AVON TECHNOLOGIES PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-12 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
13,400,000
-4.3% vs 2024
Net assets
166,700,000
+2.7% vs 2024
Employees
911
-0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
13,100,000
+469.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-07-30
- AVON TECHNOLOGIES PLC 2024-07-30 → present
- AVON PROTECTION PLC 2021-07-12 → 2024-07-30
- AVON RUBBER P.L.C. 1890-12-23 → 2021-07-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £275,000,000 | £313,900,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,700,000 | £19,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,300,000 | £13,100,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,000,000 | £10,300,000 | |
| Cash | £14,000,000 | £13,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £263,500,000 | £264,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £162,300,000 | £166,700,000 | |
| Equity | £162,300,000 | £166,700,000 | |
| Average employees | 915 | 911 | |
| Wages | £71,300,000 | £76,300,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.1% | 47.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 2.39x | |
| Interest cover | 1.27x | 3.15x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis... The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements ('the going concern period').”
Group structure
- AVON TECHNOLOGIES PLC · parent
- Avon Polymer Products Limited 100%
- Avon Protection Holdings Limited 100%
- Avon Rubber Pension Trust Limited 100%
- Avon Protection US, Inc. 100%
- Avon Rubber & Plastics, Inc. 100%
- Ceradyne LLC 100%
- Team Wendy LLC 100%
- Avon Protection Limited 100%
- Avon Protection UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “FY25 was a standout year. We delivered a 14% uplift in revenue and drove adjusted EPS over 30% higher.”
- “Order book strong performance led by £45m with well-diversified demand across customers and product lines.”
- “Dividends were $7.2m (2024: $5.8m). Our first priorities remain organic investment into R&D and transformation followed by a progressive dividend.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLAND, Zoe Elizabeth | Secretary | 2024-12-02 | — | — |
| BRERETON, Magdalene Sarah | Director | 2024-04-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| CASHIN, Richard John | Director | 2022-03-31 | Dec 1975 | British |
| CHAVEZ, Victor Manuel | Director | 2020-12-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| FOYLE, Bindi Jayantilal Jivraj | Director | 2020-05-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
| SCLATER, Mark Josceline | Director | 2023-01-16 | Nov 1972 | British |
| THOMPSON, Bruce Mckenzie | Director | 2020-03-01 | Apr 1955 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRBAIRN, Peter John | Secretary | 2003-01-01 | 2007-09-30 |
| INGREY-COUNTER, Miles | Secretary | 2007-10-01 | 2024-12-02 |
| MARTIN, Christopher Leonard | Secretary | — | 2002-12-31 |
| BARTELS, Detlev | Director | 2002-05-14 | 2004-06-30 |
| BONNER, Trevor Courtnay | Director | 1994-09-05 | 2007-01-25 |
| CARSON, Neil Andrew Patrick | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2005-01-20 |
| CUTTS, John William | Director | 1997-06-01 | 1999-01-12 |
| DUCKWORTH, Brian | Director | 2002-05-14 | 2007-11-30 |
| EVANS, David Roger | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2020-12-02 |
| FARNHAM, Barry Owen Somerset, Lord | Director | — | 1997-01-22 |
| FISHER, Peter Maurice | Director | — | 1994-02-07 |
| HARPER, John Sidney | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| HUDSON, Derek John | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| HUNT, Roger | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2002-11-30 |
| KEVETH, Nicholas James | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| KING, Christopher Philip | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2001-02-07 |
| LEWIS, Andrew Gregory | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2016-11-30 |
| MCDONALD, Paul Anthony | Director | 2017-02-15 | 2022-09-30 |
| MCPHIE, Iain Allan Hamish | Director | 1995-10-02 | 1999-01-20 |
| MILNE, John Drummond, Sir | Director | — | 1995-02-06 |
| MITCHARD, Anthony Keith | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| NEEDHAM, Richard Francis, Sir | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2013-02-07 |
| PINCKARD, John Moore | Director | — | 1997-01-22 |
| PIRIE, Stella Jane | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2015-01-29 |
| PONSONBY, Chloe Patricia, Lady | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| PRIESTLEY, George Thomas Eric | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2006-01-19 |
| RAYNER, Paul Adrian | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2017-06-01 |
| RENNIE, Robert Sangster | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2017-02-15 |
| RICHARDS, Leland Jon | Director | 2001-09-04 | 2005-07-21 |
| SAMARDICH, Donald Charles | Director | 1993-12-10 | 1997-12-31 |
| SLABBERT, Peter Charles | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| STACEY, Brian | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| STEAD, Terence Keith Parsons | Director | 1998-10-05 | 2008-09-08 |
| STONE, Stephen John | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| VERVAAT, Petrus Rudolf Maria | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2021-01-29 |
| WILLCOX, Stephen Joseph | Director | — | 2005-09-30 |
| WOOD, Richard Kenneth | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2016-01-26 |
| WOOLLEY, John Moger | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1996-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 435 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-02-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-02-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+14.1%
£275,000,000 £313,900,000
-
Cash
-4.3%
£14,000,000 £13,400,000
-
Net assets
+2.7%
£162,300,000 £166,700,000
-
Employees
-0.4%
915 911
-
Operating profit
+79.4%
£10,700,000 £19,200,000
-
Profit before tax
+469.6%
£2,300,000 £13,100,000
-
Wages
+7%
£71,300,000 £76,300,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers