THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+52.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£27m
+15.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
967
+1.3% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£3.9m
+61.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £98,560,000 | £103,900,000 | £112,659,000 | +8.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,230,000 | £2,607,000 | £3,903,000 | +49.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,001,000 | £2,437,000 | £3,939,000 | +61.6% | |
| Net profit | £667,000 | £1,174,000 | £3,526,000 | +200.3% | |
| Cash | £4,691,000 | £9,903,000 | £15,079,000 | +52.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £92,323,000 | £92,664,000 | £96,271,000 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £22,139,000 | £23,313,000 | £26,839,000 | +15.1% | |
| Equity | £22,139,000 | £23,313,000 | £26,839,000 | +15.1% | |
| Average employees | 973 | 955 | 967 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | £49,002,000 | £51,155,000 | £53,942,000 | +5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,070,000 | £1,050,000 | £1,338,000 | +27.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £48,000 | £63,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £337,000 | £335,000 | £515,000 | +53.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 1.1% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 2.8% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.0% | 83.0% | 81.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 1.02x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 9.74x | 15.34x | 34.24x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate for the reasons set out herein.”
Group structure
- THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED · parent
- MTC Operations Limited 100%
- MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre) Training Limited 100%
- Business Launch Centre Limited 100%
- MTC OPCO1 Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, Nicole Dominique | Secretary | 2025-11-27 | — | — |
| CONWAY, Paul, Prof. | Director | 2023-02-22 | Aug 1965 | British |
| ENGEL, Natascha | Director | 2025-11-27 | Apr 1967 | British |
| ENGLISH, Rachel June | Director | 2023-05-24 | Apr 1962 | British |
| EVANS, Jonathan | Director | 2024-05-16 | Nov 1967 | British |
| HICKMAN, Clive, Dr | Director | 2012-05-28 | Nov 1954 | British |
| HOARE, Graham Russel, Dr | Director | 2023-03-31 | Feb 1966 | British |
| JOESBURY, Ian | Director | 2022-08-16 | Sep 1962 | British |
| MONKS, Paul Steven, Professor | Director | 2025-11-27 | May 1967 | British |
| O'REILLY, Rachel Kerry | Director | 2025-11-27 | Jun 1977 | British |
| RODDEN, Thomas Anthony, Professor | Director | 2026-09-10 | Dec 1962 | British |
| SMITH, Gregg Edward, Mr. | Director | 2024-05-16 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Adrian James | Secretary | 2017-05-05 | 2022-06-30 |
| DAWKINS, Richard Victor Michael | Secretary | 2009-03-16 | 2010-08-19 |
| GOVINDASAMY, Kumaraguruparan | Secretary | 2022-07-04 | 2023-10-24 |
| NICHOLLS, Leigh | Secretary | 2012-01-04 | 2015-04-15 |
| SIDDORN, Bruce John | Secretary | 2015-04-15 | 2017-03-14 |
| THUMPSTON, Mark Charles | Secretary | 2023-10-24 | 2025-11-27 |
| WHITE, Keith Alan | Secretary | 2010-08-19 | 2012-01-04 |
| HAMMONDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-02-10 | 2009-03-16 |
| BROWN, David Martin, Sir | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2021-08-08 |
| CLARKE, Heather Ann | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| COOPER, Adrian James | Director | 2016-09-02 | 2022-06-30 |
| CROSSLEY, Peter Mortimer | Director | 2009-02-10 | 2009-03-16 |
| DICKENS, Philip Michael, Professor | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2010-01-25 |
| EWELL, Melvyn | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| GOVINDASAMY, Kumaraguruparan | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2023-10-24 |
| HAWKEN, Anthony John | Director | 2016-01-18 | 2016-08-01 |
| JARVIS, Stephen Andrew, Professor | Director | 2023-02-22 | 2025-10-16 |
| JOHN, Robert | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2010-12-10 |
| JONES, Timothy Simon, Professor | Director | 2020-04-30 | 2023-02-22 |
| KHALID, Aamir | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2018-03-01 |
| LONG, Andrew Craig, Professor | Director | 2013-03-22 | 2018-11-22 |
| MORGAN, Terence Keith, Sir | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2016-09-30 |
| NEX, Christopher Paul | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2024-03-08 |
| OAKLEY, Peter John | Director | 2010-12-10 | 2013-06-01 |
| PARKIN, Robert, Professor | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2014-09-26 |
| PETTS, Judith Irene | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2009-07-17 |
| RATCHEV, Svetan Marin, Prof | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2026-09-10 |
| ROTHBERG, Steven Joseph, Professor | Director | 2014-09-26 | 2023-02-22 |
| ROTHBERG, Steven Joseph, Professor | Director | 2010-01-22 | 2010-12-10 |
| RUDD, Christopher Douglas, Professor | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2013-03-22 |
| SANDERSON, Victoria Jane | Director | 2018-03-19 | 2025-06-30 |
| SCHOFIELD, Andrew John, Professor | Director | 2015-09-25 | 2020-04-30 |
| SPINKS, Stephen William | Director | 2010-12-10 | 2011-04-20 |
| STEPHENS, Andrew Paul | Director | 2016-05-27 | 2019-11-21 |
| STEPHENSON, James Alexander | Director | 2011-12-06 | 2019-10-01 |
| UNITT, Andrew Vaughan | Director | 2015-09-25 | 2016-07-31 |
| WEATHERILL, Nigel Peter, Prof | Director | 2009-07-17 | 2011-06-24 |
| WEBB, Doug | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2023-05-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Andrew, Professor | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2015-07-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Robin George Walton | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-03-06 |
| HAMMONDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-02-10 | 2009-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University Of Birmingham | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-19 | Active |
| Loughborough University | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-19 | Active |
| The University Of Nottingham | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.