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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-14 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+36.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£8M

+7.3% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

202

+13.5% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£3M

-33.9% lowest in 5 filed years

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £16,493,953£19,898,243£24,892,966£24,817,426
Operating profit £3,313,303£4,228,580£4,138,075£2,739,980
Profit before tax £3,315,478£4,226,039£3,968,080£4,142,772£2,738,180
Net profit £2,729,075£3,445,067£3,238,805£3,175,714£1,998,896
Cash £2,422,410£1,430,106£1,656,176£1,143,862£1,556,898
Total assets less current liabilities £4,883,159£4,556,378£7,022,936£8,030,977£8,717,776
Net assets £4,803,654£4,465,190£6,818,995£7,814,709£8,388,329
Equity £4,270,677£4,226,329£4,803,654£4,465,190£6,818,995£7,814,709£8,388,329
Average employees 157159171178202
Wages £4,750,081£4,786,266£5,337,478£6,249,507£7,081,892
Directors' remuneration £556,840£574,260£512,452£441,007£330,214

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 2018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 20.1%21.3%16.6%11.0%
Net margin 16.5%17.3%12.8%8.1%
Return on capital employed 67.9%92.8%51.5%31.4%
Current ratio 2.93x3.29x
Interest cover 1554.05x285.18x

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

  1. SEAWARD ELECTRONIC LIMITED 1984-08-20 → present
  2. INSTRUMENT REPAIR SERVICE LIMITED 1982-10-28 → 1984-08-20

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Rödl & Partner Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 28 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MAITLAND, Lisa Secretary 2026-02-01
CALLAN, John Martin Christopher Director 2021-01-26 Jun 1968 British
GLASER, Stefan Gerhard Director 2024-12-10 May 1968 German
MADDEN, John Thomas Director 2026-02-01 May 1971 British
Show 28 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
TAYLOR, Rosemary Anne Secretary 2015-06-24
ARMSTRONG, Lucy Victoria Winwood Director 2013-01-02 2015-06-24
BARTRAM, Trevor Carlisle Director 1995-01-09 1995-04-20
BLACK, Christopher Angus Delmuir Director 1993-06-15 1998-09-29
BLAKIE, Eric William Director 2002-03-24 2012-07-18
CLARKE, David John Director 2007-07-09 2015-06-24
CZABANSKI, Joachim Director 2024-12-10 2025-07-16
GRANT, Julian Director 2014-04-01 2015-05-01
HOWE, Ian Director 2005-07-18 2006-03-17
HUMPHREY, John Eugene Director 1995-05-01 1996-06-28
JACKSON, John Scott Director 2005-04-04 2007-08-31
LAWRENCE, Graham Neil Director 2019-04-23 2026-01-31
MAIR, Robert Mackenzie Director 1996-02-19 1998-09-29
MARSH, Mark Director 2005-06-20 2019-01-29
NESBIT, Paul Director 1996-09-02 2000-07-17
ODONDE, Jonathan Stephen Orido Director 2019-02-18 2021-08-31
OPITZ, Hans-Peter Manfred, Dr Director 2015-06-24 2023-06-13
TALBOT, Thomas Director 2017-08-01 2023-02-28
TAYLOR, Rodney George Gordon Director 2015-06-24
TAYLOR, Ronald Gordon Director 2008-03-31
TAYLOR, Rosemary Anne Director 1997-04-07 1997-04-07
TURL, Christopher Brian David Director 2009-06-29 2010-10-01
UPTON, Andrew Richard Director 2008-03-01 2020-08-07
WALKER, Robert Christian Edward Director 1997-06-09 1998-02-09
WEST, Ian Director 2009-11-01 2017-07-31
WIST, Matthias Director 2015-06-24 2024-12-10
WOODHOUSE, Andrew John Director 2002-08-09 2005-06-17
YING, Man-Yin Thomas, Dr Director 2015-01-20 2018-08-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Gmc Instruments Uk Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-12-31 Active
Seaward Holding Company Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2017-12-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 172 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-12 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-02-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-13 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-02-13 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-02-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-08-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-02 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-06-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-08-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-08-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-13 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

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

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