SLINGSBY ADVANCED COMPOSITES LIMITED
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Cash
£5.5M
+69,482.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13M
+43.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
122
+15.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.3M
+136% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £14,156,228 | £15,311,183 | £22,401,407 | +46.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,203,979 | £5,272,266 | +139.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,971,793 | £2,233,979 | £5,272,266 | +136% | |
| Net profit | £1,452,671 | £2,184,580 | £4,055,969 | +85.7% | |
| Cash | -£12,799 | £7,959 | £5,538,043 | +69,482.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,551,280 | £9,684,198 | £13,790,636 | +42.4% | |
| Net assets | £7,115,241 | £9,299,821 | £13,355,790 | +43.6% | |
| Equity | £7,115,241 | £9,299,821 | £13,355,790 | +43.6% | |
| Average employees | 104 | 106 | 122 | +15.1% | |
| Wages | £5,053,138 | £4,603,328 | £5,818,542 | +26.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £378,248 | £507,496 | £414,660 | -18.3% |
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 | — | 14.4% | 23.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 14.3% | 18.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 22.8% | 38.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.6% | 41.5% | 33.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 1.83x | 2.16x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SLINGSBY ADVANCED COMPOSITES LIMITED 2006-08-10 → present
- SLINGSBY AVIATION LIMITED 1983-03-08 → 2006-08-10
- SCALEVINE LIMITED 1982-12-24 → 1983-03-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 27 June 2025 the entire shareholding of Slingsby Holdings Limited, the immediate parent company of Slingsby Advanced Composites Limited, was acquired by Axvik Group AB (formally Mangohojden AB and previously Goldcup 101485 AB), a Swedish Defence and Aerospace group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIXEY, Mark Jason | Director | 2024-09-26 | Jan 1969 | British |
| GODÉN, Svante | Director | 2025-06-27 | Oct 1977 | Swedish |
| ROBINSON, Christopher | Director | 2024-09-26 | Feb 1980 | British |
| ÅBERG, Martin | Director | 2025-06-27 | Jan 1981 | Swedish |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, Christopher Martin | Secretary | 2000-05-01 | 2006-06-29 |
| BARKER, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2010-02-10 | 2012-05-30 |
| COOPER, Simon Astley | Secretary | — | 1998-02-18 |
| FOGG, Yvonne | Secretary | 2006-06-29 | 2010-02-10 |
| FRENCH, Wayne Ian | Secretary | 1997-09-19 | 2000-05-01 |
| MOYNIHAN, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2012-05-30 | 2025-06-27 |
| ABRAHAM, Berony Anne | Director | — | 1993-04-08 |
| BANFIELD, Mark Graham | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-07-13 |
| BERRY, David William | Director | 1993-04-08 | 1996-08-05 |
| BEVAN, Jeffrey | Director | 1994-09-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| BLAKEMAN, John Ashley Edwin | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2004-05-21 |
| BOYD, Steven Mcdougall | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| BROADHURST, Martin Tilston | Director | 2009-12-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| BROWN, Stuart Robert Hudson | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2010-09-30 |
| BRYSON, John Macdonald | Director | 1993-09-24 | 1997-09-19 |
| CLARK, Glen John | Director | 2009-12-31 | 2016-04-30 |
| CLARK, Robin Hartley Ledgerd | Director | 1997-09-19 | 2000-05-01 |
| COOPER, Geoffrey Charles | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2005-06-20 |
| COOPER, Simon Astley | Director | — | 2000-11-01 |
| DASTUR, William Charles Mason | Director | 2009-12-31 | 2016-04-30 |
| DIGNAN, John Christopher | Director | — | 1995-05-03 |
| DORAN, David | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2009-03-18 |
| FITZ-GERALD, Stephen John | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2017-01-09 |
| FORSHAW, Andrew Robert | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2024-07-01 |
| FRENCH, Wayne Ian | Director | 1997-09-19 | 2000-05-01 |
| HAWORTH, Russell David | Director | 1993-05-01 | 1997-07-01 |
| HOLT, David, Doctor | Director | — | 1993-03-12 |
| JENNION, Neal Martin | Director | 2010-11-18 | 2017-01-09 |
| JONES, Michael David | Director | 1993-09-24 | 1996-10-09 |
| LOVERIDGE, James Douglas | Director | 1993-09-24 | 1997-09-19 |
| LUCK, James Arthur Goodwin | Director | — | 1992-04-01 |
| MARSHALL, Laurence John | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2003-08-31 |
| MARSHALL, Michael John, Sir | Director | 2009-12-31 | 2016-10-01 |
| MARSHALL, Robert David | Director | 2010-02-10 | 2017-01-09 |
| MCPHEE, Alistair Dickson | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2020-09-17 |
| MORSE, Carl John | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2024-07-31 |
| MOYNEHAN, Gary John Scott | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2021-09-05 |
| POLLOCK, Peter Glen | Director | — | 1992-07-11 |
| PORTER, Craig | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-06-27 |
| THIRSK, James | Director | — | 1992-07-30 |
| TUCKER, James Stuart | Director | — | 1992-10-15 |
| WILKINSON, Daney Samantha | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-09-06 |
| WINDRED, Philip Graham Jacques | Director | 2009-12-31 | 2010-11-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slingsby Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 280 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.