AUTHENTIX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-40.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+2.7% vs 2023
Employees
348
+6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+377.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- AUTHENTIX LIMITED 2004-01-12 → present
- BIOCODE LIMITED 1989-07-11 → 2004-01-12
- WOODHILL SAND LIMITED 1959-09-24 → 1989-07-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,215,380 | £42,470,041 | |
| Operating profit | £1,818,861 | £3,265,090 | |
| Profit before tax | £352,029 | £1,680,306 | |
| Net profit | -£87,298 | £449,989 | |
| Cash | £4,855,301 | £2,889,976 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,183,643 | £24,847,687 | |
| Net assets | £12,423,979 | £12,757,499 | |
| Equity | £12,423,979 | £12,757,499 | |
| Average employees | 326 | 348 | |
| Wages | £10,089,943 | £11,747,365 |
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 | 4.8% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.7% | 48.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.93x | |
| Interest cover | 1.23x | 2.04x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In undertaking the review the Directors have prepared financial statement projections for the next 12 months. As such the Directors conclude that the existing cash balances and facilities are sufficient to meet all liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months, including relevant sensitivities from the date of approval of the financial statements; and therefore, it is appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- AUTHENTIX LIMITED · parent
- Authentix Saudi Arabia Limited 100%
- Authentix Zambia Limited 100%
- Authentix East Africa Limited 100%
- Authentix Ghana Limited 100%
- Security Print Solutions Limited 100%
- Authentix Botswana Proprietary Limited 100%
- Authentix Congo Sarl 100%
- Authentix Services Company Limited 100%
- Authentix (Shenzhen) Business Consulting., Ltd 100%
- Strategic IP Information Pte. Limited 100%
- Strategic Intellectual Property Consultants Private 100%
- Royal Joh. Enschedé 100%
- Digital IP Insights Private Limited 100%
- The Intellectual Property Group Limited 100%
- CIS Australasia Comm. Consulting CO., Ltd 100%
- The Global Note B.V. 55%
Significant events
- “On 7 July 2025, Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc., the ultimate parent company of Authentix Limited, signed an amended and restated agreement relating to the Senior Facilities Agreement ("SFA") dated 12 August 2022. The committed finance facility was increased from $50m to $60m (reducing to $56.25m after 12 months) and is secured over the property of Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc., and its subsidiaries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECK, Christopher | Secretary | 2024-01-15 | — | — |
| ECK, Christopher | Director | 2023-05-16 | Jun 1964 | American |
| MCKENNA, Kevin | Director | 2024-12-11 | May 1969 | American |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Allan William | Secretary | 1992-10-23 | 1992-11-18 |
| BARNETT, Brandon | Secretary | 1994-03-06 | 2009-06-04 |
| PARNELL, Charles Edward | Secretary | 1992-11-18 | 1994-03-06 |
| WATSON, Deirdre Mary Alison | Secretary | — | 1992-10-23 |
| WEINTRUB, Mark Lawrence | Secretary | 2016-01-21 | 2024-01-15 |
| ANDERSON, Allan William | Director | 1992-11-04 | 1992-11-18 |
| BAILEY, Bernard | Director | 2013-01-04 | 2016-01-21 |
| BARNETT, Brandon | Director | 2003-11-11 | 2009-06-04 |
| BLAIR, Henry Evans | Director | 1992-11-18 | 2002-12-23 |
| BROWN, David Burton | Director | 2020-07-24 | 2024-12-11 |
| DAVIES, John Brickhill | Director | 1998-11-05 | 2003-11-11 |
| DROZD, Jan William, Dr | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| ELLWOOD, Edward James | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| GARNER, Ronald Colin | Director | — | 1994-12-19 |
| GLOVER, Michael John | Director | 1998-11-12 | 2003-11-11 |
| KUPP, Jeff Allen | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2017-10-30 |
| MACDONALD, Dianna Lynn, Ms. | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2020-07-24 |
| PARNELL, Charles Edward | Director | 1992-11-18 | 1994-03-06 |
| PARNELL, Charles Edward | Director | — | 1998-11-12 |
| PHILIPS, David | Director | 1995-04-30 | 1998-09-02 |
| REID, Thomas Richard Duncan | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| RITCHIE, Duncan | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2012-12-21 |
| STAMM, Craig | Director | 2003-11-10 | 2011-09-27 |
| WEINTRUB, Mark Lawrence, Mr. | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2024-01-15 |
| WILKINSON, Timothy George | Director | — | 1998-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+11.1%
£38,215,380 £42,470,041
-
Cash
-40.5%
£4,855,301 £2,889,976
-
Net assets
+2.7%
£12,423,979 £12,757,499
-
Employees
+6.7%
326 348
-
Operating profit
+79.5%
£1,818,861 £3,265,090
-
Profit before tax
+377.3%
£352,029 £1,680,306
-
Wages
+16.4%
£10,089,943 £11,747,365
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