TRIMBLE R&D UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-03
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£890K
-24.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-24.5% vs 2023
Employees
143
+30% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£444K
-12.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-12-09
- TRIMBLE R&D UK LIMITED 2024-12-09 → present
- TRIMBLE MRM LIMITED 2014-07-15 → 2024-12-09
- TRIMBLE UK LIMITED 2001-02-22 → 2014-07-15
- SPECTRA PRECISION LIMITED 1997-11-27 → 2001-02-22
- SPECTRA-PHYSICS LIMITED 1967-06-23 → 1997-11-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2025-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,912,000 | £14,340,000 | |
| Operating profit | £503,000 | £514,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £509,000 | £444,000 | |
| Net profit | £285,000 | £156,000 | |
| Cash | £1,172,000 | £890,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,616,000 | £6,970,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,616,000 | £4,241,000 | |
| Equity | £5,616,000 | £4,241,000 | |
| Average employees | 110 | 143 | |
| Wages | £7,128,000 | £9,883,000 |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2025-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.6% | 89.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | — | 5.24x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that Trimble R&D UK Ltd (the "company") has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This assessment considered financial position, risks, access to funding, and ongoing support from Trimble Inc.”
Significant events
- “On 9. December 2024 the company name was changed from Trimble MRM Limited to Trimble R&D UK Limited.”
- “In 2025, steps were initiated to dissolve fellow UK entities namely Trimble Solutions UK Ltd, Viewpoint Construction UK Ltd and Amtech Group Ltd. The financial effects of these closures will result in adjustments to intercompany assets and liabilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Justine Landseer | Director | 2024-12-03 | May 1970 | British |
| KESPER, Juergen | Director | 2024-12-03 | Jun 1971 | German |
| REEDER, Robbert Hendrik Herman | Director | 2015-10-16 | Apr 1970 | Dutch |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKLAND, James Anthony | Secretary | 2013-11-29 | 2024-12-04 |
| MAYSH, Iain Michael | Secretary | 1994-05-30 | 1997-10-09 |
| WILLOWS, Nigel Alan | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2013-11-29 |
| WINTER, David | Secretary | — | 1993-06-03 |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1994-05-30 |
| SA LAW SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 1997-10-09 | 2008-03-31 |
| ASPLUND, Erik Johan Gustaf | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2000-06-29 |
| BEAGLEY, Donna Michelle | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2000-11-22 |
| BERGLUND, Steven Walker | Director | — | 1995-12-13 |
| HEELAS, John Henry Gale | Director | 2015-07-24 | 2021-02-05 |
| HUEY III, John Ernest | Director | 2015-07-24 | 2018-04-01 |
| KIRKLAND, James Anthony, Vice President | Director | 2015-07-24 | 2024-12-04 |
| KLIEM, Jurgen | Director | 1997-10-10 | 2015-07-24 |
| MAYSH, Iain Michael | Director | 1994-06-06 | 1997-10-10 |
| PITT, Nicholas Edward | Director | — | 1994-06-06 |
| SHEPARD, Julie Ann | Director | 2021-02-05 | 2024-12-04 |
| SNIJDERS, Antonius Bastiaan Maria | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2015-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-09 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-12-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-03 vs 2023-12-29
-
Turnover
+44.7%
£9,912,000 £14,340,000
-
Cash
-24.1%
£1,172,000 £890,000
-
Net assets
-24.5%
£5,616,000 £4,241,000
-
Employees
+30%
110 143
-
Operating profit
+2.2%
£503,000 £514,000
-
Profit before tax
-12.8%
£509,000 £444,000
-
Wages
+38.7%
£7,128,000 £9,883,000
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