ACTIVE ELECTRONICS PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-06 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-9.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+2.4% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
34
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£576K
-30.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ACTIVE ELECTRONICS PLC 2018-06-19 → present
- ACTIVE ELECTRONICS LIMITED 2018-06-13 → 2018-06-19
- ACTIVE ELECTRONICS PLC 1994-06-27 → 2018-06-13
- ROE INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 1980-12-01 → 1994-06-27
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £13,551,257 | £12,639,448 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £799,936 | £557,093 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £825,527 | £575,917 | |
| Net profit | — | £283,710 | £328,728 | £580,647 | £439,051 | |
| Cash | — | £761,073 | £918,952 | £1,454,614 | £1,316,321 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,464,031 | £1,392,759 | £2,168,100 | £2,226,934 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £2,083,076 | £2,133,906 | |
| Equity | -£19,679 | £264,031 | £592,759 | £2,083,076 | £2,133,906 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,667,614 | £1,526,102 |
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 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 5.9% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 4.3% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 36.9% | 25.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.09x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 1294.39x | 1477.70x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BK Plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- ACTIVE ELECTRONICS PLC · parent
- Genspark Limited 100%
- Roe Electronics Limited 100%
- Active Electronics Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The continued development of our strategy and the operational improvements we have implemented have enabled Active to report profit before tax of £575,917.”
- “During the year, the business attained SC21 Silver status for the twelfth consecutive year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELMORES SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-06-19 | — | — |
| CHILD, Dean Edward | Director | 2022-01-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| HOMEWOOD, Clive Lionel | Director | 1996-09-01 | Oct 1961 | British |
| SCOTT, Clive Rowland | Director | 2018-06-15 | Oct 1965 | British |
| WELLINGTON, Michael John | Director | 2022-01-01 | Feb 1981 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRELAND, Graham Laurence | Secretary | — | 2018-04-30 |
| ROE, Stephen James Edward | Secretary | 2018-04-30 | 2018-06-15 |
| MICHELMORES SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-06-15 | 2018-06-15 |
| COOPER, Gary John | Director | — | 1992-10-13 |
| FULLER, Jonathan Boyce | Director | 1992-10-13 | 1999-07-07 |
| HOMEWOOD, Clive Lionel | Director | — | 1992-10-13 |
| IRELAND, Graham Laurence | Director | — | 2018-04-30 |
| JONES, Phillip Howard | Director | — | 2016-04-04 |
| ROE, Julie Ann | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2017-10-20 |
| ROE, Julie Anne | Director | — | 1994-02-08 |
| ROE, Stephen James Edward | Director | 2016-04-04 | 2018-06-15 |
| TRAFFORD, Keith Leslie | Director | — | 1993-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Electronics (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-15 | Active |
| Mr Stephen James Edward Roe | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | 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
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-6.7%
£13,551,257 £12,639,448
-
Cash
-9.5%
£1,454,614 £1,316,321
-
Net assets
+2.4%
£2,083,076 £2,133,906
-
Employees
0%
34 34
-
Operating profit
-30.4%
£799,936 £557,093
-
Profit before tax
-30.2%
£825,527 £575,917
-
Wages
-8.5%
£1,667,614 £1,526,102
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