APPLIED AUTOMATION (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£187K
+5,126.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-9.5% vs 2024
Employees
180
+2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£97K
-95.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- APPLIED AUTOMATION (UK) LIMITED 2002-03-21 → present
- SYSTEMATE LIMITED 1990-08-17 → 2002-03-21
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,635,008 | £17,363,505 | £18,439,129 | £24,102,040 | £23,716,910 | £19,090,726 | |
| Operating profit | £230,142 | £707,237 | £1,288,299 | £2,002,435 | £2,014,908 | £94,124 | |
| Profit before tax | £230,822 | £708,145 | £1,288,292 | £2,000,070 | £2,036,063 | £97,378 | |
| Net profit | £180,814 | £667,766 | £1,032,761 | £1,617,040 | £1,572,909 | £65,067 | |
| Cash | £8,073 | £529,662 | £450,679 | £2,197 | £3,586 | £187,413 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,236,083 | £2,781,223 | £3,381,219 | £4,414,483 | £5,678,334 | £4,885,978 | |
| Net assets | £2,091,749 | £2,669,515 | £3,212,276 | £4,239,316 | £5,212,225 | £4,717,292 | |
| Equity | £2,091,749 | — | — | — | £5,212,225 | £4,717,292 | |
| Average employees | 180 | 154 | 163 | 187 | 176 | 180 | |
| Wages | £4,862,425 | £4,195,262 | £4,384,279 | £5,592,934 | £5,620,489 | £5,770,565 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 4.1% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 3.8% | 5.6% | 6.7% | 6.6% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 25.4% | 38.1% | 45.4% | 35.5% | 1.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.24x | 1.45x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 25765.98x | 286062.14x | — | 50.33x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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 entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- APPLIED AUTOMATION (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Net-IT Solutions Limited 100%
- Applied Automation Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 26 February 2025, the Company provided a guarantee in favour of Murata Power Solutions (MK) Ltd in respect of the Company's obligations as seller under a sale agreement. The guarantee is only payable if the Company fails to fulfil those obligations. The maximum exposure under the guarantee is £648,000.”
- “Within the profit and loss account is an exceptional cost of £Nil (2024: £374,018). This relates to an agreed reimbursement to a customer, on a project previously billed and recognised as revenue by Applied Automation (UK) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWE, Valerie Anne | Secretary | — | — | British |
| ROWE, David Harry | Director | — | Oct 1958 | British |
| ROWE, Paul Anthony | Director | 2024-11-21 | Feb 1987 | British |
| SCRIVENS, Leanne | Director | 2024-11-21 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARTRIDGE, Philip William | Director | 1993-11-01 | 2002-07-31 |
| ROWE, Valerie Anne | Director | — | 1991-10-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Automation (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-15 | Active |
| Mr David Harry Rowe | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-15 |
| Mrs Valerie Anne Rowe | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-19.5%
£23,716,910 £19,090,726
-
Cash
+5,126.2%
£3,586 £187,413
-
Net assets
-9.5%
£5,212,225 £4,717,292
-
Employees
+2.3%
176 180
-
Operating profit
-95.3%
£2,014,908 £94,124
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-95.2%
£2,036,063 £97,378
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Wages
+2.7%
£5,620,489 £5,770,565
highest in 6 filed years
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