TECHTEST LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-10-31 (in 5mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-12 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-29

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

+12.7% vs 2024

Net assets

£24M

+61.6% vs 2024

Employees

216

+3.3% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£11M

+25.7% highest in 5 filed years

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Technology median

TECHTEST LIMITED·Technology median · n=331

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31

Metric	2020-01-31	2021-01-31	2022-01-31	2023-01-31	2024-01-31	2025-01-31
Turnover	£18,752,460	£19,983,538	—	—	£31,282,774	£33,384,367
Operating profit	£8,198,239	£8,322,495	—	—	£8,917,062	£11,220,780
Profit before tax	£8,216,211	£8,323,259	£6,091,427	—	£8,918,990	£11,209,924
Net profit	£7,825,047	£7,171,093	£5,339,561	—	£7,325,048	£8,977,242
Cash	£1,230,973	£1,461,354	£1,421,965	—	£1,225,546	£1,381,370
Total assets less current liabilities	£28,889,308	£36,449,660	£42,047,222	—	£15,958,643	£25,118,147
Net assets	£28,748,170	£35,919,263	£41,258,824	—	£14,562,079	£23,539,321
Equity	£28,748,170	£35,919,263	£41,258,824	£32,237,031	£14,562,079	£23,539,321
Average employees	186	205	196	—	209	216
Wages	£4,928,862	£5,731,015	£5,654,431	—	£11,450,220	£11,003,631

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	2020-01-31	2021-01-31	2022-01-31	2023-01-31	2024-01-31	2025-01-31
Operating margin	43.7%	41.6%	—	—	28.5%	33.6%
Net margin	41.7%	35.9%	—	—	23.4%	26.9%
Return on capital employed	28.4%	22.8%	—	—	55.9%	44.7%
Interest cover	14408.15x	—	—	—	—	676.81x

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.

People

4 active · 4 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
SMITH, Susan Frances	Secretary	2013-07-09	—	—
SHARP-SMITH, Lucinda Marie Millicent	Director	2016-02-04	Jul 1986	British
SMITH, Richard Edward Lee	Director	—	Nov 1954	British
SMITH, Susan Frances	Director	1996-12-01	Apr 1956	British

Show 4 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
SMITH, Millicent Cecelia	Secretary	—	2013-07-09
FARQUHAR, George Edward	Director	—	1997-05-31
SMITH, Henry Roy	Director	—	2004-06-15
SMITH, Millicent Cecelia	Director	—	2013-07-09

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
H.R.Smith Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2019-01-31	Active
Mr Richard Edward Lee Smith	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-01-31
Miss Susan Frances Smith	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-01-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 127 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-20	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2026-04-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-04-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-04-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-10-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-10-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-11-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-12-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-08-25	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-08-24	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2022-08-22	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-08-22	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-08-22	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-12-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-10-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-01-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31

Turnover

+6.7%

£31,282,774 £33,384,367

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

+12.7%

£1,225,546 £1,381,370
Net assets

+61.6%

£14,562,079 £23,539,321
Employees

+3.3%

209 216

highest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

+25.8%

£8,917,062 £11,220,780

highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

+25.7%

£8,918,990 £11,209,924

highest in 5 filed years
Wages

-3.9%

£11,450,220 £11,003,631

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

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