SCITECH ENGINEERING LTD
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Cash
£853k
+201.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£4m
-10.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
77
-1.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£455k
+59% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £24,931,796 | £23,802,823 | £20,933,257 | -12.1% | |
| Operating profit | £415,272 | -£1,078,782 | -£434,837 | +59.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £391,010 | -£1,109,635 | -£454,962 | +59% | |
| Net profit | £561,494 | -£693,982 | -£391,463 | +43.6% | |
| Cash | £1,179,499 | £282,582 | £852,762 | +201.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,338,917 | £4,624,642 | £4,091,767 | -11.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,146,606 | £4,438,787 | £3,969,111 | -10.6% | |
| Equity | £5,146,606 | £4,438,787 | £3,969,111 | -10.6% | |
| Average employees | 85 | 78 | 77 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £5,246,364 | £6,687,587 | £5,760,953 | -13.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £455,318 | £663,683 | £591,339 | -10.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £97,793 | £122,393 | £121,293 | -0.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £143,366 | £169,459 | — | — |
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 | 1.7% | -4.5% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | -2.9% | -1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.8% | -23.3% | -10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.7% | 42.5% | 58.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.62x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 5.94x | -19.67x | -15.37x |
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
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above and after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SCITECH ENGINEERING LTD · parent
- Scitech B.V. 100%
- Scitech GmbH 100%
- Scitech Capital Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The acquisition of the wider Scitech group by Ekium on 30 September 2025, and the integration of the UK business into the Ekium engineering platform.”
- “Board's decision in mid 2025 to wind down the Scitech GmbH operation.”
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 | Ceased 2025-09-30 |
| Jean-Pierre Andre Dreau | Individual | 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 127 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.