ZWICKROELL LTD.
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-3.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+5% vs 2024
Employees
67
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£510K
+90.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,825,460 | £12,079,940 | |
| Operating profit | £268,676 | £490,568 | |
| Profit before tax | £267,848 | £510,465 | |
| Net profit | £177,961 | £358,714 | |
| Cash | £2,655,302 | £2,571,018 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £7,213,449 | £7,572,163 | |
| Equity | £7,213,449 | £7,572,163 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 67 | |
| Wages | £3,054,939 | £3,097,612 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £182,801 | £287,463 |
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
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Turnover
-12.6%
£13,825,460 £12,079,940
-
Cash
-3.2%
£2,655,302 £2,571,018
-
Net assets
+5%
£7,213,449 £7,572,163
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Employees
-1.5%
68 67
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Operating profit
+82.6%
£268,676 £490,568
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Profit before tax
+90.6%
£267,848 £510,465
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Wages
+1.4%
£3,054,939 £3,097,612
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.4% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 7.87x | 24.20x |
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
- ZWICKROELL LTD. 2018-10-31 → present
- ZWICK TESTING MACHINES LIMITED 1979-06-22 → 2018-10-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have made this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and has concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ZWICKROELL LTD. · parent
- U.K. Calibrations Limited 100%
- Sercal Materials Testing Machines Services Limited 100%
- S.P. Barrett Limited 100%
- R and H Testing Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Expanded market share across the Aerospace and Medical sectors.”
- “Increased operational efficiency through the deployment of innovative technologies across production and administrative processes.”
- “Enhanced customer satisfaction, demonstrated by an 18% improvement in net promoter scores (NPS) compared with the previous year.”
- “Improved employee retention through strengthened development pathways and recognition initiatives.”
- “Launched Al-enabled use cases (predictive maintenance, production planning and computer-vision quality checks), supporting reduced unplanned downtime and more consistent first-pass yield.”
- “Strengthening its presence in core industries, including Metals, Academia, Aerospace, Medical and Plastics.”
- “Executing the deferred customer projects that shifted from 2025 into early 2026, supporting a stronger start to the year.”
- “Further strengthening supplier resilience (multi-sourcing and regionalising critical inputs where appropriate) and maintaining robust export-control and sanctions-compliance processes.”
- “Expanding into emerging markets and identifying new commercial opportunities.”
- “Continuing to invest in research and development to maintain technological leadership and enhance product performance.”
- “Scaling Al-enabled operations (quality inspection, predictive maintenance, demand/supply planning and customer support) under robust data governance and responsible-Al controls.”
- “Advancing sustainability efforts, including further reductions in carbon emissions, waste minimisation and expanded circular-economy initiatives.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, John Roger | Director | 2021-06-15 | Oct 1954 | British |
| SADOWSKI, Benno | Director | 2016-07-01 | Feb 1960 | German |
| WHITE, Lee Benjamin | Director | 2025-02-01 | Mar 1983 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDRIDGE, Jeffrey Frederick | Secretary | — | 1998-02-17 |
| ALDRIDGE, Lorraine | Secretary | 1998-02-17 | 2000-10-02 |
| MORRIS, Andrew Wayne | Secretary | 2001-04-24 | 2014-10-14 |
| SMITH, Bevis | Secretary | 2000-10-02 | 2001-03-31 |
| ALDRIDGE, Jeffrey Frederick | Director | — | 1998-02-17 |
| BOISELLE, Claus, Herr | Director | — | 1993-04-01 |
| BRYANT, Paul Ronald | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| GUKELBERGER, Armin, Dr | Director | — | 2007-04-24 |
| MORRIS, Andrew Wayne | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2014-10-14 |
| PHILLIPS, David Trevor | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| PILLER, John Ernest | Director | 2007-04-24 | 2019-04-25 |
| REICH, Norbert, Dr | Director | 2007-04-24 | 2014-09-30 |
| ROTTER, Klaus Heiner, Dr | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2016-06-30 |
| SCHAEFER, Werner, Herr | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| SMITH, Bevis | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2024-03-26 |
| SMITH, Bevis | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2017-07-01 |
| ZWICK, Margret | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2004-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Margaret Zwick | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-04-13 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Dr Jan Stefan Roell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-04-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.