WIKA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
+78.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.5m
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
128
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£242k
-176.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £35,684,459 | £36,302,195 | £36,441,489 | +0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £429,402 | £516,425 | -£73,914 | -114.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £273,598 | £314,749 | -£242,115 | -176.9% | |
| Net profit | £172,245 | £200,869 | -£236,665 | -217.8% | |
| Cash | £2,944,385 | £1,658,825 | £2,954,105 | +78.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,476,918 | £10,406,528 | £8,997,522 | -13.5% | |
| Net assets | £8,308,983 | £8,680,852 | £8,519,437 | -1.9% | |
| Equity | £8,308,983 | £8,680,852 | £8,519,437 | -1.9% | |
| Average employees | 126 | 130 | 128 | -1.5% | |
| Wages | £6,192,144 | £6,626,373 | £7,046,667 | +6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £267,217 | £247,702 | £294,286 | +18.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £14,100 | £24,179 | £21,470 | -11.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £267,217 | £247,702 | £294,286 | +18.8% |
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 | 1.2% | 1.4% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.6% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 5.0% | -0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.8% | 60.7% | 59.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.18x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 2.10x | 2.09x | -0.38x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- WIKA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED 1989-01-25 → present
- WIKA PRESSURE GAUGES (U.K.)LIMITED 1971-11-24 → 1989-01-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have considered the working capital requirements for a period of 12 months from the date of this report.”
Group structure
- WIKA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED · parent
- DH-Budenberg Limited 100%
- TC Fluid Control Limited 100%
- Automatic Systems Laboratories Limited 100%
- Calibration Dynamics Limited 100%
- Wika Calibration Technology Limited 100%
- E.D.C International Limited 100%
- Tyneside Standards Limited 100%
- WIKA Optical Sensing Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWEETMAN, Anthony Joseph | Secretary | 2019-03-01 | — | — |
| PEAURT, Jonathan Nigel Joseph | Director | 2018-03-26 | Aug 1964 | British |
| WIEGAND, Alexander Konrad | Director | 1996-04-17 | Jan 1963 | German |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPPOCK, Ronald George | Secretary | — | 1999-04-30 |
| PEAURT, Jonathan Nigel Joseph | Secretary | 2018-03-26 | 2019-03-01 |
| PHILLIPS, David Hugh | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2018-03-26 |
| COPPOCK, Ronald George | Director | — | 1999-04-30 |
| KELLER, Jurg | Director | 1996-04-17 | 1998-12-31 |
| PHILLIPS, David Hugh | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2018-04-27 |
| WIEGARD, Ursula | Director | — | 1996-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-03-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
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.