OTTER CONTROLS LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements after assessing the principal risks and having considered the impact of the higher than normal costs caused by the wars in the Ukraine, the Middle East and the changing tariffs around the globe. Based on internal forecasts and projections that take into account reasonably possible changes in the group's trading performance over the next 12 months caused by these afore mentioned issues, the directors believe that the group is well-placed to manage its business risks despite the ongoing uncertainty in the global economic environment.”

Group structure

1. OTTER CONTROLS LIMITED · parent
   1. Tarka Controls Limited 0.51% · UK · Holding company
   2. Montgomery Thermostats Limited 0.78% · UK · Dormant
   3. Otter Controls (Asia) Limited 0.84% · Hong Kong · Sale of thermostats
   4. Otter Controls (Huizhou) Limited 0.84% · China · Manufacture of thermostats
   5. Ferro Techniek (Holding) B.V. 0.89% · Netherlands · Holding company
   6. Ferro Techniek B.V. 0.89% · Netherlands · Manufacture of enamelled products
   7. Ferro Electronics Kft 0.89% · Hungary · Manufacture of enamelled products
   8. St. Davids Assemblies Limited 0.6% · UK · Manufacture of components
   9. Otter Controls India Private Limited 0.79% · India · Manufacture of brushcards
   10. L.C.S. Holdings Limited 1% · UK · Holding company
   11. L.C. Switchgear Limited 1% · UK · Manufacture of switchgear
   12. Dunford & Pearson Limited 1% · UK · Manufacture of wiring harnesses
   13. Carville Switchgear Limited 0.78% · UK · Manufacture of switchboards and panels

Significant events

• “Carville Switchgear Limited, a subsidiary of the company, had an application to be struck off the register at Companies House submitted in December 2024 and was subsequently dissolved in April 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +1.9%

  £72,936,221 → £74,313,925

• Cash

  -14.9%

  £9,958,691 → £8,474,304

• Net assets

  +2.8%

  £44,978,959 → £46,220,643

• Employees

  -5.9%

  982 → 924

• Operating profit

  +106.7%

  -£2,425,823 → £162,338

• Profit before tax

  +148.8%

  -£1,809,029 → £883,238

• Wages

  +5.7%

  £19,182,291 → £20,281,006

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