SONATEST NDE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+4.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10M
+6.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
79
+1.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
-27.5% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £14,277,000 | £13,103,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,153,000 | £1,422,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,036,000 | £1,476,000 | |
| Net profit | £222,000 | £2,038,000 | £1,290,000 | |
| Cash | £1,212,000 | £3,967,000 | £4,145,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,628,000 | £10,197,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,445,000 | £9,387,000 | £9,971,000 | |
| Equity | — | £9,387,000 | £9,971,000 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 78 | 79 | |
| Wages | £118,000 | £3,441,000 | £3,933,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £13,000 | £13,000 |
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
-
Turnover
-8.2%
£14,277,000 £13,103,000
-
Cash
+4.5%
£3,967,000 £4,145,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£9,387,000 £9,971,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+1.3%
78 79
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-34%
£2,153,000 £1,422,000
-
Profit before tax
-27.5%
£2,036,000 £1,476,000
-
Wages
+14.3%
£3,441,000 £3,933,000
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 15.1% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 14.3% | 9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 22.4% | 13.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 18.3% | 13.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 5.61x | 7.64x | |
| Interest cover | — | 13.29x | 32.32x |
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
- SONATEST NDE LIMITED 2010-12-14 → present
- SONATEST NDE PLC 2005-01-07 → 2010-12-14
- SONATEST PLC 1985-11-19 → 2005-01-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Buckle Barton Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- SONATEST NDE LIMITED · parent
- Sonatest Limited 100%
- Sonatest Inc 100%
- Sonatest AP Inc 100%
- Sonatest Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the possibility of a US/China trade war does little to mitigate this risk.”
- “Following the semiconductor shortages of 2021-22 which created significant delays in supply for many industries not just ours, the Group has improved its demand forecasting.”
- “The threat from cheap Chinese technology is making some markets difficult.”
- “2023 being an exceptionally good year and the performance for 2024 is considered favourably.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIKMAN, Alastair Alan, Dr. | Director | 2008-12-18 | May 1947 | British |
| HUSAREK, Pierre Charles | Director | 2010-12-02 | Jan 1961 | French |
| NG, Norman Wing Hong | Director | 2010-12-02 | May 1956 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Paul David | Secretary | 2009-06-05 | 2011-01-28 |
| REILLY, Michael Shane | Secretary | — | 2009-06-05 |
| AIKMAN, Alastair Alan, Dr | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| COOK, Paul David | Director | 2007-10-16 | 2011-01-28 |
| GOODMAN, Francis Edmund Samuel | Director | — | 2005-05-31 |
| HARBOUR, Derek John | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2011-01-28 |
| HARDING, Roger John | Director | 1993-03-15 | 1999-09-30 |
| JEFFREY, John Alexander | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2010-12-02 |
| REILLY, Michael Shane | Director | 2010-12-02 | 2011-04-14 |
| REILLY, Michael Shane | Director | — | 2009-12-21 |
| SEATH, Philip Andrew | Director | 2018-01-22 | 2018-05-24 |
| STEARN, Richard John | Director | — | 1994-11-18 |
| WHYTE, James | Director | — | 2003-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Charles Husarek | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Norman Wing Hong Ng | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.