VAISALA LIMITED
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Cash
£366k
-83.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.5m
+13.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
84
+52.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+72.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watch the reel
Our short-form breakdown of VAISALA LIMITED's latest filing
Vaisala's UK arm saw operating profits triple to nearly £3m this year. But dig into the accounts, and a one-off IP sale masks a bottom line that actually fell. 🌤️📉
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 | £21,129,000 | £18,268,000 | £22,027,000 | +20.6% | |
| Operating profit | £979,000 | £808,000 | £2,975,000 | +268.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £946,000 | £652,000 | £1,123,000 | +72.2% | |
| Net profit | £721,000 | £488,000 | £288,000 | -41% | |
| Cash | £1,055,000 | £2,268,000 | £366,000 | -83.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,994,000 | £3,466,000 | £5,487,000 | +58.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,711,000 | £2,199,000 | £2,487,000 | +13.1% | |
| Equity | £1,711,000 | £2,199,000 | £2,487,000 | +13.1% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 55 | 84 | +52.7% | |
| Wages | £3,007,000 | £3,255,000 | £4,828,000 | +48.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £103,000 | £112,000 | £110,000 | -1.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £112,000 | £110,000 | -1.8% |
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 | 4.6% | 4.4% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 2.7% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.7% | 23.3% | 54.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.0% | 85.0% | 84.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.01x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 11.52x | 8.60x | 15.26x |
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
- VAISALA LIMITED 1999-04-16 → present
- VAISALA (UK) LIMITED 1980-03-24 → 1999-04-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the director has a reasonable expectation based on the forecasts that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- VAISALA LIMITED · parent
- Nevis Technology Ltd 100%
- Quanterra Systems Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 January 2025, the Company completed the asset purchase agreement with Nevis Technology Ltd.”
- “On 1 February 2025, the Company sold the assigned Intellectual Property Rights it received from Nevis Technology Ltd to Vaisala Oyj for £1,813,000.”
- “On 1 September 2025, the Company acquired all the shares of a UK based company, Quanterra Systems Ltd, resulting in an addition to investments of £2,675,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAINIO, Satu Katriina | Secretary | 2021-08-02 | — | — |
| MARLAND, Rachel Louise | Director | 2025-09-30 | Jun 1972 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Peter John | Secretary | — | 1998-07-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Philip John | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2021-04-26 |
| HARRIS, Megan Laura | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2019-11-15 |
| HARRISON, Andrew James | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2017-01-01 |
| MCDONALD, Andrew Neil | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2021-04-26 |
| VENALAINEN, Anna Maija | Secretary | 1998-08-01 | 1998-09-30 |
| CARLSSON, Christian | Director | — | 1992-05-01 |
| FORSEN, Kjell | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Philip John | Director | 2021-04-26 | 2025-09-30 |
| HART, Geoffrey David | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| KETONEN, Pekka | Director | — | 2006-09-30 |
| LISTER, Phillip Jonathan | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2012-07-01 |
| MELAMA, Heikki | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| PETTIFER, Richard Edward William, Dr | Director | — | 1998-08-31 |
| TOIVOLA, Yrjo Ilmars, Dr | Director | — | 1992-03-16 |
| TUOMINEN, Hannu | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2007-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaisala Oyj | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-16 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-16 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.