FINELINE VAR LTD
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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
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
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- FINELINE VAR LTD 2017-02-15 → present
- EXCEPTION VAR LIMITED 2005-02-11 → 2017-02-15
- DDI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2002-11-08 → 2005-02-11
- KAMTRONICS LIMITED 1993-03-05 → 2002-11-08
- KAM FAR EAST LIMITED 1993-01-22 → 1993-03-05
- MICROSERVE LIMITED 1983-01-31 → 1993-01-22
- MICROSERVE LIMITED 1981-09-01 → 1983-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 32 | 37 | |
| 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.59x | 1.64x |
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
- FINELINE VAR LTD · parent
- Fineline Switzerland AG 100%
Significant events
- “No 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 | |
| 2026-04-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-08-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
+6.2%
£18,782,597 £19,948,445
-
Cash
-34.1%
£1,416,233 £933,839
-
Net assets
-8.5%
£5,445,736 £4,980,752
-
Employees
+15.6%
32 37
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Operating profit
-49.8%
£1,817,505 £913,119
-
Profit before tax
-51.1%
£1,896,114 £926,866
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Wages
+28.2%
£1,499,394 £1,921,829
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