PCE AUTOMATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-25 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+6.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6M
+0.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
141
+11% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£160K
-111.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,329,057 | £17,379,785 | £14,900,149 | |
| Operating profit | £1,211,912 | £1,346,030 | -£132,595 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,217,291 | £1,355,299 | -£160,136 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,371,065 | £31,834 | |
| Cash | £1,233,635 | £2,272,091 | £2,426,532 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,697,004 | £5,607,863 | £7,463,158 | |
| Net assets | £4,561,595 | £5,485,868 | £5,517,702 | |
| Equity | £4,561,595 | £5,485,868 | £5,517,702 | |
| Average employees | 102 | 127 | 141 | |
| Wages | £3,432,311 | £4,587,812 | £5,358,974 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £299,980 | £451,521 | £443,535 |
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
-14.3%
£17,379,785 £14,900,149
-
Cash
+6.8%
£2,272,091 £2,426,532
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£5,485,868 £5,517,702
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+11%
127 141
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-109.9%
£1,346,030 -£132,595
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-111.8%
£1,355,299 -£160,136
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+16.8%
£4,587,812 £5,358,974
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.1% | 7.7% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.9% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.8% | 24.0% | -1.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.88x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 1902.53x | 546.94x | -3.00x |
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
- PCE AUTOMATION LIMITED 2019-01-08 → present
- P.C.E. AUTOMATION LIMITED 1999-07-06 → 2019-01-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed detailed cash flow forecasts and sensitivities covering the period beyond the date of approval of the financial statements and, having regard to the company's existing banking facilities and ongoing mitigating actions, consider that the company is well positioned to meet its obligations as they fall due.”
Group structure
- PCE AUTOMATION LIMITED · parent
- DB Automation Limited 100%
- Adapt Engineering Limited 100%
- Olmec UK Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Harry Alexander | Director | 2022-02-03 | Feb 1996 | British |
| COOK, James Bryan | Director | 1999-07-06 | Apr 1971 | British |
| COOK, Oliver Joe | Director | 2024-05-17 | May 1999 | British |
| GREGORY, Keith | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jun 1942 | British |
| NOLLOTH, David William | Director | 2016-04-01 | Nov 1979 | British |
| POUNDER, Robert Philip | Director | 2024-10-29 | Aug 1978 | British |
| WIGLEY, Shaun Adrian | Director | 2023-01-23 | Aug 1984 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Terrence Michael | Secretary | 1999-07-06 | 2016-03-15 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-07-06 | 1999-07-06 |
| COOK, Gary Ernest | Director | 1999-07-06 | 2017-06-08 |
| COOK, Sarah Louise | Director | 2017-06-08 | 2024-02-27 |
| COOK, Terrence Michael | Director | 1999-07-06 | 2016-03-15 |
| CULLEN, David Andrew | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2019-09-23 |
| PARKER, Nicholas | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2026-01-15 |
| UTTING, Peter Andrew | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-12-23 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-07-06 | 1999-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pce Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-06-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.