WELWYN COMPONENTS LIMITED
Get an alert when WELWYN COMPONENTS LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12M
+25.9% vs 2023
Employees
357
-4.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-26.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors assessed the Group's going concern ability on 8 April 2025 and disclosed that geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, current trading performance, and low headroom over financial covenants constitute a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and may affect the Company.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WELWYN COMPONENTS LIMITED 1991-01-07 → present
- EBONESTOS INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1920-01-06 → 1991-01-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,555,000 | £50,972,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,809,000 | £2,787,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,803,000 | £2,787,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,738,000 | £2,672,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,322,000 | £12,977,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,874,000 | £12,428,000 | |
| Equity | £9,874,000 | £12,428,000 | |
| Average employees | 374 | 357 | |
| Wages | £13,227,000 | £13,713,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.9% | 21.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 0.82x | |
| Interest cover | 634.83x | — |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors assessed the Group's going concern ability on 8 April 2025 and disclosed that geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, current trading performance, and low headroom over financial covenants constitute a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and may affect the Company.”
Significant events
- “Revenue was 6.6% lower than 2023, driven by reduced demand for resistors products.”
- “Further investment of £1,283,000 in equipment and site enhancements took place in 2024 (2023: £1,888,000).”
- “Manufacturing activity increased due to additional customer demand... the drop off in demand for resistors products is leading to a reduction in revenue from resistor products, particularly the factored product lines.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKLEY, Ian | Secretary | 2023-09-20 | — | — |
| BAIRD-HALL, Heather | Director | 2022-03-31 | Oct 1971 | British |
| COUCHMAN, Thomas Charles | Director | 2024-05-28 | Nov 1979 | British |
| RELPH, Robert James | Director | 2024-05-28 | Feb 1984 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Secretary | 2013-01-30 | 2023-09-20 |
| LEIGH, Martin Graham | Secretary | — | 2006-12-01 |
| SHARP, Wendy Jill | Secretary | 2006-12-01 | 2013-01-30 |
| BLACKSHAW, Trevor | Director | 1996-05-02 | 1998-10-26 |
| BRICE, Nigel Antony | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2006-12-01 |
| BURKARD, Scott Alan | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2022-03-31 |
| CHANDLER, Lauri Ann | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2017-12-20 |
| COMONTE, Sheridan Willoughby Austell | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1996-05-02 |
| DAVIS, Paul | Director | 2001-06-22 | 2001-08-31 |
| ECCLESHALL, Leslie Michael | Director | 1998-12-21 | 2001-04-02 |
| EPHGRAVE, Alan David | Director | 2019-07-10 | 2019-11-30 |
| FELLOWS, David Paul | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2024-04-12 |
| FLETCHER, Robert Alan | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2010-01-31 |
| GRAHAM, John | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2010-05-18 |
| HAMMOUD, Billal Mustapha | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2013-04-17 |
| HIRST, Andrew John | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2006-12-01 |
| HUDSON, Walter | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1999-04-06 |
| JOLLIFFE, Andrew Kenneth | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2009-06-25 |
| JUDE, Anthony | Director | 1991-02-07 | 2001-05-31 |
| MATHER, Stephen John | Director | 2019-07-10 | 2020-07-31 |
| MILLARD, Guy Paul | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| MOORE, Patrick William Henry | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1995-10-27 |
| MORSE, Robert John | Director | 2003-07-28 | 2004-11-26 |
| MYCOCK, Gareth Jon | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2016-12-31 |
| O'NEILL, Michael | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2024-05-28 |
| PETERS, Barry | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2022-03-31 |
| PLANK, Bernhard | Director | 1996-04-22 | 2006-12-01 |
| REARDON SMITH, Jonathan Owen | Director | 2005-05-09 | 2008-08-21 |
| ROBERTS, Timothy Hal | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-07-10 |
| SAVAGE, Alban Peter | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2005-03-31 |
| SKIPPER, Adrian Charles | Director | 2003-07-28 | 2008-10-31 |
| TALLACK, John Livingston | Director | 1995-07-28 | 1999-12-14 |
| THOMPSON, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2006-01-30 | 2008-07-15 |
| WALKER, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2016-12-31 |
| WARD, Stephen | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1998-12-21 |
| WATSON, Alan Roy | Director | — | 2001-11-01 |
| WINTER, David John | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2009-06-25 |
| YOUNG, Keith | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2004-12-01 |
| YOUNG, Keith | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1998-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tt Electronics Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 231 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-6.6%
£54,555,000 £50,972,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+25.9%
£9,874,000 £12,428,000
-
Employees
-4.5%
374 357
-
Operating profit
-26.8%
£3,809,000 £2,787,000
-
Profit before tax
-26.7%
£3,803,000 £2,787,000
-
Wages
+3.7%
£13,227,000 £13,713,000
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