COM DEV EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£279K
-12.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£24M
-7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
86
+14.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.5M
+70.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Telecommunications 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 | £12,684,000 | £12,600,000 | £19,464,000 | +54.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,058,000 | -£2,535,000 | £1,225,000 | +148.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,244,000 | -£5,192,000 | -£1,537,000 | +70.4% | |
| Net profit | -£3,244,000 | -£5,192,000 | -£1,537,000 | +70.4% | |
| Cash | £1,002,000 | £318,000 | £279,000 | -12.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£14,279,000 | -£19,684,000 | -£21,406,000 | -8.7% | |
| Net assets | -£16,894,000 | -£22,086,000 | -£23,623,000 | -7% | |
| Equity | -£16,894,000 | -£22,086,000 | -£23,623,000 | -7% | |
| Average employees | 77 | 75 | 86 | +14.7% | |
| Wages | £3,986,000 | £3,987,000 | £4,806,000 | +20.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £312,000 | £293,000 | £251,000 | -14.3% |
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 | -8.3% | -20.1% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | -25.6% | -41.2% | -7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.25x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | -0.48x | -0.95x | 0.44x |
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
- COM DEV EUROPE LIMITED 1985-01-08 → present
- CHESSNOBLE LIMITED 1984-11-15 → 1985-01-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources, including support from Honeywell International Inc. and Honeywell Aerospace Inc. to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Based on the circumstances described above, the financial statements are prepared on the assumption that the entity is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The Company is part of the Aero Strategic Business Group which is expected to be spun into a new separate publicly traded group in Q3 of 2026. After the separation the new ultimate parent of the entity will be Honeywell Aerospace International Inc.”
- “Customer risk: Existing and potential customers and their end-users may choose to reduce or delay spending, cancel contracts, or cut costs in a manner that reduces demand for our products and services.”
- “Operations risk: Raw material price fluctuations, inflation, the ability of key suppliers to meet quality and delivery requirements, or catastrophic events can increase the cost of our products and services, impact our ability to meet commitments to customers and cause us to incur significant liabilities.”
- “Cybersecurity risk: Cybersecurity is a critical component of the Company's enterprise risk management program. Global cybersecurity threats and incidents can range from uncoordinated individual attempts to gain unauthorized access to IT systems to sophisticated and targeted measures known as advanced persistent threats.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLE, John Cain | Director | 2017-05-15 | Dec 1960 | British |
| YATES, Derek Iain | Director | 2024-10-24 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINSWORTH, Keith Richard | Secretary | — | 2001-11-01 |
| CALHOUN, Gary | Secretary | 2002-10-31 | 2016-02-04 |
| ZAHAVICH, Tim | Secretary | 2001-11-01 | 2002-06-24 |
| AINSWORTH, Keith Richard | Director | — | 2002-10-31 |
| CALHOUN, Gary Thomas | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2016-02-04 |
| CAMERON, Richard John | Director | — | 1993-04-15 |
| D'CRUZE, Christopher | Director | 2015-07-28 | 2016-02-08 |
| EDDLESTON, Bernard Noel Francis | Director | — | 1998-06-26 |
| FRASER, Grant William | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2016-10-07 |
| GIBSON, Roy | Director | 1993-04-16 | 1996-01-25 |
| HUTCHINGS, Anthony Richard Vaughan | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2019-11-01 |
| KEATING, John Stephen | Director | 2000-02-28 | 2010-09-01 |
| MCCORMACK, Stuart Robert | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2017-04-28 |
| MILLER, Victor Jay | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2019-05-09 |
| MOLFORD, Craig | Director | 2019-12-31 | 2024-10-24 |
| ODONOVAN, Michael Valentine | Director | — | 2001-11-01 |
| SOOD, Pravin Kumar | Director | 1995-08-23 | 1997-07-31 |
| SPURRETT, Robert Paul | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2016-02-05 |
| STUART, John Ronaldson | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2016-02-04 |
| WALLIS, Sarah Ransome | Director | 2017-04-28 | 2019-12-20 |
| WINTER, Alan Ernest, Dr | Director | 1998-10-01 | 1999-06-30 |
| ZAHAVICH, Tim | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2002-06-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeywell International Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-05-29 | Active |
| Com Dev Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.