ASTUTE ELECTRONICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-15 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
-42.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£65M
+0.5% vs 2023
Employees
374
+29% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-72.2% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £161,574,823 | £128,973,977 | |
| Operating profit | — | £18,121,011 | £4,058,113 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £17,690,793 | £4,912,251 | |
| Net profit | — | £13,423,090 | £2,472,309 | |
| Cash | — | £38,676,568 | £22,354,275 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £67,309,943 | £67,550,053 | |
| Net assets | — | £64,292,544 | £64,613,228 | |
| Equity | £41,423,100 | £64,292,544 | £64,613,228 | |
| Average employees | — | 290 | 374 | |
| Wages | — | £19,456,216 | £18,881,025 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 11.2% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 8.3% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 26.9% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.35x | 5.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 16.24x | 13.32x |
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
- Wilton Lyndon Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- ASTUTE ELECTRONICS LIMITED · parent
- Astute Electronics Inc 51%
- Astute Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co Ltd 100%
- Ismosys Group Limited 100%
- Astute Electronics Pty Ltd 100%
- Astute Israel Limited 100%
- Astute Electronics GmbH 74.99%
- Broadband Technology 2000 Limited 100%
- Astute Turkey Elektronik Dagitim Limited Sirketi 100%
- Astute B.V. 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end, in March 2025, the company completed the acquisition of Copper and Optic Terminations Limited, a highly respected company that creates high-performance cable and harness assemblies for the defence, aerospace, transport, medical and industrial sectors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Geoffrey Ian | Director | — | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FANTHAM, Ian | Secretary | 2004-06-30 | 2025-06-20 |
| FRASER, Ronald Mcpherson | Secretary | — | 2004-06-30 |
| FANTHAM, Ian | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2025-06-20 |
| FRASER, Ronald Mcpherson | Director | 1991-06-28 | 2004-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Geoffrey Ian Hill | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-20.2%
£161,574,823 £128,973,977
-
Cash
-42.2%
£38,676,568 £22,354,275
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£64,292,544 £64,613,228
-
Employees
+29%
290 374
-
Operating profit
-77.6%
£18,121,011 £4,058,113
-
Profit before tax
-72.2%
£17,690,793 £4,912,251
-
Wages
-3%
£19,456,216 £18,881,025
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