AUTHENTIX LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
+22% vs 2024
Net assets
£15m
+15.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
387
+11.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7m
+2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,215,380 | £42,470,041 | £37,586,936 | -11.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,818,861 | £3,265,090 | £3,091,226 | -5.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £352,029 | £1,680,306 | £1,713,974 | +2% | |
| Net profit | -£87,298 | £449,989 | £1,543,284 | +243% | |
| Cash | £4,855,301 | £2,889,976 | £3,525,766 | +22% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,183,643 | £24,847,687 | £27,835,040 | +12% | |
| Net assets | £12,423,979 | £12,757,499 | £14,683,344 | +15.1% | |
| Equity | £12,423,979 | £12,757,499 | £14,683,344 | +15.1% | |
| Average employees | 326 | 348 | 387 | +11.2% | |
| Wages | £10,089,943 | £11,747,365 | £12,383,399 | +5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 7.7% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 1.1% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 13.1% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.7% | 48.7% | 59.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.93x | 2.80x | |
| Interest cover | 1.23x | 2.04x | 2.18x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- AUTHENTIX LIMITED 2004-01-12 → present
- BIOCODE LIMITED 1989-07-11 → 2004-01-12
- WOODHILL SAND LIMITED 1959-09-24 → 1989-07-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation regarding the ability of the Group and Company to support itself over the going concern period, having considered current liquidity and forecasted profitability. The Directors conclude that existing cash balances and facilities are sufficient to meet all liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months.”
Group structure
- AUTHENTIX LIMITED · parent
- Authentix Saudi Arabia Limited 100%
- Authentix Zambia Limited 100%
- Authentix East Africa Limited 100%
- Authentix Ghana Limited 100%
- Security Print Solutions Limited 100%
- Authentix Botswana Proprietary Limited 100%
- Authentix Congo Sarl 100%
- Authentix Services Company Limited 100%
- Authentix (Shenzhen) Business Consulting., Ltd 100%
- Strategic IP Information Pte. Limited 100%
- Royal Joh. Enschedé 100%
- Digital IP Insights Private Limited 100%
- The Intellectual Property Group Limited 100%
- CIS Australasia Comm. Consulting CO., Ltd 100%
- The Global Note B.V. 55%
Significant events
- “On 07 July 2025 the SFA was amended, and the committed finance facility was increased to $60m (reducing to $56.25m after 12 months).”
- “On 14 April 2023, Authentix Limited drew $13.6m from the Group facility for the acquisition of RJE, this is shown as Bank loans, above.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECK, Christopher | Secretary | 2024-01-15 | — | — |
| ECK, Christopher | Director | 2023-05-16 | Jun 1964 | American |
| MCKENNA, Kevin | Director | 2024-12-11 | May 1969 | American |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Allan William | Secretary | 1992-10-23 | 1992-11-18 |
| BARNETT, Brandon | Secretary | 1994-03-06 | 2009-06-04 |
| PARNELL, Charles Edward | Secretary | 1992-11-18 | 1994-03-06 |
| WATSON, Deirdre Mary Alison | Secretary | — | 1992-10-23 |
| WEINTRUB, Mark Lawrence | Secretary | 2016-01-21 | 2024-01-15 |
| ANDERSON, Allan William | Director | 1992-11-04 | 1992-11-18 |
| BAILEY, Bernard | Director | 2013-01-04 | 2016-01-21 |
| BARNETT, Brandon | Director | 2003-11-11 | 2009-06-04 |
| BLAIR, Henry Evans | Director | 1992-11-18 | 2002-12-23 |
| BROWN, David Burton | Director | 2020-07-24 | 2024-12-11 |
| DAVIES, John Brickhill | Director | 1998-11-05 | 2003-11-11 |
| DROZD, Jan William, Dr | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| ELLWOOD, Edward James | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| GARNER, Ronald Colin | Director | — | 1994-12-19 |
| GLOVER, Michael John | Director | 1998-11-12 | 2003-11-11 |
| KUPP, Jeff Allen | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2017-10-30 |
| MACDONALD, Dianna Lynn, Ms. | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2020-07-24 |
| PARNELL, Charles Edward | Director | 1992-11-18 | 1994-03-06 |
| PARNELL, Charles Edward | Director | — | 1998-11-12 |
| PHILIPS, David | Director | 1995-04-30 | 1998-09-02 |
| REID, Thomas Richard Duncan | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| RITCHIE, Duncan | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2012-12-21 |
| STAMM, Craig | Director | 2003-11-10 | 2011-09-27 |
| WEINTRUB, Mark Lawrence, Mr. | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2024-01-15 |
| WILKINSON, Timothy George | Director | — | 1998-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.