SCITECH ENGINEERING LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2025-12-30
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£283K
-76% lowest in 7 filed years
Net assets
£4M
-13.8% vs 2023
Employees
81
-4.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-383.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2025-12-30.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £24,931,796 | £23,802,821 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £415,272 | -£1,078,772 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £391,010 | -£1,109,635 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £432,750 | — | — | £561,494 | -£693,982 | |
| Cash | £1,060,741 | £2,185,064 | £2,222,043 | £3,267,562 | £4,570,058 | £1,179,499 | £282,582 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £5,338,917 | £4,624,642 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £4,002,273 | — | — | £5,146,606 | £4,438,787 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £3,768,187 | £4,279,830 | £5,146,606 | £4,438,787 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 76 | — | — | 85 | 81 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,014,128 | — | — | £5,246,364 | £6,465,951 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £455,318 | £524,324 |
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
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Turnover
-4.5%
£24,931,796 £23,802,821
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Cash
-76%
£1,179,499 £282,582
lowest in 7 filed years
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Net assets
-13.8%
£5,146,606 £4,438,787
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Employees
-4.7%
85 81
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Operating profit
-359.8%
£415,272 -£1,078,772
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Profit before tax
-383.8%
£391,010 -£1,109,635
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Wages
+23.2%
£5,246,364 £6,465,951
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.7% | -4.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 7.8% | -23.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 45.7% | 42.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.64x | 1.62x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 5.94x | -19.67x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Alliotts LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SCITECH ENGINEERING LTD · parent
- Scitech BV 100%
- Scitech GmbH 80%
Significant events
- “The workforce was right sized to align with the current order book, including two targeted redundancy tranches during 2024. This resulted in a one-off cost of £209k, aimed at reducing ongoing costs and improving utilisation in 2025.”
- “During the latter part of 2024, the decision was made to invest and transition to a new ERP system to improve business efficiencies and reporting.”
- “In January 2025 an experienced CFO was appointed to support the business transformation and the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWELL, Daniel Mark | Secretary | 2025-04-14 | — | — |
| DAWAS, Emma Catherine | Director | 2024-01-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| GRANT, David Ian | Director | 2012-02-27 | Sep 1964 | British |
| HOWARD, Simon Andrew | Director | 2022-06-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| PARKS, Colin Keith | Director | 2012-02-27 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMBEN, Nichola Jane | Secretary | 2021-09-16 | 2025-04-14 |
| DOCKERY, Michael | Secretary | 2001-12-17 | 2003-05-16 |
| THOMPSON, Neil Alan | Secretary | 2003-05-16 | 2021-09-16 |
| INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-12-17 | 2002-01-28 |
| DOCKERY, Michael | Director | 2001-12-17 | 2004-09-27 |
| FRANKLAND, Richard Allen | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2017-09-26 |
| JACKSON, David Frank | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2023-04-27 |
| JANSSENSWILLEN, Paul Henry | Director | 2002-04-29 | 2010-06-15 |
| NEWELL, Daniel Mark | Director | 2020-03-09 | 2024-05-31 |
| THOMPSON, Neil Alan | Director | 2010-10-25 | 2021-12-08 |
| INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-12-17 | 2002-01-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekium Group | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-30 | Active |
| Scitech Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-15 CC02 Notice removal restriction on company articles
- 2025-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-01 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-15 | CC02 | change-of-constitution | Notice removal restriction on company articles | |
| 2025-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-30 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.