MOTION APPLIED LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£72K
-80.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-60.1% vs 2023
Employees
275
-13.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£10M
+11.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-07-03
- MOTION APPLIED LIMITED 2025-07-03 → present
- MCLAREN APPLIED LIMITED 2020-01-02 → 2025-07-03
- MCLAREN APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2014-01-02 → 2020-01-02
- MCLAREN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LIMITED 2003-11-24 → 2014-01-02
- TAG ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LIMITED 1988-12-22 → 2003-11-24
- SHOTPART LIMITED 1988-11-29 → 1988-12-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,144,000 | £22,209,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£8,601,000 | -£6,562,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,674,000 | -£10,311,000 | |
| Net profit | -£8,325,000 | -£7,260,000 | |
| Cash | £363,000 | £72,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,126,000 | £27,879,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,074,000 | £4,814,000 | |
| Equity | £12,074,000 | £4,814,000 | |
| Average employees | 317 | 275 | |
| Wages | £18,466,000 | £14,989,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -30.6% | -29.5% | |
| Net margin | -29.6% | -32.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -31.7% | -23.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | -11.64x | -2.16x |
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
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing their financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOTION APPLIED LIMITED · parent
- McLaren Applied Incorporated 1%
- MA Germany GmbH 1%
Significant events
- “During 2024, the company saw a decrease in revenue to £22.2m compared with £28.1m in 2023.”
- “Exceptional items of £0.7m (2023: £2.6m) were recognised in the year. This predominantly related to restructuring costs.”
- “Subsequent to the year end in April 2025, the repayment dates on the revolving loan facilities from investors of the company's parent were extended to 30 June 2027.”
- “During the year ended 31 December 2024, McLaren Applied Limtied acquired 100% of the shares in MA Germany GmbH.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROUGH, Robbie | Director | 2021-08-04 | Jul 1986 | British |
| FRY, Nicholas Richard | Director | 2021-10-29 | Jun 1956 | British |
| HANCOCK, Samuel Peter | Director | 2021-08-04 | Jan 1980 | British |
| MAHA, Samir Dilip | Director | 2024-02-08 | Jun 1977 | British |
| MEYOHAS, Marc Joseph | Director | 2021-08-04 | Jun 1971 | French |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLMAN, Robert James | Secretary | — | 2004-09-01 |
| MURNANE, Timothy Nicholas | Secretary | 2004-09-01 | 2021-08-04 |
| BOOKER, Mark John | Director | 2000-12-12 | 2014-01-01 |
| BUDDIN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-07-25 | 2021-05-04 |
| CARTER, Jason Paul | Director | 2021-08-04 | 2024-02-08 |
| CROSBIE, John Martin | Director | 2005-03-24 | 2014-01-01 |
| DENNIS, Ronald, Sir | Director | — | 2017-07-20 |
| FERRY, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2021-08-04 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Daniel Moshe | Director | 2021-08-04 | 2024-12-31 |
| ILLMAN, Robert James | Director | — | 2004-10-31 |
| MULCAHY, John | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1999-08-13 |
| MURRAY, Anthony James | Director | 2019-05-08 | 2021-10-29 |
| MYERS, Andrew William | Director | 2004-10-31 | 2018-02-28 |
| NEALE, Jonathan | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2021-08-04 |
| OJJEH, Mansour Akram | Director | — | 2018-07-26 |
| RHODES, Ian | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2017-11-22 |
| SCHULZ, Dieter Heinz | Director | 1997-05-12 | 2014-01-01 |
| SCHULZ, Dieter Heinz | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1996-08-23 |
| THOMPSON, Andrew Patrick George | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2004-05-17 |
| TILL, Stephen | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| VAN MANEN, Peter, Dr | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2015-04-21 |
| VITOUX, Daniel | Director | 2015-08-17 | 2015-08-21 |
| ZUCKER, Udo | Director | — | 2003-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma Corporate Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-04 | Active |
| Mclaren Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-11-30 | Ceased 2021-08-04 |
| Mclaren Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 241 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
-21.1%
£28,144,000 £22,209,000
-
Cash
-80.2%
£363,000 £72,000
-
Net assets
-60.1%
£12,074,000 £4,814,000
-
Employees
-13.2%
317 275
-
Operating profit
+23.7%
-£8,601,000 -£6,562,000
-
Profit before tax
+11.7%
-£11,674,000 -£10,311,000
-
Wages
-18.8%
£18,466,000 £14,989,000
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