PALINTEST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-06 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£987K
-54% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+11.1% vs 2024
Employees
127
+5.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-49.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PALINTEST LIMITED 1989-05-10 → present
- WILKINSON & SIMPSON LIMITED 1975-03-18 → 1989-05-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,973,601 | £18,202,496 | |
| Operating profit | £5,447,392 | £2,689,754 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,688,246 | £2,871,300 | |
| Net profit | £4,355,805 | £1,997,532 | |
| Cash | £2,143,710 | £986,780 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,676,022 | £21,384,773 | |
| Net assets | £18,044,999 | £20,042,531 | |
| Equity | £18,044,999 | £20,042,531 | |
| Average employees | 120 | 127 | |
| Wages | £5,938,986 | £5,810,860 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.0% | 14.8% | |
| Net margin | 20.8% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.2% | 12.6% | |
| Current ratio | 6.89x | 8.12x | |
| Interest cover | 1155.33x | 152.45x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Directors considered business activities, trends, financial position, cash flows, liquidity. Forecasts up to 31 December 2026 show profitability and ability to meet debts. Directors have high confidence in liquid resources and no material uncertainty in going concern assumption.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALTON, Deborah | Secretary | 2021-03-15 | — | — |
| CROSBY, Ian Anthony | Director | 2023-01-04 | Apr 1978 | British |
| LOVE, Patrick John | Director | 2025-02-10 | May 1968 | British |
| PERKINS, Georgina | Director | 2024-04-25 | Sep 1969 | British |
| WALTON, Deborah | Director | 2021-03-15 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPENCE, Lynn | Secretary | 2015-03-30 | 2021-03-15 |
| WELCH, Christopher Michael | Secretary | 1983-09-01 | 2015-02-25 |
| ARGENT, Valerie Anne | Director | — | 2007-07-31 |
| BAROUDEL, Constance Frederique | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-05-05 |
| BENTHAM, Darren | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2007-06-08 |
| BEVAN, Nick | Director | 2021-08-09 | 2022-09-28 |
| BOWDEN, David Andrew | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2014-01-31 |
| BOWMAN, Kenneth Simon | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2019-07-30 |
| DAVIS, Kevin Richard | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| DAVISON, Mark Wayne | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2024-04-17 |
| DAVISON, Mark Wayne | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2021-02-08 |
| GODDARD, Janie | Director | 2021-05-05 | 2022-10-20 |
| HAYWARD, Dai Christopher | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2007-10-31 |
| HENDERSON, Lesley | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2019-06-28 |
| JOHNSTON, Simon Richard, Dr | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2012-06-28 |
| LAVELLE, Mark Stephen | Director | 2014-05-24 | 2015-08-19 |
| LEE, Kim Thye | Director | 2018-03-05 | 2021-02-05 |
| LEVER, Anthony John | Director | — | 2006-05-31 |
| MARKS, Colin Elliott | Director | — | 2001-06-17 |
| MCGOVERN, Judith | Director | 1993-07-12 | 1996-01-08 |
| PRESTIDGE, Tim, Dr | Director | 2015-08-18 | 2017-08-16 |
| RONAN, Joseph Patrick | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2008-05-02 |
| ROY, Keith John | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2008-04-24 |
| ROY, Keith John | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2001-04-30 |
| SEEL, James | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| SHORT, Terrilynn Million | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2026-01-30 |
| SIDLOW, David John | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| SMOKER, David George | Director | — | 1993-05-01 |
| SPENCE, Lynn | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2021-03-15 |
| STAMPER, Allan | Director | 2008-04-24 | 2014-05-23 |
| STAMPER, Allan | Director | 2007-05-16 | 2007-10-04 |
| SUMMERHAYES, Clive Quentin | Director | — | 2000-05-01 |
| THOMPSON, Andrew | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2015-11-11 |
| WELCH, Christopher Michael | Director | 1983-09-01 | 2015-02-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew John | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2004-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halma Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-21 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-21 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-13.2%
£20,973,601 £18,202,496
-
Cash
-54%
£2,143,710 £986,780
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£18,044,999 £20,042,531
-
Employees
+5.8%
120 127
-
Operating profit
-50.6%
£5,447,392 £2,689,754
-
Profit before tax
-49.5%
£5,688,246 £2,871,300
-
Wages
-2.2%
£5,938,986 £5,810,860
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