COMTEST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12K
+100.7% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£12K
-20% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£8,000 | -£9,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,000 | -£12,000 | |
| Net profit | -£10,000 | -£12,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£1,676,000 | £12,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,676,000 | £12,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | — | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | -4.00x | -3.00x |
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
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has indicated its intention to provide any necessary financial support to enable the company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. To this extent, the directors have received a letter of support from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. confirming their financial support for a period of at least twelve months from when these financial statements are authorised for issue. Thus, the directors believe that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 9 December 2025, the Company issued one ordinary share at a premium of £1,699,999.”
- “On 22 December 2025, the share premium account was cancelled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-01 | — | — |
| AHMED, Syed Waqas | Director | 2020-03-23 | Nov 1979 | British |
| CAMERON, Euan Daney Ross | Director | 2018-10-31 | Mar 1976 | British |
| GREEN, Georgina Adams | Director | 2024-04-18 | Mar 1970 | British |
| SMITH, Anthony Hugh | Director | 2018-11-12 | May 1962 | American |
| STARR, Alison Jane | Director | 2024-04-18 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORBES, Stuart Sanford | Secretary | 2002-03-28 | 2004-02-03 |
| GREGG, Rhona | Secretary | 2015-09-10 | 2026-03-31 |
| SMALE, Malcolm Charles | Secretary | — | 1994-03-11 |
| SMALE, Paula Anne | Secretary | 1991-04-19 | 1991-05-01 |
| VAN WETTEN, Leonardus Hendricus | Secretary | 1991-05-01 | 1993-06-02 |
| WARD, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2004-02-03 | 2014-12-18 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-02-03 | 2009-10-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-04-19 | 1991-04-19 |
| THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-03-11 | 2002-03-28 |
| BAXTER, Colin | Director | 1997-04-09 | 2002-04-04 |
| COLEY, James Robert Ewen | Director | 2004-02-03 | 2012-04-18 |
| DALTON, William John Harling | Director | 1997-04-09 | 1998-06-25 |
| DE GROOT, Henricus Petrus Josef | Director | 1991-05-01 | 1997-09-01 |
| EMERSON, Brian | Director | 1997-04-09 | 1998-10-09 |
| FORBES, Stuart Sanford | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2004-02-03 |
| GRANT, Lucie Mary Katja | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2019-12-03 |
| INCE, Nicholas | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2018-10-31 |
| MOODIE, Iain Alasdair Keith | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2013-02-07 |
| NORMAN, David John | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2024-04-18 |
| NORTON, Michael Dennis | Director | 1993-07-30 | 1997-04-09 |
| PERKINS, James Ian | Director | 2004-02-03 | 2004-12-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Paul Anthony | Director | 1995-01-17 | 1998-05-28 |
| SMALE, Malcolm Charles | Director | 1991-04-19 | 1997-04-09 |
| THIBAULT, Norman Joseph | Director | 1995-01-17 | 2002-04-04 |
| WHEELER, Kevin Neil | Director | 2002-03-05 | 2015-11-16 |
| WRIGHT, Katie Rose | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2015-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+100.7%
-£1,676,000 £12,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-12.5%
-£8,000 -£9,000
-
Profit before tax
-20%
-£10,000 -£12,000
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