HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITED
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Cash
£2k
-33.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£148m
+11.9% vs 2024
Employees
498
+5.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£13m
+44.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £268,306,000 | £301,179,000 | £263,278,000 | -12.6% | |
| Operating profit | £11,234,000 | £25,703,000 | £11,705,000 | -54.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,382,000 | £9,278,000 | £13,381,000 | +44.2% | |
| Net profit | £14,069,000 | £7,513,000 | £12,014,000 | +59.9% | |
| Cash | £3,000 | £3,000 | £2,000 | -33.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £200,993,000 | — | £154,484,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £196,468,000 | £132,337,000 | £148,102,000 | +11.9% | |
| Equity | £196,468,000 | £132,337,000 | £148,102,000 | +11.9% | |
| Average employees | 472 | 473 | 498 | +5.3% | |
| Wages | £22,229,000 | £22,841,000 | £29,836,000 | +30.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £810,000 | £785,000 | £515,000 | -34.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,000 | £26,300 | £48,200 | +83.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £473,000 | £318,000 | £198,000 | -37.7% |
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 | 4.2% | 8.5% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 2.5% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | — | 7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.1% | 24.9% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.02x | 2.98x | 3.65x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITED 1996-03-01 → present
- COMPOSITE MATERIALS LIMITED 1995-07-10 → 1996-03-01
- EUROMATERIALS LIMITED 1995-07-04 → 1995-07-10
- INHOCO 417 LIMITED 1995-06-19 → 1995-07-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITED · parent
- Hexcel Reinforcements UK Limited 100%
- Hexcel Composites Pension Trustees Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHUMEJDA, Lauren | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | — | — |
| BRAYLE, Lilian Regis | Director | 2025-10-20 | Dec 1967 | French,Australian |
| COMERY, James Antony | Director | 2025-05-16 | Jul 1969 | British |
| HOWARD, Neil Peter | Director | 2024-05-23 | Sep 1966 | British |
| LEHMAN, Gail Eileen | Director | 2017-01-18 | Aug 1959 | American |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAYDON, Ian | Secretary | 2016-10-04 | 2019-04-18 |
| POTTER, Terra | Secretary | 2020-04-29 | 2024-10-31 |
| STEWART, Ian Edmund Ferguson | Secretary | 1995-07-03 | 1995-07-13 |
| WEIN, Steven | Secretary | 2019-05-08 | 2020-04-29 |
| YOUNG, Peter Thomas Anthony | Secretary | 1995-07-13 | 2016-04-07 |
| A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-06-19 | 1995-07-03 |
| BRACKIN, Timothy John, Mr. | Director | 2016-07-25 | 2025-06-03 |
| BREWER, John Anthony | Director | 1995-07-04 | 1996-03-29 |
| FORSYTH, Stephen Caton | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2007-04-27 |
| HABERMEIER, Juergen | Director | 1996-03-01 | 1998-01-31 |
| HUNT, William | Director | 1995-07-03 | 2009-04-01 |
| JENKS, Rodney Phillips, Jnr | Director | 1996-03-01 | 1997-02-28 |
| KERR, Bryan George | Director | 1995-07-03 | 1996-03-29 |
| KRAKOWER, Ira Jay | Director | 1997-02-28 | 2017-01-03 |
| MACKENZIE, Paul Dominic | Director | 2013-07-02 | 2024-05-21 |
| MANSER, John | Director | 1995-07-04 | 1996-02-23 |
| MERLOT, Thierry Philippe | Director | 2013-07-02 | 2025-10-15 |
| PENSKY, Wayne Charles | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2017-09-11 |
| PRESTON, Sabine | Director | 1995-07-04 | 1996-02-23 |
| STEWART, Ian Edmund Ferguson | Director | 1995-07-03 | 1995-07-13 |
| WINTERLICH, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| YOUNG, Peter Thomas Anthony | Director | 1997-02-28 | 2016-04-07 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-06-19 | 1995-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexcel Overseas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-11-29 | Active |
| Hexcel Research Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-09-16 | Ceased 2024-11-29 |
| Hexcel Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.