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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-24 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+79.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£8M

-1.7% vs 2023

Employees

114

-1.7% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

-£168K

-589.7% lowest in 4 filed years

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £19,628,370£24,482,412£19,429,074
Operating profit £943,656-£111,907-£248,430
Profit before tax £954,904£1,437,871-£24,391-£168,221
Net profit £768,451£1,071,185-£84,103-£138,488
Cash £2,788,341£1,871,456£1,404,495£2,525,355
Total assets less current liabilities £7,453,393£8,275,523£8,195,235£7,987,559
Net assets £7,412,019£8,031,323£7,947,220£7,808,732
Equity £7,164,289£7,412,019£7,660,138£8,031,323£7,947,220£7,808,732
Average employees 119117116114
Wages £3,163,570£3,352,677£3,442,114£3,486,853
Directors' remuneration £112,873£173,329£140,945£240,944

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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 4.8%-0.5%-1.3%
Net margin 3.9%-0.3%-0.7%
Return on capital employed 12.7%-1.4%-3.1%
Current ratio 2.76x3.29x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102 §1A
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
Ensors Accountants LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, a period of at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. As part of the assessment, the Directors have prepared detailed profit and loss and cash flow forecasts for the company which take into account their best estimate of the macro-economic environment, and these demonstrate that the company has sufficient cash for the foreseeable future. It is expected that the company will continue to operate as a going concern and as such the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 11 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BATES, James Glen Director 2025-07-24 Oct 1977 British
KEENAN, Andrew Director 2024-02-12 Nov 1965 British
PARRY, Edward Director 2023-09-15 May 1976 British
Show 11 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
LEE, Michael John Schaw Secretary 2012-12-17
BAKER, Paul Director 2002-06-26 2008-06-20
BATES, James Glen Director 2016-10-04 2023-09-19
BELL, James Adam Director 2012-12-17 2019-03-13
FANSHAWE, Simon Richard Director 2006-04-01 2012-10-05
GEORGE, Noreen Director 2003-02-25
HUANG, King-Su Director 2012-02-08 2012-12-17
KOFLER, Johannes Director 2012-12-17 2014-05-19
LEE, Michael John Schaw Director 2012-12-17
RUBAN, Holger Peter Director 2014-05-19 2015-05-08
STEVENSON, Christopher Neil Director 2000-09-29 2003-11-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Rapid Electronics Holdings Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 143 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-11-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-25 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-03-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-10-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-02-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-10-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-09-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2021-11-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-05-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-12-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-10-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-04-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-03-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2018-10-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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