ARMOUR HOME ELECTRONICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-14
Watchouts
Cash
£193K
-19.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£3M
-15.3% vs 2023
Employees
40
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£716K
-765.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARMOUR HOME ELECTRONICS LIMITED 2005-04-28 → present
- VEDA PRODUCTS LIMITED 1980-11-28 → 2005-04-28
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,052,327 | £17,153,134 | — | £11,862,420 | £11,067,154 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £326,716 | £1,675,178 | — | £475,179 | -£281,242 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4,132 | £1,351,113 | £84,925 | £107,609 | -£715,918 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £336,965 | £1,851,113 | £85,325 | £107,609 | -£520,929 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,244,237 | £725,179 | £338,810 | £241,103 | £193,496 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,666,671 | £4,801,875 | £4,103,109 | £3,920,945 | £4,433,997 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,354,171 | £3,205,284 | £3,290,609 | £3,398,218 | £2,877,289 | |
| Equity | £1,528,947 | £1,017,206 | £1,354,171 | £3,205,284 | £3,290,609 | £3,398,218 | £2,877,289 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 47 | 42 | 44 | 40 | 40 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,706,107 | £2,081,187 | £1,762,502 | £1,663,322 | £1,751,629 |
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 | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.5% | 9.8% | — | 4.0% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.6% | 10.8% | — | 0.9% | -4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 8.9% | 34.9% | — | 12.1% | -6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 71.1% | 75.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.98x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.01x | 5.17x | — | 1.29x | -0.65x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ensors Accountants 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 period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ARMOUR HOME ELECTRONICS LIMITED · parent
- AHE123 Limited (Formerly Alphason Designs Limited) 100%
- Armour Hong Kong Limited 100%
- Goldring Products 100%
- Myryad Systems Limited 100%
- QED Audio Products Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The wider world environment continued to be challenging with considerable uncertainty impacting consumer confidence, although the key sales variance was the discontinuance of the iFi distribution arrangements from October 2023 that resulted in a £0.9m fall in sales in the year.”
- “In the year we incurred £159.5k of exceptional costs relating to professional fees in respect of refinancing the business and professional fees relating to a successful defence of an HMRC R&D Tax investigation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPENCE, Nicola Ann | Secretary | 2014-08-04 | — | British |
| DEXTER, George Leonard | Director | 2003-10-31 | Feb 1962 | British |
| SPENCE, Nicola Ann | Director | 2005-01-11 | Nov 1962 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAY, Veda | Secretary | — | 2003-10-31 |
| HUCKERBY, Adrian | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2009-10-27 |
| WILSON, Mark John | Secretary | 2009-10-27 | 2014-08-04 |
| WRIGHT, David William | Secretary | 2003-10-31 | 2004-03-31 |
| ABRAHAM, Robert Anthony | Director | 2007-12-18 | 2014-07-16 |
| EMERSON, Chris William | Director | 2013-04-09 | 2022-09-15 |
| GAY, John | Director | — | 2005-01-07 |
| GAY, Veda | Director | — | 2003-10-31 |
| HARRIS, John Lewis David | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2014-05-30 |
| MCCLELLAND, Glenn Brady | Director | 2005-02-11 | 2011-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George Leonard Dexter | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-31 | Ceased 2024-07-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-02-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
-6.7%
£11,862,420 £11,067,154
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-19.7%
£241,103 £193,496
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-15.3%
£3,398,218 £2,877,289
-
Employees
0%
40 40
-
Operating profit
-159.2%
£475,179 -£281,242
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-765.3%
£107,609 -£715,918
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
+5.3%
£1,663,322 £1,751,629
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