SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+12.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
+14.6% vs 2023
Employees
371
+0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+89.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED 2007-03-12 → present
- SPACE LIMITED 2006-05-15 → 2007-03-12
- SPACE COOLING SYSTEMS LIMITED 2004-04-23 → 2006-05-15
- SPACE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1993-11-04 → 2004-04-23
- SPACE COOLING SYSTEMS LIMITED 1988-05-03 → 1993-11-04
- S W 108 COMPANY LIMITED 1987-11-02 → 1988-05-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £78,340,813 | £73,043,788 | |
| Operating profit | £1,572,679 | £2,656,353 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,584,760 | £3,001,064 | |
| Net profit | £1,579,582 | £2,598,611 | |
| Cash | £3,870,986 | £4,343,168 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,777,758 | £20,376,369 | |
| Net assets | £17,777,758 | £20,376,369 | |
| Equity | £17,777,758 | £20,376,369 | |
| Average employees | 368 | 371 | |
| Wages | £15,046,673 | £15,560,067 |
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 | 2.0% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.8% | 13.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.00x | 2.23x | |
| Interest cover | 8.38x | 67.96x |
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
- Bishop Fleming 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
- SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Space Cooling Systems Limited 1%
- Case & Cold Services Limited 1%
- Space Engineering Services Kft. 1%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAMS, Diane | Director | 2022-06-22 | Dec 1982 | British |
| HARRIS, Braden Lee | Director | 2021-04-26 | May 1981 | Australian |
| HOLLINGDALE, John Anthony | Director | 2014-05-22 | Nov 1950 | British |
| KEERS, Lisa Jayne | Director | 2025-10-01 | Apr 1973 | British |
| MAPPERLEY, Roger Guy | Director | 2022-06-22 | Mar 1965 | British |
| NOUCH, Dale Edward | Director | 2007-06-01 | May 1971 | British |
| PEARSON, Richard | Director | 2022-06-22 | Sep 1969 | British |
| SALMON, Paul David | Director | 2022-06-22 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLETT, Robert Wayne | Secretary | — | 1999-03-31 |
| HOLLINGDALE, John Anthony | Secretary | 2004-01-05 | 2013-03-14 |
| MURPHY, Charles Michael | Secretary | 2013-03-14 | 2021-04-09 |
| O`SULLIVAN, Terence David | Secretary | 1999-03-31 | 2005-05-27 |
| BRYANT, Roger John | Director | — | 2005-05-27 |
| DYER, Adrian | Director | 1999-08-10 | 2005-05-27 |
| FROST, Robert Dean | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2013-02-05 |
| HALLETT, Robert Wayne | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| HOLLINGDALE, John Anthony | Director | 2004-01-05 | 2012-01-20 |
| MURPHY, Charles Michael | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2021-04-09 |
| O`SULLIVAN, Terence David | Director | — | 2005-05-27 |
| SADLER, Keith John | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2012-05-12 |
| STEVENSON, Barry John | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2012-01-20 |
| TAYLOR, Richard James | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2014-05-02 |
| TAYLOR, Richard James | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2012-01-20 |
| TAYLOR, Richard James | Director | 1999-03-31 | 1999-08-10 |
| WOODS, Mark Brian | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2019-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space Cooling Systems Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-25 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-03-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
-6.8%
£78,340,813 £73,043,788
-
Cash
+12.2%
£3,870,986 £4,343,168
-
Net assets
+14.6%
£17,777,758 £20,376,369
-
Employees
+0.8%
368 371
-
Operating profit
+68.9%
£1,572,679 £2,656,353
-
Profit before tax
+89.4%
£1,584,760 £3,001,064
-
Wages
+3.4%
£15,046,673 £15,560,067
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers