-06-21 2010-06-02
DENNEY, Alan Keith Director 2013-06-24 2019-09-18
DENNEY, Alan Keith Director 2000-06-21 2006-06-20
DENNEY, Alan Keith Director — 1999-06-23
DIGBY, Roger Paul, Dr Director 2005-06-22 2011-05-23
DODD, Peter Gerald Director 1996-06-19 2002-07-17
FARRAR, John Christopher Marland, Dr Director — 2007-07-11
GARNER, Jeffrey David Director 2014-07-01 2020-12-15
GARWOOD, Stephen John Director 2004-07-07 2009-02-18
GARWOOD, Stephen John, Doctor Director 1999-09-29 2003-07-03
GASCOYNE, Georgia Director 2020-03-18 2021-10-08
GEORGE, Maxwell Clifford Director 2011-09-28 2017-06-20
GEORGE, Maxwell Clifford Director 1999-06-23 2005-06-22
GIFFORD, Alan Frederick Director 1991-12-19 1999-06-23
GLOSSOP, Brian Arthur Director 1992-06-24 1993-07-07
HADDEN, Allen Charles Director — 1993-07-07
HADDON, Gary Karl Director 2020-03-17 2020-11-09
HAMMOND, John Director 1998-06-24 2005-06-22
HARRISON, John William Fred Director 1994-06-29 2000-06-21
HEWITT, David Director — 1997-06-18
HOBBS, Peter Joseph Director — 2000-06-21
HOWARTH, David John Director 2000-06-21 2017-06-20
HUART, Leslie John Director — 1998-06-24
HUGHES, Gareth William, Dr Director — 1991-12-18
HUGHES, Laura Elizabeth Alice Director 2020-03-17 2023-11-14
JADOON, Ammer, Dr Director 2021-09-13 2023-01-31
JONES, Gary, Dr Director 2021-03-24 2021-12-14
JONES, Richard Leonard, Professor Director 2003-07-02 2017-06-20
JONES, Rodney Charles Director — 1992-03-31
JONES, Steven Alan, Dr Director 2020-07-13 2021-01-18
JONES, Steven Alan, Dr Director 2009-03-03 2014-07-01
JONES, Thomas Edward Malcolm Director — 2003-07-03
JORDINSON, Paul Director 2011-09-23 2017-06-20
KAMMER, Paul A Director 1994-06-29 1996-09-30
KARLSSON CARRUTHERS, Eva Marie Director 2022-09-28 2023-06-16
KINBRUM, Amy Rebecca, Dr Director 2021-07-03 2023-09-28
KING, Brian Leslie Director 1995-06-21 2011-05-23
KIRKWOOD, Philip Robert, Dr Director — 1996-10-31
KNEE, Nigel, Dr Director 2011-05-23 2019-09-18
KRANCIOCH, Johann Joseph Director 2012-09-14 2019-02-01
LANE, Bruce Cochran, Dr Director 1994-06-29 1999-06-23
LANE, Peter Henry Rubie Director — 1994-06-29
LAUD, Francis Director 2020-03-18 2022-05-23
LAWRENCE, Michael Henry Director 2007-07-11 2013-06-24
LITTLER, Michael John Director — 1997-06-18
LIU, Qing, Dr Director 2020-09-29 2023-03-17
LOCHEAD, James Crawford Director — 1996-06-19
LOCHHEAD, James Crawford Director 2011-05-23 2017-06-20
LOCHHEAD, James Crawford Director 1999-06-23 2005-06-22
LOCKYER, Scott Andrew, Professor Director 2014-07-01 2019-09-18
LOW, Andrew Ross Director 2020-03-17 2023-03-17
MACDONALD, Andrew Director 2020-06-01 2021-07-03
MAHMOOD, Kamran Director 2021-04-19 2024-04-02
MALLABURN, David John, Dr Director 2015-11-18 2021-07-03
MARLOW, John Alfred Director 2006-12-12 2012-09-14
MARSHALL, Victor Gregory Director — 1997-06-18
MAY, Michael John, Dr. Director — 2011-05-23
MCKEOWN, David, Dr Director 1994-06-29 1995-02-15
MELTON, Keith Nelson Director 2001-07-19 2005-05-17
MILLAR, David William Director 2014-07-01 2020-12-15
MILLAR, David William Director 2005-06-22 2011-12-09
MISSIAEN, Guy Director — 1992-06-18
MITCHELL, Leslie Arthur, Dr Director — 2000-06-21
MORGAN WARREN, Edmund James, Dr Director 1999-06-23 2005-06-22
MOZZI, Humbert Director 2020-03-17 2025-07-03
MUGHAL, Hamid Ghafoor, Dr Director 2003-07-02 2005-06-22
NEAL, Bernard George, Professor Director — 1998-06-24
NEUMANN, Peter, Doctor Director 2001-07-19 2009-02-18
NIX, Grahame Richard Director 2007-07-11 2019-04-17
NORRISH, John Director 1994-06-29 1996-06-19
NOWICKI, Jerzy Andrzej, Dr Director 2012-09-14 2019-02-01
O'BRIEN, John Director 2020-06-01 2022-06-24
PATERSON, Stephen Jeremy, Dr Director 2009-03-03 2017-06-20
PATTISON, Douglas Roderick Director 1999-06-23 2002-12-31
PEKKARI, Bertil Ingemar, Group Vice President Director 2000-06-21 2004-07-07
PEKKARI, Bertil Ingemar, Group Vice President Director — 1993-07-07
PERRIN, Alfred James Director — 1996-06-19
PERRYMAN, Ian Director 2020-06-01 2024-07-03
POPE, Geoffrey George, Dr Director — 1993-07-07
PROSSER, Kevin Director 2002-07-17 2009-02-18
QUERE, Jean Director — 1997-06-18
RAFFERTY, John Gerard, Doctor Director 2020-09-21 2022-06-06
RAFFERTY, John Gerard, Doctor Director 1996-06-19 2005-06-22
RICKS, Ricky Arthur Director 2000-06-21 2003-07-03
RIVETT, Robert Michael, Dr Director 2004-07-07 2017-06-20
ROGALSKI, Michael A, Dr Director 1998-06-24 2000-06-21
SAWDON, Robert William Director 2012-09-14 2019-02-01
SCHOFIELD, Andrew Director 2020-07-01 2022-06-30
SKYRME, Michael Francis, Eur Ing Director 2020-12-01 2025-06-23
SLATER, Derek Director — 1996-06-19
SMITH, David Swinnerton Director 2006-12-12 2012-09-14
SMITH, James Raphael, Dr Director — 1993-07-07
SPORTON, Terence Michael, Dr Director — 1996-06-19
STIRLING, Peter Director 2020-07-13 2023-09-28
TAOUTAOU, Salim Director 2020-03-17 2020-11-09
TAYLOR, David, Dr Director — 2007-07-11
TOLAINI, Julio Director 2002-07-17 2017-06-20
TOMKINS, Brian, Dr Director — 1996-06-19
TOOMS, Paul Jonathan Director 2011-05-23 2019-09-18
VAN GESTEL, Willem Director 2004-07-07 2007-07-11
WAUD, John Richard Director 2009-03-03 2014-07-01
WEBSTER, Simon, Dr Director 2020-03-18 2025-12-31
WEBSTER, Stephen Edward Director 2014-07-01 2020-12-15
WEBSTER, Stephen Edward Director 2005-02-01 2011-12-09
WHEATLEY, John Edward, Dr Director 1992-06-24 1993-07-07
WILLIAMS, Neville Thomas, Dr Director — 1992-06-24
WOOD, Darren Hagan Director 2020-03-17 2022-04-19
WOODROW, Dynes Michael Director 2006-01-04 2011-12-09
WRATHMALL, David Dowell Director 2020-03-17 2023-03-17
WRIGHT, Victor Sidney Director 2003-07-02 2009-06-30
WRIGHT, Victor Sidney Director — 1995-06-21
YATES, Duncan, Prof Dr Director 2003-07-02 2009-06-30
YEO, Ralph Bertram Grenville, Dr Director — 1993-07-07
YIANNI, Steven John Director 2005-01-18 2013-06-24
YOUNGER, Roland Nicholas Director — 1996-06-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mrs Gillian Astrid Leech Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-19
Mr Jeffrey David Garner Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-19
Dr Stephen Martin Beech Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-19
Mr Iain Leyland Boyd Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-19
Mr Norman Ian Cooper Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-19
Mr David William Millar Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-19
Dr David John Mallaburn Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-19
Mr Stephen Edward Webster Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-19
Mr Alan Keith Denney Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-13
Dr Nigel Knee Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-13
Professor Scott Andrew Lockyer Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-13
Mr Paul Jonathan Tooms Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-11-13
Mr Grahame Richard Nix Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-04-17
Mr Johann Joseph Krancioch Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-02-01
Dr Jerzy Andrzej Nowicki Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-02-01
Mr Robert William Sawdon Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2019-02-01
Mr Maxwell Clifford George Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2017-06-20
Mr David John Howarth Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2017-06-20
Professor Richard Leonard Jones Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2017-06-20
Mr Paul Jordinson Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2017-06-20
Mr James Crawford Lochhead Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2017-06-20
Dr Stephen Jeremy Paterson Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2017-06-20
Dr Robert Michael Rivett Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2017-06-20
Mr Julio Tolaini Individual Significant influence 2016-07-15 Ceased 2017-06-20

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 451 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-03-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-09-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-08-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-02-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
5

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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