SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & ASSESSMENT LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£34M
+157.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
+15.8% vs 2024
Employees
446
+25.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
+31.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £52,666,000 | £74,532,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,799,000 | £7,595,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,727,000 | £7,550,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,246,000 | £5,965,000 | |
| Cash | £13,236,000 | £34,056,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,124,000 | £31,852,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,594,000 | £27,316,000 | |
| Equity | £23,594,000 | £27,316,000 | |
| Average employees | 356 | 446 | |
| Wages | £17,626,000 | £22,946,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | 23.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 61.04x | 89.35x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company had net current assets of £13,428k as at 30 April 2025 (2024: £11,066k). The Company's directors have prepared forecasts and projections which go beyond 12 months of the approval date of these accounts. The Company's forecasts and projections consider the reasonably possible changes in trading performance. All outcomes modelled in the forecast show that the Company should be able to operate within the level of its current facilities.”
Group structure
- SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & ASSESSMENT LTD · parent
- JS Residual Ltd 100%
- 8963665 Canada Inc 100%
- SEA CAN Systems Inc 100%
Significant events
- “Following a strategic review, SEA has elected to divest the ITS business and has reached an agreement with a third-party to purchase this. The transaction concluded on 30 June 2025.”
- “The Company divested its Integrated Transport Systems (ITS) business on 30 June 2025 to focus on its Defence business. Assets disposed included stock and ongoing contracts at an Enterprise value of just over £8m. All staff relevant to the Divestment transferred within the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYBURY, Helen | Secretary | 2021-12-01 | — | — |
| FLITTON, Richard | Director | 2021-01-18 | Feb 1963 | British |
| THOMIS, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2009-06-24 | Aug 1964 | British |
| WALTHER, Simon Robert | Director | 2009-02-09 | Jul 1967 | — |
| WHALVIN, Julia Caroline | Director | 2020-08-31 | May 1970 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Ronald William | Secretary | 1997-11-28 | 1998-06-04 |
| BILKHU, Sarita | Secretary | 2017-05-01 | 2021-11-19 |
| DALE-STAPLES, Freda Marian | Secretary | — | 1997-11-28 |
| DAVIES, Emily Elizabeth Jane | Secretary | 2011-09-19 | 2015-06-30 |
| MARVELL, Timothy Lloyd | Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 2011-09-19 |
| WALTHER, Simon Robert | Secretary | 2015-06-30 | 2015-10-13 |
| ANDREWARTHA, Robert | Director | 1999-04-27 | 2003-10-24 |
| BARNES, Ronald William | Director | — | 1999-04-27 |
| BLISSETT, Rodney John, Dr | Director | 2001-02-28 | 2002-11-05 |
| DALE-STAPLES, Ian Peter | Director | — | 2009-06-24 |
| GIBSON, Roy | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1999-04-27 |
| GRANT, Leonard Brian | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1996-03-31 |
| GUBB, Kieron | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2007-01-16 |
| GUY, David Peter | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2004-10-06 |
| GUY, David Peter | Director | 1998-10-26 | 1999-04-27 |
| HILL, Robert Charles Finch, Sir | Director | 1996-10-21 | 1999-04-27 |
| HILL, Stephen Jeremy | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2020-08-31 |
| HILLS, William David | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2003-11-30 |
| KELLY, Martin Alan | Director | 2020-08-31 | 2021-01-18 |
| LOCK, Geoffrey Philip Dixon | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2005-01-31 |
| MARVELL, Timothy Lloyd | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2011-09-19 |
| PHILLIPS, Allan Peter | Director | — | 1999-04-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Paul | Director | 2002-06-13 | 2010-11-23 |
| PHILLIPS, Paul | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1999-04-27 |
| ROBINSON, Edward Harold | Director | — | 1995-02-19 |
| SOMERSET, Gareth Eyre | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1996-10-21 |
| SOMERSET, Gareth Eyre | Director | — | 1993-07-30 |
| TRUSS, Peter | Director | 1999-04-27 | 2002-10-21 |
| WESTGARTH, Richard Edward John | Director | — | 1993-07-30 |
| YOUNG, David Paul | Director | 1997-05-12 | 2002-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea (Group) Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-05-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-07-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+41.5%
£52,666,000 £74,532,000
-
Cash
+157.3%
£13,236,000 £34,056,000
-
Net assets
+15.8%
£23,594,000 £27,316,000
-
Employees
+25.3%
356 446
-
Operating profit
+31%
£5,799,000 £7,595,000
-
Profit before tax
+31.8%
£5,727,000 £7,550,000
-
Wages
+30.2%
£17,626,000 £22,946,000
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