HEXAGON METROLOGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
-0.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+1.6% vs 2023
Employees
113
-5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£983K
-69.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- HEXAGON METROLOGY LIMITED 2004-04-14 → present
- DEA BROWN & SHARPE LIMITED 2003-06-30 → 2004-04-14
- BROWN & SHARPE LIMITED 1995-06-30 → 2003-06-30
- TESA METROLOGY LIMITED 1983-09-26 → 1995-06-30
- TESA METROLOGY SYSTEMS LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1983-09-26
- AIMKEY LIMITED 1980-10-21 → 1981-12-31
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 | £31,443,000 | £29,925,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,921,000 | £690,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,221,000 | £983,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,906,000 | £1,256,000 | |
| Cash | £8,020,000 | £7,999,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,927,000 | £16,605,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,710,000 | £13,923,000 | |
| Equity | £13,710,000 | £13,923,000 | |
| Average employees | 119 | 113 | |
| Wages | £5,070,000 | £5,757,000 |
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 | 9.3% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.3% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.6% | 54.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | 54.09x | 5.48x |
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
- Wellden Turnbull Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having undertaken this assessment, the Director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these Financial Statements and the Director considers it appropriate to prepare the Financial Statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HEXAGON METROLOGY LIMITED · parent
- Wuhan ZG Automation Technology Co Ltd 0.51%
- Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (Qingdao) Co Ltd 0.9%
- Hexagon Metrology (Thailand) Ltd 0.75%
Significant events
- “In the year 2024 Hexagon started a transformation process to maximise efficiencies which will carry through to 2025. No other significant events have occurred after the balance sheet date which could have affected the income statement or balance sheet for the financial year 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Andrew Paul | Director | 2023-11-16 | Jun 1978 | British |
| MOORE, Simon John | Director | 2025-05-12 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGRI, Sharonjit, Ms. | Secretary | 2012-08-06 | 2014-06-27 |
| FREER, Peter Stuart | Secretary | 1994-11-01 | 2012-08-06 |
| PEALL, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-07-01 | 2026-05-12 |
| WATSON, Jeffrey Paul | Secretary | — | 1994-11-01 |
| ALDRED, Philip James Eric, Dr | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2008-12-31 |
| BROWN, David Robert | Director | 2006-02-02 | 2024-01-23 |
| BURTON, Marcus William | Director | 1998-05-21 | 2001-03-30 |
| CAMPBELL, Oliver Francis | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2024-05-20 |
| COOKE, Constan John, Dr | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| DROVER, John Graham George | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2022-12-23 |
| DUNN, Peter Laurence Charles | Director | 1995-07-21 | 1995-10-25 |
| GENOR, Andrew | Director | 1999-09-07 | 2001-04-27 |
| GREEN, Brett Jason | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2017-08-31 |
| HANKE, Norbert | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2008-09-12 |
| LYNAS, Dalmae | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| MILLS, David Anthony | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2023-03-24 |
| MOORHOUSE, Adam William | Director | 2022-11-30 | 2022-12-23 |
| MOORHOUSE, Adam William | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2022-11-28 |
| STUBER, Fred, Dr | Director | — | 1995-10-25 |
| WILDING, Mark | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2019-02-28 |
| WOODWARD, Andrew Paul | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2001-11-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexagon Corporate Services Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-4.8%
£31,443,000 £29,925,000
-
Cash
-0.3%
£8,020,000 £7,999,000
-
Net assets
+1.6%
£13,710,000 £13,923,000
-
Employees
-5%
119 113
-
Operating profit
-76.4%
£2,921,000 £690,000
-
Profit before tax
-69.5%
£3,221,000 £983,000
-
Wages
+13.6%
£5,070,000 £5,757,000
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