ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-17 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-51.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£45M
-41.9% vs 2023
Employees
1,770
+2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+14.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 7 times since incorporation
- ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1996-11-22 → present
- INCHCAPE TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1992-07-01 → 1996-11-22
- INCHCAPE INSPECTION AND TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1992-06-04 → 1992-07-01
- INCHCAPE TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1992-05-26 → 1992-06-04
- INCHCAPE INSPECTION AND TESTING SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITED 1990-05-23 → 1992-05-26
- CALEB BRETT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1985-03-29 → 1990-05-23
- CALEB BRETT (SURVEYORS) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1985-03-29
- DIKAPPA (NUMBER 146) LIMITED 1979-01-10 → 1979-12-31
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 | £141,634,000 | £150,119,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,126,000 | £9,904,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,460,000 | £7,403,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,696,000 | £4,818,000 | |
| Cash | £7,911,000 | £3,850,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £98,574,000 | £123,046,000 | |
| Net assets | £78,003,000 | £45,352,000 | |
| Equity | £78,003,000 | £45,352,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,736 | 1,770 | |
| Wages | £80,368,000 | £84,248,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 8.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 2.07x | 1.50x |
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
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position, the Company's Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which the Company's financial statements have been signed; thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Intertek Azeri Limited 100%
- Intertek Fujairah FZC 100%
- IntertekGenalysis (SI) Limited 100%
- Metoc Limited 100%
- NDT Services Limited 100%
- ITS Testing Services Company LLC 100%
- Intertek Commodities Mozambique Lda 99%
Significant events
- “Following the year end, there have been no significant events that would materially impact these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERTEK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-01-04 | — | — |
| HARRINGTON, Stephen Arthur | Director | 2008-07-09 | Aug 1957 | British |
| MCCLUSKEY, Ross | Director | 2022-08-17 | Oct 1980 | British |
| MILLWOOD, Christopher | Director | 2024-04-30 | May 1983 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Fiona Maria | Secretary | 2003-11-12 | 2004-12-08 |
| GOODRICH, Brian John | Secretary | — | 1998-07-23 |
| HORNBUCKLE, Steven Colin | Secretary | 2004-12-08 | 2006-10-05 |
| JOHNSON, Denise | Secretary | 2001-11-05 | 2003-11-12 |
| MELLOR, Margaret Louise | Secretary | 2006-10-09 | 2012-03-30 |
| TURNER, David Charles | Secretary | 1998-07-23 | 2001-11-05 |
| WALMSLEY, Debbie | Secretary | 2012-03-30 | 2013-01-04 |
| BAILEY, Trevor Edwin | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2004-06-09 |
| BAINSFAIR, Neil Paul | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2017-04-26 |
| BAKER, Paul Brinkworth | Director | 1992-01-14 | 1993-09-30 |
| BUNKER, Christopher Philip | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2004-06-07 |
| BURGE, Julian Charles | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2022-01-31 |
| CARTER, Matthew James | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2023-08-03 |
| CLOUGH, James George | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2003-12-01 |
| DORP, Robert Alan Van | Director | 2014-08-11 | 2022-07-26 |
| ELLIOTT, Robert Miles | Director | — | 1994-07-14 |
| FOREMAN, David Antony | Director | 2004-06-09 | 2007-08-28 |
| GOODERSON, David Robert | Director | — | 1991-09-27 |
| HADFIELD, John Paul Simeon | Director | 2017-04-26 | 2017-09-25 |
| HAMPSON, Ronald | Director | — | 1998-08-31 |
| HAYES, Richard James | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1993-09-30 |
| HODSON, John Graham | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2003-03-24 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1995-12-31 |
| LESAGE, Govert Johannes, Mr. | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2003-09-30 |
| LOUGHEAD, Mark | Director | 1996-04-22 | 2001-11-29 |
| LUCAS, Nigel | Director | — | 1997-10-15 |
| NELSON, Richard Campbell | Director | — | 1994-04-20 |
| NOTMAN WATT, John Richard | Director | 2003-03-24 | 2004-06-07 |
| PARMAR, Chetan Kumar, Dr | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2014-08-11 |
| PEPPER, William Patrick | Director | 1993-01-14 | 2001-11-29 |
| PIPER, Andrew Michael | Director | 1995-10-13 | 1996-07-05 |
| PIRIE, Raymond | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2015-09-30 |
| PIRIE, Raymond | Director | — | 1993-03-16 |
| PRICE, Philip John | Director | 2016-02-12 | 2017-02-28 |
| SHINE, Suzanne Rosslynn | Director | 2013-12-11 | 2015-02-19 |
| SOHI, Talban Singh | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2015-05-08 |
| SPENCER, William | Director | 1994-04-12 | 1995-10-13 |
| STOKES, Martin David | Director | 1997-12-12 | 2001-11-29 |
| SWIFT, Andrew John, Dr | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2012-12-18 |
| TAYLOR, Sarah Audrey | Director | 2014-08-11 | 2016-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intertek Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6%
£141,634,000 £150,119,000
-
Cash
-51.3%
£7,911,000 £3,850,000
-
Net assets
-41.9%
£78,003,000 £45,352,000
-
Employees
+2%
1,736 1,770
-
Operating profit
-18.3%
£12,126,000 £9,904,000
-
Profit before tax
+14.6%
£6,460,000 £7,403,000
-
Wages
+4.8%
£80,368,000 £84,248,000
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