SIERRA CP ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£970K
-64.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-17.7% vs 2023
Employees
92
+8.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-228.8% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £12,683,253 | £10,435,347 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £791,038 | -£1,022,174 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £800,830 | -£1,031,326 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £604,548 | -£1,114,085 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,737,890 | £970,144 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £5,689,964 | £4,828,076 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £5,313,993 | £4,373,627 | |
| Equity | £3,381,291 | £5,017,247 | £5,313,993 | £4,373,627 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 85 | 92 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,586,483 | £4,321,291 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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
-17.7%
£12,683,253 £10,435,347
-
Cash
-64.6%
£2,737,890 £970,144
-
Net assets
-17.7%
£5,313,993 £4,373,627
-
Employees
+8.2%
85 92
-
Operating profit
-229.2%
£791,038 -£1,022,174
-
Profit before tax
-228.8%
£800,830 -£1,031,326
-
Wages
+20.5%
£3,586,483 £4,321,291
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 6.2% | -9.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.8% | -10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 13.9% | -21.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 40.1% | 51.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.46x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 7126.47x | -43.04x |
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
- SIERRA CP ENGINEERING LIMITED 2013-04-24 → present
- CP ENGINEERING SYSTEMS LIMITED 1993-07-09 → 2013-04-24
- SENECAN LIMITED 1993-06-16 → 1993-07-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that the accounts should be prepared on a going concern basis, based on a strong backlog for 2025, no large capital outlay expected, and financial support from the parent company until the end of June 2026.”
Group structure
- SIERRA CP ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- CP India Test Systems Private Limited 99.99%
Significant events
- “The company moved premises towards the end of 2024, taking on a new lease building. There was an extensive capital refit in the year (£853,103) as we have been able to more than double our capacity at our site in Worcester. The extra capacity and thought through layout will provide efficiency savings and increased production capacity and capability.”
- “Moving from our premises in Malvern and with a reduced order book in the year, the company made some one-time settlement costs (£443,538) for exiting employees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Charna | Secretary | 2025-06-05 | — | — |
| BURGE, Darren | Director | 2025-11-28 | Nov 1968 | British |
| HANSELL, Kevin Stephen | Director | 2023-09-13 | Feb 1976 | American |
| SCHAUER, James Michael | Director | 2019-05-02 | May 1967 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEEN, Robert Vaughan | Secretary | 1993-07-01 | 2011-08-27 |
| LIVENSPARGER, Kim | Secretary | 2011-02-27 | 2019-05-02 |
| SPAIN, Shawn | Secretary | 2019-06-12 | 2020-11-05 |
| TAIARIOL, Luann | Secretary | 2021-02-19 | 2025-06-05 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-06-16 | 1993-07-01 |
| CEEN, Robert Vaughan | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2011-08-27 |
| HIRD, Martin Paul | Director | 2004-02-16 | 2024-12-31 |
| HYDE, Thomas George | Director | 2024-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| LIVENSPARGER, Kim | Director | 2011-08-27 | 2019-05-02 |
| MCKENNA II, John Thomas | Director | 2019-05-02 | 2023-09-13 |
| OLIN, Matthew | Director | 2011-08-27 | 2019-05-02 |
| POTTER, Colin Edward | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2008-02-29 |
| WEATHERLY, Thomas John | Director | 2000-04-06 | 2001-09-30 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-06-16 | 1993-07-01 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-06-16 | 1993-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Graham Berwind Iii | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-05-02 | Active |
| Amy Shapiro Ufberg | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-05-02 | Active |
| Joanna Berwind Creamer | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-05-02 | Active |
| Richard Paul Wild | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-05-02 | Active |
| James Dwight Berwind | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-05-02 | Active |
| Jessica Berwind Brummett | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-05-02 | Active |
| Sierra Instruments Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-05-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2024-12-03 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2024-12-03 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2024-12-03 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2024-12-03 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2024-11-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-26 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-08 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-11-08 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-08 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.