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Next accounts due

2027-09-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-08 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-24

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£934K

-34.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£5M

-8.5% vs 2024

Employees

37

+15.6% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£927K

-51.1% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 6 times since incorporation

  1. FINELINE VAR LTD 2017-02-15 → present
  2. EXCEPTION VAR LIMITED 2005-02-11 → 2017-02-15
  3. DDI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2002-11-08 → 2005-02-11
  4. KAMTRONICS LIMITED 1993-03-05 → 2002-11-08
  5. KAM FAR EAST LIMITED 1993-01-22 → 1993-03-05
  6. MICROSERVE LIMITED 1983-01-31 → 1993-01-22
  7. MICROSERVE LIMITED 1981-09-01 → 1983-01-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31
Turnover £18,782,597£19,948,445
Operating profit £1,817,505£913,119
Profit before tax £1,896,114£926,866
Net profit £1,259,833£578,557
Cash £1,416,233£933,839
Total assets less current liabilities £5,873,123£5,390,527
Net assets £5,445,736£4,980,752
Equity £5,445,736£4,980,752
Average employees 3237
Wages £1,499,394£1,921,829

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 2024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 9.7%4.6%
Net margin 6.7%2.9%
Return on capital employed 30.9%16.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 49.1%49.2%
Current ratio 1.59x1.64x

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
Desaur LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director 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 groups'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

  1. FINELINE VAR LTD · parent
    1. Fineline Switzerland AG 100% · Luzern · Sale of circuit boards

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

1 active · 36 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ANTONIADES, George Director 2016-09-30 Aug 1971 Cypriot
Show 36 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BUSWELL, Robert Secretary 2013-05-30 2016-09-30
CALVERT, John Andrew, Director Secretary 2004-08-31 2005-02-09
CREDICOTT, Michael John Secretary 1993-05-20 1997-04-16
FOWLER, Paul Anthony Secretary 2002-10-24 2004-08-31
GILLAM, Eric Lawrence Secretary 1997-04-16 1998-12-31
HARVEY, Geoffrey Peter Secretary 1999-01-01 2002-10-24
HARVEY, Geoffrey Peter Secretary 1993-05-20
JOHNS, Ian Gordon Secretary 2005-02-09 2007-08-10
MURPHY, Noel Timothy Secretary 2007-08-09 2013-05-30
BLAIR, David Director 2002-10-24 2006-09-27
BURKE, Jason David Director 2008-04-07 2011-06-13
BUSWELL, Robert Director 2014-07-14 2016-09-30
BUSWELL, Robert Director 2012-08-14 2013-05-30
CALVERT, John Andrew, Director Director 2002-10-24 2005-06-30
CALVERT, John Andrew Director 1993-02-03 1994-07-14
CREDICOTT, Michael John Director 1995-01-01 1997-04-16
DAY, Stephen John Director 2000-03-09
FOWLER, Paul Anthony Director 2002-10-24 2004-08-31
FOX, Malcolm John Director 1994-10-01 1995-02-10
GOFF, Howard Nigel Director 2005-06-07 2010-03-27
GOFF, Howard Director 1998-06-01 2002-10-24
HARVEY, Geoffrey Peter Director 1998-03-31 2002-10-24
HARVEY, Geoffrey Peter Director 1994-02-03
HOLDEN, Gordon Director 2011-06-13 2014-11-28
KELLY, Bert Kevin Director 1999-10-22 2000-03-09
MA, Liyan Director 2013-05-30 2016-09-30
MCATEAR, David Mackenzie Director 1993-02-03 1994-07-14
MCCUSKER, James Director 1994-10-01 1995-10-06
MURPHY, Noel Timothy Director 2011-06-13 2013-05-30
O'CONNOR, Mark Philip Director 2010-09-28 2013-05-30
PETERS, Nicholas John Director 2011-06-13 2012-01-19
ROSS, Alexander Director 1993-02-03 1998-03-31
WALL, Clive Barry Director 2022-08-23 2022-11-30
WILLIAMS, Heather Louise Director 1999-06-15 2002-10-24
WRIGHT, Craig Richard Director 2005-08-24 2011-06-13
ZENG, Zhijun Director 2013-05-30 2016-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr George Antoniades Individual Appoints directors 2017-08-29 Ceased 2023-08-28
Fineline Global Pte. Ltd. Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-10-16 Ceased 2026-04-14
Exception Pcb Solutions Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2016-04-06 Ceased 2016-09-30

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 242 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-04-14 PSC08 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control statement PDF
2026-04-14 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-06-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-08-30 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2023-08-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-06-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-12-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-09-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-08-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-06-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-10 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2021-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-06-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-02-19 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2021-02-19 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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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