ASTUTE ELECTRONICS LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
-82.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£64m
-0.3% vs 2024
Employees
408
+9.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.9m
-21.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £161,574,823 | £128,973,977 | £176,595,774 | +36.9% | |
| Operating profit | £18,121,011 | £4,058,113 | £4,447,560 | +9.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £17,690,793 | £4,912,251 | £3,870,872 | -21.2% | |
| Net profit | £13,423,090 | £2,472,309 | £2,095,883 | -15.2% | |
| Cash | £38,676,568 | £22,354,275 | £3,988,949 | -82.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £67,309,943 | £67,550,053 | £67,352,437 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | £64,292,544 | £64,613,228 | £64,387,980 | -0.3% | |
| Equity | £64,292,544 | £64,613,228 | £64,387,980 | -0.3% | |
| Average employees | 290 | 374 | 408 | +9.1% | |
| Wages | £19,456,216 | £18,881,025 | £26,128,686 | +38.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £437,309 | £654,326 | £725,841 | +10.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £63,105 | £74,676 | £133,776 | +79.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £214,804 | £290,821 | £276,869 | -4.8% |
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 | 11.2% | 3.1% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.9% | 6.0% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.8% | 21.5% | 30.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.35x | 5.08x | 3.30x | |
| Interest cover | 16.24x | 13.32x | 6.09x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Wilton Lyndon Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors consider a period of at least twelve months when assessing going concern.”
Group structure
- ASTUTE ELECTRONICS LIMITED · parent
- Astute Electronics Inc 67.2%
- Astute Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co Ltd 100%
- Ismosys Group Limited 100%
- Astute Electronics Pty Ltd 100%
- Astute Israel Limited 100%
- Astute Electronics GmbH 74.99%
- Broadband Technology 2000 Limited 100%
- Astute Turkey Elektronik Dagitim Limited Sirketi 100%
- Astute B.V. 100%
- Copper & Optic Terminations Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2025, the company acquired Copper and Optic Terminations Limited.”
- “In 2025 300,000 shares were bought back by the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Geoffrey Ian | Director | — | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FANTHAM, Ian | Secretary | 2004-06-30 | 2025-06-20 |
| FRASER, Ronald Mcpherson | Secretary | — | 2004-06-30 |
| FANTHAM, Ian | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2025-06-20 |
| FRASER, Ronald Mcpherson | Director | 1991-06-28 | 2004-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Geoffrey Ian Hill | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.