TINIUS OLSEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-22 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£869K
+25.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-33.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
85
+49.1% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2M
-700.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
9-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £5,914,164 | £9,088,579 | £10,308,948 | £11,942,551 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£361,133 | £1,037,791 | £135,573 | -£1,790,203 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£351,981 | £1,207,117 | £393,777 | -£2,365,448 | |
| Net profit | — | £345,963 | — | £661,004 | — | -£244,636 | £761,079 | £228,280 | -£2,478,238 | |
| Cash | — | £2,068,047 | — | £2,112,300 | — | £431,877 | £234,069 | £691,991 | £868,719 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,999,818 | — | £8,587,279 | — | £8,244,475 | £8,867,934 | £9,937,265 | £7,039,238 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £7,480,090 | £4,988,166 | |
| Equity | £7,167,609 | £7,513,572 | £7,513,572 | £8,174,576 | £8,174,576 | £7,929,940 | £8,691,019 | £7,480,090 | £4,988,166 | |
| Average employees | — | 67 | — | 0 | — | 61 | 62 | 57 | 85 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £2,657,317 | £4,380,291 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £424,556 | £448,226 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+15.8%
£10,308,948 £11,942,551
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+25.5%
£691,991 £868,719
-
Net assets
-33.3%
£7,480,090 £4,988,166
-
Employees
+49.1%
57 85
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-1,420.5%
£135,573 -£1,790,203
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-700.7%
£393,777 -£2,365,448
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+64.8%
£2,657,317 £4,380,291
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -6.1% | 11.4% | 1.3% | -15.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -4.1% | 8.4% | 2.2% | -20.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -4.4% | 11.7% | 1.4% | -25.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.75x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -13.21x | 49.77x | 2.81x | -3.08x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TINIUS OLSEN LIMITED 2004-01-05 → present
- HOUNSFIELD TEST EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1985-02-18 → 2004-01-05
- MORLAND ENGINEERING LIMITED 1970-12-31 → 1985-02-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have obtained a support letter from Tinius Olsen International Company, the ultimate parent company of Tinius Olsen Limited, indicating that Tinius Olsen International Company is able and willing to provide financial support as required to enable the Group, including Imetrum Limited, to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due over the going concern assessment period.”
Group structure
- TINIUS OLSEN LIMITED · parent
- Tinius Olsen India Private Limited 100%
- Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Company Shanghai Limited 100%
- Imetrum Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, Simon | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| ELLIOTT, Simon Lee | Director | 2023-03-20 | Jul 1969 | British |
| TAIT III, Charles Robert | Director | 2002-01-21 | Dec 1965 | American |
| WHEELER, Martin John | Director | 1998-01-19 | May 1965 | British |
| YOUINGS, Mark | Director | 2008-07-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GASKINS, Barry Norman | Secretary | 2016-03-17 | 2019-12-31 |
| HOUNSFIELD, Gilda | Secretary | — | 1992-01-02 |
| WOOLFORD, Pamela Mary Olive | Secretary | 1992-01-02 | 2016-03-17 |
| BRAKE-WHITLEY, Lance Gary | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2000-10-01 |
| GASKINS, Barry Norman | Director | 2016-03-17 | 2019-12-31 |
| HELTON, Mark Steven | Director | 2013-03-31 | 2017-02-27 |
| HOUNSFIELD, James Coupland | Director | — | 1991-11-19 |
| HOUNSFIELD, Martin Robert Coupland | Director | — | 2009-03-25 |
| HULBERT, Stanley Paul | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| IVORY, John Calvin | Director | — | 2014-03-31 |
| LOFTUS, Joseph P | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| MILLANE, John A | Director | 1995-12-20 | 2007-12-31 |
| MURRAY, John T | Director | 1995-12-20 | 1998-12-31 |
| SCHILLING, Rose | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-02-12 |
| STEVENS, Brian Edward | Director | — | 1999-07-31 |
| TAIT JR, C Robert | Director | 1995-12-20 | 2005-03-30 |
| WHEELER, David Gregory | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2007-03-23 |
| WOOLFORD, Pamela Mary Olive | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2016-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinius Olsen Investment Company | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Tinius Olsen International Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.