KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
+3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£169m
-6.9% vs 2024
Employees
495
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£17m
-40.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £185,717,000 | £157,490,000 | £158,721,000 | +0.8% | |
| Operating profit | £16,327,000 | £21,438,000 | £16,520,000 | -22.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £18,728,000 | £28,843,000 | £17,110,000 | -40.7% | |
| Net profit | £24,434,000 | £29,937,000 | £16,231,000 | -45.8% | |
| Cash | £21,193,000 | £9,778,000 | £10,120,000 | +3.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £157,133,000 | £193,634,000 | £181,441,000 | -6.3% | |
| Net assets | £145,945,000 | £181,682,000 | £169,161,000 | -6.9% | |
| Equity | £145,945,000 | £181,682,000 | £169,161,000 | -6.9% | |
| Average employees | 562 | 512 | 495 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £37,724,000 | £34,826,000 | £35,706,000 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £541,000 | £653,000 | £628,000 | -3.8% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 13.6% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 19.0% | 10.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 11.1% | 9.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.2% | 18.0% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.14x | 3.83x | 3.34x | |
| Interest cover | 29.00x | 67.63x | 97.75x |
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
- KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED 2014-08-01 → present
- AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED 1999-07-29 → 2014-08-01
- HEWLETT-PACKARD MEASUREMENT UK LIMITED 1999-07-20 → 1999-07-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following consideration of current profitability, the strength of the current financial position and the financial projections, the directors have concluded that the Company will have adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months following the approval of the financial statements. As such the accounts are presented on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED · parent
- Libra (Syscom) Limited 100%
- Anite Limited 100%
- Keysight Technologies Sales Spain S.L 100%
- Reilrop B.V. 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2025, the business activities of ESI UK Limited (trade, assets, liabilities and staff) were sold to the Company under a Business Transfer Agreement for consideration of £9,949,000 to form part of ongoing operations of the Company under the standard Keysight operating model.”
- “On 15 October 2025 Keysight Technologies, Inc., acquired 100% of the share capital of Spirent Communications Plc ("Spirent") a UK listed company.”
- “On 1 June 2026, the field sales business of Spirent (trade, assets, liabilities and staff) were sold to the Company under a Business Transfer Agreement for nominal consideration of £1, equating to the fair value of the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERICSON, Simon Anthony | Secretary | 2025-10-04 | — | — |
| ROY, Paul Ian | Director | 2019-02-25 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Gareth Brinley | Director | 2024-04-30 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWN, Christopher Michael | Secretary | 1999-07-20 | 1999-08-19 |
| HEAD, Thomas William Raleigh | Secretary | 1999-07-20 | 1999-08-19 |
| SIMPSON, Robert Laver | Secretary | 1999-08-19 | 2009-10-31 |
| BILLETT, James Geoffrey | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2018-07-20 |
| DAVIES, Charles Howard | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2014-08-04 |
| GOURLAY, Paul George | Director | 2006-10-09 | 2014-08-04 |
| JOHNSON, Nicholas | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| JUSKIE, Joann | Director | 2019-10-18 | 2025-10-02 |
| MACKIE, Yvonne Margaret | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2014-01-24 |
| MACNAUGHTON, Roy Blair | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2018-09-28 |
| REES, Neil Watkin | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2014-08-04 |
| RENNIE, Christopher Michael George | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2019-10-18 |
| STEWART, James | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2004-07-31 |
| TRIM, Christopher | Director | 2018-07-20 | 2024-04-30 |
| WHITE, Thomas Edward | Director | 1999-07-20 | 2006-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keysight Technologies Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-10-18 | Active |
| Keysight Technologies, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-06-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-06-01 | 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
- 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.