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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2025-09-29

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-10 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-27

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-26.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£3M

-12% vs 2024

Employees

95

+10.5% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

-£478K

-117.8% lowest in 4 filed years

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-29

Metric Trend 2020-03-312021-09-292022-09-292023-09-292024-09-292025-09-29
Turnover £2,489,391£3,717,872£7,940,207£5,172,193
Operating profit -£11,539£168,534£2,754,063-£363,397
Profit before tax -£11,539£147,587£2,676,121-£477,638
Net profit £15,821£66,684£2,010,670-£233,108
Cash £228,490£281,615£2,008,710£1,484,176
Total assets less current liabilities £533,525£627,607£4,072,061£3,469,383
Net assets £378,866£445,550£3,017,764£2,654,657
Equity £378,866£445,550£3,017,764£2,654,657
Average employees 52708695
Wages
Directors' remuneration

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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-29 vs 2024-09-29

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 2020-03-312021-09-292022-09-292023-09-292024-09-292025-09-29
Operating margin -0.5%4.5%34.7%-7.0%
Net margin 0.6%1.8%25.3%-4.5%
Return on capital employed -2.2%26.9%67.6%-10.5%
Current ratio 2.74x4.14x
Interest cover 8.05x35.33x-3.18x

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. THE TESTING LAB PLC 2020-09-16 → present
  2. THE TESTING LAB LIMITED 2010-08-20 → 2020-09-16

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Henton & Co LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. THE TESTING LAB PLC · parent
    1. UK Analytical Limited 100% · England and Wales

Significant events

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

People

9 active · 12 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
APPLEYARD, Mark Secretary 2020-03-31
BEASTALL, Mark Director 2024-11-06 May 1971 British
LISTER, Michael James Director 2024-11-06 Dec 1969 English
PADDISON, David Leslie Director 2024-11-06 Nov 1962 English
SUMMERS, Maria Director 2024-11-06 Aug 1983 British
SWINBOURNE, Sean Abraham Director 2017-12-22 May 1967 British
THOMAS, Dave Director 2024-11-06 May 1985 British
THOMAS, Peter James Frank Director 2017-07-28 Feb 1961 British
TOWILL, Lee Barry Director 2024-11-06 Oct 1983 British
Show 12 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRANSTON, Kirstee-Leigh Gwendolen Director 2024-11-06 2025-05-31
BROWN, Robert William Director 2024-11-06 2026-02-24
CARTER, Maria Director 2017-12-22 2020-03-20
CARTER, Maria Director 2017-07-28 2017-12-22
JONES, Daniel Director 2017-12-22 2018-07-02
JONES, Daniel Director 2017-07-28 2017-07-28
MANNING, Helen Director 2017-12-22 2021-10-01
MANNING, Helen Director 2017-07-28 2017-12-22
SWINBOURNE, Sean Abraham Director 2017-07-28 2017-12-22
THOMAS, Karin Director 2022-05-25 2023-09-18
THOMAS, Karin Director 2012-07-23 2017-12-22
THOMAS, Peter James Frank Director 2010-08-20 2012-07-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Peter James Frank Thomas Individual Shares 75–100% 2017-07-28 Active
Ms Karin Thomas Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-08-09 Ceased 2019-01-23

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 96 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-04-18 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-03-29 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current shortened PDF
2026-03-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-09-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-06-18 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-11-13 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2024-11-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

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

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