SOCOTEC UK LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of Inspicio Environmental Services Group Limited, the company provides testing, inspection, and compliance services for the infrastructure, environment, and real estate sectors.
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Cash
£14m
+258.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£36m
-5.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,779
+23.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£677k
+93% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £1,136,538,695 | £126,858,000 | £145,675,000 | +14.8% | |
| Operating profit | £112,188,830 | £6,606,000 | £5,089,000 | -23% | |
| Profit before tax | £56,272,909 | -£9,637,000 | -£677,000 | +93% | |
| Net profit | £35,614,523 | -£9,964,000 | -£1,890,000 | +81% | |
| Cash | £98,094,328 | £3,779,000 | £13,553,000 | +258.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,199,648,224 | £127,082,000 | £174,588,000 | +37.4% | |
| Net assets | £127,353,427 | £38,614,000 | £36,406,000 | -5.7% | |
| Equity | £127,353,427 | £38,614,000 | £36,406,000 | -5.7% | |
| Average employees | 11,235 | 1,441 | 1,779 | +23.5% | |
| Wages | £450,740,902 | £53,966,000 | £62,555,000 | +15.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,259,000 | £1,311,000 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £21,000 | £39,000 | +85.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £372,000 | £334,000 | -10.2% |
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 | 9.9% | 5.2% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | -7.9% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 5.2% | 2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.6% | 77.5% | 84.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 1.16x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.25x | 0.79x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- SOCOTEC UK LIMITED 2017-10-16 → present
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIFICS GROUP LIMITED 2010-04-30 → 2017-10-16
- ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GROUP LIMITED 1995-12-31 → 2010-04-30
- TES BRETBY LIMITED 1994-05-27 → 1995-12-31
- SHELFCO (NO.911) LIMITED 1993-12-14 → 1994-05-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors note that the Company has net assets and expect it to have net assets in the next twelve months and to be able to meet its obligations as they fall due. A letter of support has been signed by our parent company. Therefore, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern assumption in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SOCOTEC UK LIMITED · parent
- SOCOTEC Ireland Limited 100%
- SOCOTEC Asbestos Limited 100%
- Hutton + Rostron Environmental Investigations Limited 100%
- Scientifics Limited 100%
- Aspect Surveys Limited 100%
- Aspect Land and Hydrographic Surveys Limited 100%
- Lloyds Datum Group Limited 100%
- SOCOTEC Monitoring UK Limited 100%
- Impulse Geophysics Limited 100%
- SOCOTEC Building & Real Estate Holdings Limited 100%
- SOCOTEC Building Control Limited 100%
- Butler & Young Consultants Limited 100%
- Trenton Fire Limited 100%
- Socotec Advisory Limited 70%
- Lloyds Datum Limited 100%
- Butler & Young Ireland Limited 100%
- SOCOTEC Forensic Services Limited 100%
- Quadrant Building Compliance Limited 100%
- Vernier Holdings LTD 100%
- Quadrant Building Control Limited 100%
- QAI Services Limited 100%
- Shore Engineering Limited 100%
- Base Quantum Ireland Limited 70%
- IETG Holdings Limited 100%
- IETG Limited 100%
- 40Seven Limited 100%
- United Kingdom Testing & Certification Limited 100%
- Lloyd Acoustics Limited 100%
- Datum Monitoring Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 July 2025, the company acquired 100% of the share capital of United Kingdom Testing & Certification Limited, a fire testing and certification business for the construction industry.”
- “On 4 September 2025 the company acquired 100% of the share capital of Datum Monitoring Limited and Lloyd Acoustics Limited, for cash and accrued deferred consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY, James | Director | 2024-10-14 | Apr 1980 | British |
| GOODWIN, Jason Richard | Director | 2020-03-24 | Sep 1974 | British |
| GOUGH, David | Director | 2021-10-06 | Jul 1968 | British |
| HARPER, Nicholas | Director | 2021-10-06 | Jan 1969 | British |
| HILDICK-SMITH, Richard Anthony | Director | 2024-10-14 | Nov 1986 | British |
| HOLLING, Isabell | Director | 2026-06-01 | Jul 1986 | British |
| MARRIOTT, Matthew Giles Thomas | Director | 2024-10-14 | Aug 1971 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAVE, Paul | Secretary | 2006-04-27 | 2009-07-31 |
| ELLSON, Hilary Myra | Secretary | 1999-09-01 | 2005-11-09 |
| GARRETT, George Martin | Secretary | 1994-03-24 | 1994-05-26 |
| HANDLEY, Peter | Secretary | 1994-10-31 | 1994-12-22 |
| KRISTIANSEN, Lars | Secretary | 2021-10-05 | 2023-01-31 |
| LOUDEN, Nicholas William | Secretary | 2009-07-31 | 2013-06-28 |
| PEARCE, John Harold | Secretary | 1996-01-11 | 1999-09-01 |
| WOOD, Alistair Nicholas | Secretary | 1994-05-26 | 1994-10-31 |
| E P S SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-12-14 | 1994-03-24 |
| MOWLEM SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-09 | 2006-04-27 |
| MOWLEM SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-12-22 | 1996-01-11 |
| BALL, Philip John Henry | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2023-02-24 |
| BOLTER, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2020-04-17 |
| BROWN, Gerald Thornton | Director | 1994-12-22 | 2005-05-31 |
| CAVE, Paul | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2009-07-31 |
| CLAY, David William | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2012-12-31 |
| COEN, Daniel John | Director | 2020-01-16 | 2023-10-31 |
| DETCHEPARE, Nicolas Louis | Director | 2021-03-29 | 2024-10-14 |
| GAINS, Sir John Christopher | Director | 1994-12-22 | 2005-04-22 |
| GARRETT, George Martin | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1994-12-22 |
| HAMMOND, Sarah Louise | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2017-07-25 |
| HASTIE, Robin Barry | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2014-01-28 |
| JENKINS, Robert David | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2002-03-31 |
| LOUDEN, Nicholas William | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2013-06-28 |
| LYNAS, Stephen Charles | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2013-10-31 |
| MACFARLANE, James | Director | 2020-01-16 | 2022-04-30 |
| MAINWARING, Paul Richard | Director | 2005-05-31 | 2006-04-27 |
| MCBRIDE, Richard Anthony | Director | 2008-02-12 | 2010-09-03 |
| MCNAMARA, Michael | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1994-12-22 |
| MOORE, Arthur Harold | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2006-04-27 |
| MURPHY, James Robert | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2020-01-16 |
| POLLARD, Martin Lewis | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1994-05-26 |
| SCARROW, John Arthur | Director | 1994-12-22 | 2003-07-29 |
| SLEETH, Alexander | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2013-06-29 |
| SLEETH, Norman | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| SPARKS, Ian Austin | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2021-03-31 |
| STEPHENSON, David John | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| STEPHENSON, David John | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1994-12-22 |
| SWALES, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2002-06-06 | 2006-05-26 |
| WALLIS, Christopher | Director | 2021-03-12 | 2021-10-31 |
| WALTERS, Nicholas John Cordeaux | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2014-07-14 |
| WARDLE, Alan John | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1994-12-22 |
| WARLOW, David | Director | 1999-11-03 | 2003-07-28 |
| WATSON, David George | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2012-05-11 |
| WATTS, Mark Irvine John | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2007-02-12 |
| WESTON, Mandy | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2012-08-10 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-12-14 | 1994-03-24 |
| MOWLEM MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-05-31 | 2006-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspicio Environmental Services Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 232 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.