ANDERS ELECTRONICS PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-17 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-03
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-17.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+2.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
36
-2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£99K
-67.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £16,093,711 | — | £19,598,868 | £18,677,058 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £409,647 | — | £335,988 | £87,881 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £359,330 | — | £307,535 | £98,739 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £359,330 | £674,064 | £305,219 | £97,324 | |
| Cash | — | — | £73,868 | £141,577 | £1,248,403 | £1,030,567 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £2,232,563 | £3,011,884 | £3,734,019 | £3,890,776 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,232,563 | £2,917,420 | £3,717,010 | £3,808,126 | |
| Equity | — | — | £2,232,563 | — | £3,717,010 | £3,808,126 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 37 | 33 | 37 | 36 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,606,481 | £1,529,144 | £2,077,249 | £2,203,612 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.5% | — | 1.7% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.2% | — | 1.6% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 18.3% | — | 9.0% | 2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 37.7% | 42.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.62x | 2.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 37.61x | — | 10.97x | 102.91x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources, including the availability of bank funding to assist with the cash flow and working capital of the group as needed, to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- ANDERS ELECTRONICS PLC · parent
- Anders Electronics B.V. 100%
- Anders Electronics Limited 100%
- Anders Electronics (Dongguan) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The escalation of geopolitical conflicts continue to make it challenging for businesses overall and the uncertainty of the outcome from the US elections in the second half of 2024 resulted in a significant downturn in manufacturing orders.”
- “Current geopolitical actions and political unrest remain the biggest risk to the business given the uncertainty of actions being taken by governments driven by populism and nationalism.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINN, Leon Peter | Secretary | 2022-04-30 | — | — |
| ANDERS, Julian Michael | Director | — | Jan 1953 | British |
| ANDERS, Nicholas Howard | Director | — | Oct 1950 | British |
| ANDERS, Philip Laurence | Director | — | Aug 1947 | British |
| LIM, Bernard Ching-Bing | Director | 2008-01-17 | May 1959 | Malaysian |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERS, Nicholas Howard | Secretary | 2004-05-12 | 2005-08-02 |
| ANDERS, Pearl | Secretary | — | 2004-05-12 |
| KIDNER, Paul Hudson | Secretary | 2005-08-02 | 2022-04-30 |
| ANDERS, Pearl | Director | — | 2004-05-12 |
| ANDERS, Robert Maxwell | Director | 2007-07-23 | 2013-06-30 |
| CHERNETT, Brian Emanuel | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2009-04-22 |
| COGHILL-SMITH, Hugh | Director | 1999-02-10 | 2003-08-15 |
| KIDNER, Paul Hudson | Director | 2006-01-18 | 2022-04-30 |
| MULLEN, Paul Craig | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-08-20 |
| NEEDLEMAN, John Elliot | Director | 1993-06-01 | 2001-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Michael Anders | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-21 |
| Nicholas Howard Anders | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-21 |
| Philip Laurence Anders | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-15 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-08-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
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Turnover
-4.7%
£19,598,868 £18,677,058
-
Cash
-17.4%
£1,248,403 £1,030,567
-
Net assets
+2.5%
£3,717,010 £3,808,126
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-2.7%
37 36
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Operating profit
-73.8%
£335,988 £87,881
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-67.9%
£307,535 £98,739
lowest in 3 filed years
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Wages
+6.1%
£2,077,249 £2,203,612
highest in 4 filed years
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