MBDA UAE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£372K
+53.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-0.8% vs 2023
Employees
9
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£8K
+96.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MBDA UAE LIMITED 2007-09-13 → present
- MARCONI OVERSEAS LIMITED 1987-12-24 → 2007-09-13
- MARCONI SPACE & DEFENCE SYSTEMS (OVERSEAS) LIMITED 1982-08-09 → 1987-12-24
- MARCONI TELEVISION COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1949-06-17 → 1982-08-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £563,800 | £650,700 | |
| Operating profit | -£228,900 | -£29,300 | |
| Profit before tax | -£219,500 | -£8,300 | |
| Net profit | -£174,100 | -£8,400 | |
| Cash | £242,900 | £372,100 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,405,000 | £1,380,700 | |
| Net assets | £1,058,800 | £1,050,400 | |
| Equity | £1,058,800 | £1,050,400 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 9 | |
| Wages | £341,900 | £408,900 |
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 | -40.6% | -4.5% | |
| Net margin | -30.9% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -16.3% | -2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.8% | 60.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.58x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | -25.43x | -7.15x |
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
- UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making detailed enquiries, the Board of Directors is confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly continues to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There have been no events occurring after December 31, 2024 which require adjustment to or disclosure in these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCK, Giles Jonathan | Secretary | 2021-02-01 | — | — |
| LESTER, Mark James | Director | 2020-11-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| WEST, Iain David | Director | 2012-03-16 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Colin Evelyn Ian | Secretary | 2002-01-04 | 2005-01-04 |
| EVANS, Christopher Nigel | Secretary | 2005-01-04 | 2021-01-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, David Michael | Secretary | 2000-08-12 | 2001-12-18 |
| PEACHEY, Eric Albert | Secretary | — | 2000-08-11 |
| BRUCE, Anthony Graham | Director | 1998-05-22 | 2001-02-05 |
| CHANT, Christopher Alan | Director | 1998-10-22 | 1999-03-30 |
| DICKINSON, Derek Leonard | Director | 1992-01-08 | 1993-08-23 |
| EAST, Bryan Martin Ford | Director | 1993-07-28 | 1996-02-29 |
| FLETCHER, David John, Dr | Director | — | 1992-01-08 |
| FRANKS, Nicholas Ellis | Director | — | 1993-07-07 |
| GRIFFITHS, David Michael | Director | 2000-04-13 | 2001-12-18 |
| HILTON, Andrew | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2011-12-02 |
| JEWELL, Christopher Adrian | Director | 2003-01-13 | 2006-11-24 |
| KING, Ian Graham, Mr. | Director | 1992-01-08 | 2000-09-11 |
| KIRK, Greville Alan | Director | 1993-07-28 | 2005-03-21 |
| LE REBELLER, Franck Olivier Alain Yves | Director | 2012-09-05 | 2015-02-01 |
| LONG, Robert Anthony | Director | 1999-02-15 | 2000-06-30 |
| PEACHEY, Eric Albert | Director | 1998-10-12 | 1999-03-30 |
| RICKARD, David Charles | Director | — | 1992-01-08 |
| SHEPLEY, Sebastian Anthony | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| SPARKES, Alan | Director | 2008-07-18 | 2018-09-30 |
| TAYLOR, Kevin Brendan, Mr. | Director | 1999-02-15 | 2000-09-11 |
| TAYLOR, Trevor, Dr | Director | 2005-03-21 | 2008-04-14 |
| TOUGH, Alan John | Director | 2000-06-14 | 2001-12-18 |
| WALSH, Andrew John | Director | 1998-10-22 | 2000-09-11 |
| WHITE, Ian John | Director | 2002-01-04 | 2003-01-13 |
| WHITE, Paul Barry William | Director | 1991-11-15 | 1992-01-08 |
| WHITEHEAD, Julian Bruce | Director | 2002-01-04 | 2012-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbda International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-02-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+15.4%
£563,800 £650,700
-
Cash
+53.2%
£242,900 £372,100
-
Net assets
-0.8%
£1,058,800 £1,050,400
-
Employees
0%
9 9
-
Operating profit
+87.2%
-£228,900 -£29,300
-
Profit before tax
+96.2%
-£219,500 -£8,300
-
Wages
+19.6%
£341,900 £408,900
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