CURTIS INSTRUMENTS (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-10 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-27
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-18.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-9.1% vs 2023
Employees
83
+10.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+9.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,702,605 | £21,360,553 | |
| Operating profit | £2,185,347 | £2,383,832 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,184,562 | £2,385,267 | |
| Net profit | £1,864,853 | £1,907,861 | |
| Cash | £4,288,410 | £3,504,203 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,312,645 | £8,694,019 | |
| Net assets | £9,122,206 | £8,290,630 | |
| Equity | £9,122,206 | £8,290,630 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 83 | |
| Wages | £4,663,882 | £4,833,289 |
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 | 8.8% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.5% | 27.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.3% | 32.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.53x | 2.57x | |
| Interest cover | 288.72x | 516.99x |
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
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a year of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CURTIS INSTRUMENTS (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Curtis Instruments Aktiebolag 100%
Significant events
- “As a result of transferring the assembly and warehouse facility to Europe, the wholly owned Northampton property was sold in August 2025 for approximately £1,600,000, with Sales and Support staff moving to new modern offices located in Northamptonshire.”
- “In September 2025, the global Curtis organisation was acquired by Parker Hannifin, providing additional strength through strategic alignment with a larger group structure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSTEY, Trevor Christopher | Director | 2026-01-30 | Jan 1975 | British |
| ELSEY, James Alan David | Director | 2025-12-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| WEIR, Jennifer Jane Rosemary | Director | 2025-12-01 | May 1969 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SADLER, Jacqueline Patricia Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 2011-03-14 |
| ANKERS, Mark | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2025-10-23 |
| FINGER, Eugene | Director | — | 2005-10-07 |
| GREEN, Kerry | Director | 2022-04-28 | 2025-11-07 |
| HILLIARD, William Palmer | Director | — | 1996-12-12 |
| LANGSFORD, Barry Joseph | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2018-10-03 |
| LIEBOWITZ, Sidney | Director | — | 2003-04-29 |
| MARWELL, Edwin Marvin | Director | — | 2005-10-07 |
| MARWELL, Nicholas | Director | 2018-10-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| MARWELL, Stuart | Director | — | 2025-12-09 |
| MICHALEC, George | Director | — | 1999-06-18 |
| POST, Stephen | Director | — | 2006-03-17 |
| SADLER, Richard William | Director | — | 2015-07-17 |
| WILKES, David | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| WILKES, David | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2011-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker-Hannifin Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-18 | Active |
| Parker-Hannifin Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-28 | Ceased 2025-06-28 |
| Tewfic Tom Gores | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-01 | Ceased 2025-06-28 |
| Herbert Vollrath Kohler | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-12-23 | Ceased 2022-09-02 |
| Mr Stuart Marwell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
-13.5%
£24,702,605 £21,360,553
-
Cash
-18.3%
£4,288,410 £3,504,203
-
Net assets
-9.1%
£9,122,206 £8,290,630
-
Employees
+10.7%
75 83
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Operating profit
+9.1%
£2,185,347 £2,383,832
-
Profit before tax
+9.2%
£2,184,562 £2,385,267
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Wages
+3.6%
£4,663,882 £4,833,289
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