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Cash

£494k

+22.3% vs 2024

Net assets

-£89m

-2.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

103

-7.2% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£2.2m

+55.6% highest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £3,900,112£8,057,171£6,865,321 -14.8%
Operating profit -£6,655,624-£5,635,252-£2,673,013 +52.6%
Profit before tax -£8,008,521-£4,918,233-£2,182,146 +55.6%
Net profit -£7,744,991-£4,815,030-£1,698,473 +64.7%
Cash £797,373£403,526£493,696 +22.3%
Total assets less current liabilities -£81,884,476-£86,523,461— —
Net assets -£82,373,271-£87,209,116-£89,013,269 -2.1%
Equity ——— —
Average employees 115111103 -7.2%
Wages £6,108,610£5,098,999£4,955,383 -2.8%
Directors' remuneration £291,137£302,990£260,902 -13.9%
Directors' pension contributions £31,445£20,854£18,934 -9.2%
Highest paid director £234,800£261,001£260,902 0%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -170.7%-69.9%-38.9%
Net margin -198.6%-59.8%-24.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 1027.3%1382.0%1450.8%
Current ratio 0.06x0.04x0.04x
Interest cover -12.57x-10.56x-5.03x

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

  1. PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED 2009-04-14 → present
  2. ELECTRIC MOTOR WORKS LIMITED 2008-11-12 → 2009-04-14

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
UHY Hacker Young
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Material uncertainty disclosed

“Despite concluding it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on the going concern basis, the Directors recognise that the wider group support is not a formal legal commitment, and consequently a material uncertainty exists, as explained further in Note 1.”

Group structure

  1. PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED · parent
    1. Protean Electric (Tianjin) Co. Ltd 100% · China · design and development of electric In-Wheel motors

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
WHITEHEAD, Andrew John Graham Secretary 2024-02-29 — —
FUJIOKA, Keisuke Director 2026-03-02 Aug 1972 Japanese
HIROSE, Yuzuru Director 2026-03-02 Feb 1972 Japanese
HONJO, Hisashi Director 2026-03-02 Aug 1963 Japanese
KAWAHARA, Yuki Director 2026-03-02 Mar 1974 Japanese
KUME, Kohsuke Director 2026-03-02 Oct 1979 Japanese
TOYOHARA, Hiroshi Director 2026-03-02 Aug 1962 Japanese
WHITEHEAD, Andrew John Graham Director 2016-04-26 Nov 1978 British
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DRUMMOND, Andrew Robert Secretary 2022-05-05 2023-08-22
NICHOLSON, Ian John Secretary 2023-08-22 2024-02-29
RICH, Nicholas Simon James Secretary 2009-05-13 2022-05-05
AHMED, Iftikar Ali Director 2008-11-12 2009-05-13
BOYNER, Osman Feyzi Director 2022-11-03 2026-03-02
DRUMMOND, Andrew Robert Director 2022-05-05 2023-10-24
MEYER, Jonathan Richard Director 2009-05-13 2011-11-21
NICHOLSON, Ian John Director 2023-08-10 2024-02-29
PURCELL JR, Robert Carl Director 2013-01-30 2013-10-04
RICH, Nicholas Simon James Director 2009-05-13 2022-05-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Exedy Corporation Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2026-03-02 Active
Bd Auto And Energy Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2021-10-20 Ceased 2026-03-02
Mr Ka Yan Hui Individual Shares 25–50% 2019-06-03 Ceased 2021-10-20
Mr Kai Johan Jiang Individual Shares 25–50% 2019-06-03 Ceased 2020-08-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 131 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2026-03-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2026-03-13 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-08-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-03-19 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current extended PDF
2026-03-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-13 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2026-03-13 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2026-03-06 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-03-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-05 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-03-05 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2026-03-04 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-02-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-11-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-11-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
17

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
6

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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