HENGST FILTRATION UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-02-13
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£431K
+656.4% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£550K
+1,391.4% first positive since 2020
Employees
66
+22.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+1.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-02-13.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £3,510,459 | £7,485,666 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,149,536 | -£1,095,627 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£1,336,115 | -£1,310,422 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,001,098 | -£986,561 | |
| Cash | £7,479 | £102,866 | £209,701 | £77,664 | £56,968 | £430,891 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £260,708 | £1,974,199 | £2,336,307 | £2,010,816 | £1,326,670 | £571,720 | |
| Net assets | -£436,286 | £628,557 | £800,071 | £530,601 | £36,901 | £550,340 | |
| Equity | -£436,286 | £628,557 | £800,071 | £530,601 | £36,901 | £550,340 | |
| Average employees | 32 | 90 | 96 | 62 | 54 | 66 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,483,800 | £1,942,470 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £127,500 | £186,815 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+113.2%
£3,510,459 £7,485,666
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Cash
+656.4%
£56,968 £430,891
highest in 6 filed years
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Net assets
+1,391.4%
£36,901 £550,340
first positive since 2020
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Employees
+22.2%
54 66
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Operating profit
+4.7%
-£1,149,536 -£1,095,627
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Profit before tax
+1.9%
-£1,336,115 -£1,310,422
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Wages
+30.9%
£1,483,800 £1,942,470
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -32.7% | -14.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -28.5% | -13.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -86.6% | -191.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.95x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -6.16x | -5.10x |
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
- HENGST FILTRATION UK LIMITED 2025-12-03 → present
- AIR FILTRATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2013-10-04 → 2025-12-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider the continued support provided by the parent group provides ample liquidity. Accordingly, the Group has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HENGST FILTRATION UK LIMITED · parent
- Medical Filtration Solutions Limited 100%
- Face Mask Technology Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 10 January 2025 Hengst SE, a minority shareholder of Air Filtration Solutions Limited parent company International Filtration Solutions Asia Pte. Ltd, acquired the remaining shares in International Filtration Solutions Asia Pte. Ltd and now controls the group. The new controlling party intend for the group to continue trading.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD, Karl Martin | Director | 2013-10-04 | May 1981 | British |
| SMYTH, Brett | Director | 2025-03-10 | Oct 1978 | British |
| WOOD, Richard Alan | Director | 2020-10-01 | Feb 1985 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Stephen George | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2017-04-18 |
| HORVARTH, Bela Jong | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2020-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jens Röttgering | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2025-01-10 | Active |
| Mr Frederick Ian Wood | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-23 | Ceased 2025-01-10 |
| Exors Of Stephen George Brown Deceased | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-22 |
| Mr Karl Martin Howard | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-22 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-27 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-06-08 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.