SOCOMEC U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+32% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+22.8% vs 2023
Employees
85
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+13.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SOCOMEC U.K. LIMITED 2015-07-01 → present
- SOCOMEC SICON LIMITED 1998-12-31 → 2015-07-01
- MAINSTREAM ELECTRONICS LIMITED 1986-05-02 → 1998-12-31
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 | £39,406,692 | £46,597,859 | |
| Operating profit | £1,539,575 | £1,794,881 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,574,118 | £1,788,096 | |
| Net profit | £1,223,907 | £1,302,179 | |
| Cash | £2,783,232 | £3,674,997 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,816,955 | £3,435,952 | |
| Net assets | £2,715,291 | £3,334,470 | |
| Equity | £2,715,291 | £3,334,470 | |
| Average employees | 82 | 85 | |
| Wages | £5,010,477 | £5,608,263 |
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 | 3.9% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.7% | 52.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 564.77x | 263.26x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The general electrical & critical power market remains highly competitive.”
- “AI continues to drive Growth in the Data Centre market coupled with the expansion of the Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in the UK offers a new and potentially lucrative markets.”
- “The business possesses a comprehensive disaster recovery plan and has succession plans for all key employees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTOLOMEI, Bruno | Director | 2021-09-02 | Mar 1968 | French |
| DEAN, Colin Alan | Director | 2016-04-15 | Aug 1967 | British |
| PLISSON, Bruno Adrien Joseph | Director | 2015-07-01 | Apr 1965 | French |
| REED, Alan James | Director | 2015-07-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLIDAY, Geoffrey Richard | Secretary | 1997-03-06 | 2004-09-15 |
| KIM, Pascal Maurice Jules | Secretary | 2004-09-16 | 2011-12-31 |
| KNIGHT, Maureen | Secretary | — | 1997-03-06 |
| CARTER, Michael Paul | Director | 1999-02-03 | 2010-11-30 |
| FRATTA, Renato | Director | 2011-12-31 | 2015-07-01 |
| GIBBONS, Darren Michael | Director | 1996-01-09 | 2002-09-20 |
| HALLIDAY, Geoffrey Richard | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2004-09-15 |
| KIM, Pascal Maurice Jules | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| KNIGHT, Maureen | Director | — | 1997-03-06 |
| KNIGHT, William Raymond | Director | — | 1997-03-06 |
| MARQVAIRE, Marc | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2003-07-25 |
| ORIO, Gabrielle | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2001-12-31 |
| PIZZATO, Remy | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2021-09-02 |
| STEYERT, Bernard | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2005-12-31 |
| TSORBA, Alain | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2013-06-30 |
| WHITLOW, David Christopher Roy | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2008-07-07 |
| WILKINSON, James Andrew | Director | 2010-12-23 | 2016-04-15 |
| WILSON, Kevin Richard | Director | 2005-01-04 | 2007-03-22 |
| ZANON, Antonio | Director | 1997-03-06 | 1999-02-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socomec Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+18.2%
£39,406,692 £46,597,859
-
Cash
+32%
£2,783,232 £3,674,997
-
Net assets
+22.8%
£2,715,291 £3,334,470
-
Employees
+3.7%
82 85
-
Operating profit
+16.6%
£1,539,575 £1,794,881
-
Profit before tax
+13.6%
£1,574,118 £1,788,096
-
Wages
+11.9%
£5,010,477 £5,608,263
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