ELITE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LTD
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Cash
£5.5M
-20.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+16.5% vs 2024
Employees
187
-11% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5.1M
-20% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,697,341 | £31,530,655 | -22.5% | |
| Operating profit | £6,333,002 | £5,057,670 | -20.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,333,002 | £5,069,392 | -20% | |
| Net profit | £5,130,679 | £4,073,406 | -20.6% | |
| Cash | £6,893,464 | £5,502,000 | -20.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,097,765 | £18,715,928 | +16.3% | |
| Net assets | £15,784,673 | £18,382,272 | +16.5% | |
| Equity | £15,784,673 | £18,382,272 | +16.5% | |
| Average employees | 210 | 187 | -11% | |
| Wages | £5,459,088 | £5,137,354 | -5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £179,303 | £167,067 | -6.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.6% | 16.0% | |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 39.3% | 27.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.23x | 2.61x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ELITE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LTD 2000-01-01 → present
- ROLTECHNIQUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1994-01-04 → 2000-01-01
- LEAF ELECTRONICS LIMITED 1986-03-19 → 1994-01-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO Northern Ireland
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the company's future trading prospects, including cashflow forecasts and future dividend payments to the parent company, the directors are confident that the company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. As such, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “On 27 June 2018 Lonsdale Capital Partners acquired a shareholding in Elite Electronic Systems Holdings Limited. The company is under the control of Lonsdale Capital Partners as of this date.”
- “Mrs C Hussey was appointed as a director on 27 August 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALFOUR, Jonathan Thomas | Director | 2000-07-26 | Jul 1973 | British |
| HUSSEY, Claire Josephine | Director | 2024-08-27 | Jan 1976 | Northern Irish |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALFOUR, Jonathan Thomas | Secretary | 2012-11-05 | 2015-10-27 |
| BALFOUR, Ronald George Alexander | Secretary | 1986-03-19 | 2012-11-05 |
| HALE, Neville | Secretary | 2015-10-27 | 2023-06-01 |
| ALLEN, David William | Director | 1986-03-19 | 2015-12-31 |
| BALFOUR, Ronald George Alexander | Director | 1986-03-19 | 2015-12-31 |
| HALE, Neville Charles | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2023-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Electronic Systems Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.