TECAN LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
+27% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.2m
+6.6% vs 2024
Employees
88
-7.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£30k
+106.7% first positive since 2024
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 | £9,641,143 | £7,817,768 | £8,867,653 | +13.4% | |
| Operating profit | £725,762 | -£467,862 | -£2,512 | +99.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £739,178 | -£449,102 | £30,064 | +106.7% | |
| Net profit | £586,815 | -£487,924 | £318,166 | +165.2% | |
| Cash | £2,510,268 | £1,751,886 | £2,225,082 | +27% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,751,653 | £5,306,172 | £5,511,094 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £5,321,352 | £4,833,428 | £5,151,594 | +6.6% | |
| Equity | £5,321,352 | £4,833,428 | £5,151,594 | +6.6% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 95 | 88 | -7.4% | |
| Wages | £2,926,387 | £2,924,135 | £3,061,971 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £115,283 | £185,421 | £312,985 | +68.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £56,559 | £60,638 | £59,369 | -2.1% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £185,421 | £217,737 | +17.4% |
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 | 7.5% | -6.0% | -0.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | -6.2% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | -8.8% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.2% | 21.8% | 21.5% | |
| Current ratio | 4.27x | 4.69x | 4.56x |
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
- TECAN LIMITED 2009-01-30 → present
- P L CANE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2008-10-29 → 2009-01-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the signing of these Financial Statements... and as such have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company has gone through a reorganisation process and revised strategy during the year, resulting in an improved financial performance”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKTON, Anthony George | Director | 2025-04-18 | Oct 1966 | British |
| REIJERINK, Erwin Johannes Jantinus | Director | 2025-06-03 | Jul 1964 | Dutch |
| VREE, Christiaan Johannes De | Director | 2023-07-14 | Mar 1983 | Dutch |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-10-29 | 2008-10-29 |
| AITKEN, Scott | Director | 2010-12-14 | 2016-09-01 |
| BARENDSE, Michiel Antonius Carolus | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2024-11-30 |
| CANE, Paul Lionel | Director | 2008-10-29 | 2009-01-28 |
| GROGAN, William Kevin | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2023-09-15 |
| JOUSTRA, Dick | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2012-04-04 |
| KAHAN, Barbara | Director | 2008-10-29 | 2008-10-29 |
| KHANDELWAL, Abhishek | Director | 2024-11-30 | 2025-05-30 |
| MYSZAK, Jenna | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2025-12-12 |
| NUESINK, Dick Johan | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2023-07-01 |
| PRYBYLSKI, Bret Alan | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2023-11-09 |
| VAN DIERENDONCK, Gerard | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2009-11-01 |
| WALKER, Neil Jonathan | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2025-04-30 |
| MUON B.V. | Corporate Director | 2019-06-13 | 2022-12-16 |
| SPG PRINTS BV | Corporate Director | 2012-04-04 | 2018-03-05 |
| VECO B.V. | Corporate Director | 2018-03-05 | 2019-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idex Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-18 | Active |
| Muon Bv | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2019-06-13 | Ceased 2022-11-18 |
| Veco B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-05 | Ceased 2022-11-18 |
| Spg Prints Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-10-21 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.