HAAS AUTOMATION LIMITED
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Cash
£7.8m
+24.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.8m
+51% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
90
+9.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.1m
+91.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £34,828,149 | £33,745,901 | £37,116,604 | +10% | |
| Operating profit | £209,895 | £1,235,682 | £2,890,237 | +133.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £326,369 | £1,598,039 | £3,062,105 | +91.6% | |
| Net profit | £168,206 | £1,251,261 | £2,288,556 | +82.9% | |
| Cash | £10,049,393 | £6,293,242 | £7,817,421 | +24.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,266,930 | £5,616,376 | £7,810,818 | +39.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,557,294 | £4,485,076 | £6,773,632 | +51% | |
| Equity | £4,557,294 | £4,485,076 | £6,773,632 | +51% | |
| Average employees | 79 | 82 | 90 | +9.8% | |
| Wages | £6,754,831 | £5,084,090 | £4,656,385 | -8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,727,637 | £1,234,935 | £1,201,503 | -2.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,191 | £14,351 | £39,994 | +178.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £745,195 | £441,413 | £348,552 | -21% |
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 | 0.6% | 3.7% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 3.7% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 22.0% | 37.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.2% | 74.4% | 63.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.38x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 2.61x | 22.84x | 39.54x |
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 6 times since incorporation
- HAAS AUTOMATION LIMITED 2007-12-07 → present
- STEVENS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1998-03-02 → 2007-12-07
- HAAS AUTOMATION LIMITED 1995-12-06 → 1998-03-02
- DRG HAAS AUTOMATION LIMITED 1993-05-06 → 1995-12-06
- DRG TOOLING (NORWICH) LIMITED 1990-01-26 → 1993-05-06
- LEFAY PRECISION LIMITED 1987-02-11 → 1990-01-26
- AUTOFORD LIMITED 1980-10-14 → 1987-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- HAAS AUTOMATION LIMITED · parent
- Haas UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Company entered into a chattels mortgage amounting to £1,290,946 secured against certain motor vehicles owned by the Company. This arrangement represents a non-adjusting event as it arose after the reporting date of 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASH, Nathaniel Lloyd | Director | 2022-10-01 | Feb 1990 | British |
| COLE, Adam James | Director | 2021-12-01 | Apr 1987 | British |
| SMITH, Gregory Stuart | Director | 2018-12-12 | Oct 1981 | British |
| WARD, Andrew Walter | Director | 1998-01-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FENN, Patrick Harry John | Secretary | 2007-12-21 | 2024-10-28 |
| FENN, Patrick Harry John | Secretary | 2001-09-05 | 2004-12-31 |
| STEVENS, Andrew Paul | Secretary | — | 2001-09-05 |
| STEVENS, Bridget Dawn | Secretary | 2005-01-01 | 2007-12-21 |
| ELCOCK, Joseph Christopher | Director | 1994-04-06 | 2005-04-05 |
| FENN, Patrick Harry John | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2024-10-28 |
| REMINGTON, Nicholas David | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2017-04-24 |
| STEVENS, Andrew Paul | Director | — | 2007-12-21 |
| STEVENS, Linzi Joy | Director | — | 1994-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vf1 Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-09 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.