CHEMRING COUNTERMEASURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
+24.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£49M
+7.9% vs 2024
Employees
396
+15.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£13M
-11% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CHEMRING COUNTERMEASURES LIMITED 2007-08-01 → present
- PAINS WESSEX LIMITED 1998-02-09 → 2007-08-01
- PAINS-WESSEX LIMITED 1926-12-16 → 1998-02-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £71,129,000 | £79,238,000 | |
| Operating profit | £14,666,000 | £13,354,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,040,000 | £13,388,000 | |
| Net profit | £14,404,000 | £12,475,000 | |
| Cash | £13,723,000 | £17,126,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,924,000 | £53,381,000 | |
| Net assets | £44,982,000 | £48,519,000 | |
| Equity | £44,982,000 | £48,519,000 | |
| Average employees | 344 | 396 | |
| Wages | £15,224,000 | £18,149,000 |
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.6% | 16.9% | |
| Net margin | 20.3% | 15.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.0% | 25.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.2% | 43.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.40x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having considered the current financial position and forecast including a severe but plausible downside scenario, believe the company is well placed to manage its risks and have assessed that there is a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources will continue to be available for the foreseeable future. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fostered broad support for more long-term defence investment as part of adapting to a more competitive and riskier world.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLARD, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 1997-05-06 | — | British |
| ELLARD, Sarah Louise | Director | 2014-07-24 | Apr 1970 | British |
| HOGBEN, Andrew Lade | Director | 2018-11-01 | Jan 1969 | British |
| MORTENSEN, James Stephen Mccready | Director | 2024-01-01 | Feb 1979 | British |
| ORD, Michael | Director | 2018-07-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
| RANDELL, Michael Gordon | Director | 2020-04-14 | Jan 1989 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEIGHTON, Iain Gordon Kerr | Secretary | 1995-05-22 | 1997-05-06 |
| VINE, Sylvia Elizabeth Faith | Secretary | — | 1995-05-22 |
| ASLETT, Michael John | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2008-04-01 |
| BEVAN, Nicholas Donald Cleaver | Director | — | 1994-04-29 |
| BILLINGTON, Philip Gordon | Director | — | 1997-05-06 |
| BOWERS, Lee Stephen | Director | 1998-01-21 | 2000-10-31 |
| BOWERS, Steven John | Director | 2013-02-26 | 2016-09-30 |
| CORBEN, Darcy John | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2013-11-22 |
| CUTLER, Peter Thomas Robert | Director | — | 2013-12-31 |
| DARLING, Simon Mark | Director | 2004-06-07 | 2018-10-31 |
| DAVIES, Andrew Peter | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2012-06-15 |
| DAVIES, Arthur Thomas | Director | 1994-02-14 | 1994-09-19 |
| DREW, Stephen | Director | 1998-08-05 | 2004-01-31 |
| ELLARD, Sarah Louise | Director | 2014-07-24 | 2025-02-06 |
| EVANS, David Roger | Director | — | 2005-04-04 |
| FAIRLEY, David James | Director | 2000-11-07 | 2003-12-31 |
| FLOWERS, Michael James | Director | 2014-07-24 | 2018-06-30 |
| GIBBS, Raymond John | Director | 1997-05-06 | 1999-08-20 |
| GILMORE, Edward Aaron George | Director | 1993-11-22 | 1995-01-31 |
| GREENWOOD, Paul Anthony | Director | — | 2002-03-22 |
| HAYTER, Timothy William | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2005-03-10 |
| HELME, Michael John | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2013-05-31 |
| HELME, Michael John | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2008-11-13 |
| HOWKINS, James Walter | Director | 2015-06-12 | 2018-07-27 |
| HOWLETT, Sydney Langford | Director | — | 1993-10-14 |
| HYLAND, David James | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1998-02-02 |
| LEWIS, Andrew Gregory | Director | 2017-01-19 | 2023-12-31 |
| MCQUEEN, Angus Aubrey | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| MOLONY, Peter John | Director | 1998-01-21 | 1999-05-21 |
| MULLINS, Gary | Director | 1994-04-29 | 2001-06-08 |
| PAPWORTH, Mark Harry | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2014-07-24 |
| PHEASANT, Victor Albert | Director | — | 2001-06-20 |
| PRICE, David John | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2012-10-26 |
| RAYNER, Paul Adrian | Director | 1998-01-21 | 2012-07-31 |
| SIMPSON, Paul | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1998-01-11 |
| SINCLAIR-LEE, Robin | Director | 1994-09-19 | 1995-11-09 |
| SMITH, Brian John | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1997-04-01 |
| TAYLOR, Francis Richard Stamford | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| TAYLOR, William | Director | 1998-01-21 | 2005-03-11 |
| WALMSLEY, Martin Anthony | Director | 1995-11-21 | 1998-02-02 |
| WHALVIN, Julia Caroline | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2020-04-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemring Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 260 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-02-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-02-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
+11.4%
£71,129,000 £79,238,000
-
Cash
+24.8%
£13,723,000 £17,126,000
-
Net assets
+7.9%
£44,982,000 £48,519,000
-
Employees
+15.1%
344 396
-
Operating profit
-8.9%
£14,666,000 £13,354,000
-
Profit before tax
-11%
£15,040,000 £13,388,000
-
Wages
+19.2%
£15,224,000 £18,149,000
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