ADVANEX EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1M
-16.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+4.7% vs 2024
Employees
185
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.4M
+43.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,790,000 | £18,034,000 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £926,000 | £1,347,000 | +45.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £958,000 | £1,378,000 | +43.8% | |
| Net profit | £671,000 | £1,077,000 | +60.5% | |
| Cash | £2,554,000 | £2,137,000 | -16.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,972,000 | £14,567,000 | +4.3% | |
| Net assets | £13,085,000 | £13,695,000 | +4.7% | |
| Equity | £13,085,000 | £13,695,000 | +4.7% | |
| Average employees | 190 | 185 | -2.6% | |
| Wages | £6,713,000 | £6,979,000 | +4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £521,000 | £424,000 | -18.6% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.1% | 24.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.81x | 3.25x |
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
- ADVANEX EUROPE LIMITED 2010-09-23 → present
- KATO PRECISION (U.K.) LIMITED 1988-09-30 → 2010-09-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group 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.”
Group structure
- ADVANEX EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Kato-Entex Limited 100%
- Advanex Deutschland 100%
- Advanex Czech Republic 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the group since the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLINGS, Marian | Secretary | 2014-05-31 | — | — |
| ASADA, Eitaro | Director | 2023-08-01 | Oct 1946 | Japanese |
| BEARDSMORE, Ian | Director | 2016-04-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
| FRANCE, Adrian | Director | 2018-05-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| KATO, Seiya | Director | 2020-06-22 | Apr 1958 | Japanese |
| MULLINGS, Marian | Director | 2017-04-03 | May 1972 | British |
| SUZUKI, Takashi | Director | 2021-08-01 | Aug 1970 | Japanese |
| YOSHIHARA, Tetsuya | Director | 2021-08-01 | Nov 1967 | Japanese |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLAM, Richard John | Secretary | 1998-04-24 | 2001-04-01 |
| HARDY, Nicola Ruth | Secretary | 2001-04-01 | 2014-05-31 |
| MORITA, Ken | Secretary | — | 1994-08-01 |
| STONEBRIDGE, Elizabeth | Secretary | 1994-08-01 | 1998-04-24 |
| BLATHERWICK, David Albert | Director | 2010-10-08 | 2014-05-31 |
| CLIFFORD, Paul Richard Maffert | Director | — | 2017-04-06 |
| GREEN, Christopher John | Director | 2010-10-08 | 2017-04-06 |
| HALLAM, Richard John | Director | 2010-10-08 | 2014-05-31 |
| HIROTA, Masaho | Director | 2010-10-08 | 2014-03-31 |
| JENKINSON, John Charles | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2019-01-11 |
| KATO, Kiyoshi | Director | — | 2010-10-08 |
| KATO, Yuichi | Director | — | 2018-07-23 |
| KELLY, Donald Joseph | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1996-10-31 |
| MORITA, Ken | Director | — | 2001-05-31 |
| NAKAGAKI, Osamu | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2025-08-25 |
| OGUSHI, Takafumi | Director | 2022-12-19 | 2023-12-15 |
| OGUSHI, Takafumi | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2022-11-14 |
| OHNO, Toshiya | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2020-06-22 |
| SHIBANO, Tsuneo | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| SHIMAMURA, Noboru | Director | 2020-06-22 | 2023-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanex Group Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2017-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.