THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£76M
+12.6% vs 2023
Employees
273
-7.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£38M
-43.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED 1995-03-29 → present
- MAXIMISER LIMITED 1993-11-24 → 1995-03-29
- PAIHIA LIMITED 1993-06-02 → 1993-11-24
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 | £147,406,000 | £109,181,000 | |
| Operating profit | £63,562,000 | £35,747,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £67,311,000 | £38,163,000 | |
| Net profit | £58,589,000 | £33,517,000 | |
| Cash | £34,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £78,406,000 | £86,842,000 | |
| Net assets | £67,430,000 | £75,947,000 | |
| Equity | £67,430,000 | £75,947,000 | |
| Average employees | 295 | 273 | |
| Wages | £16,063,000 | £15,742,000 |
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 | 43.1% | 32.7% | |
| Net margin | 39.7% | 30.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 81.1% | 41.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.5% | 22.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.60x | 5.38x | |
| Interest cover | 281.25x | 174.38x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. ... the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient access to group funds if necessary from its ultimate parent company, Sartorius AG, to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULLOCK, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2020-12-08 | Jun 1975 | British |
| BUSHNELL, Dominic Christian | Director | 2020-12-08 | Jul 1970 | British |
| KALINOWSKI, Mark James Adam | Director | 2023-07-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, David | Secretary | 2010-07-23 | 2019-10-07 |
| FEGAN, Scott | Secretary | 2020-12-08 | 2024-03-01 |
| FITZSIMONS, Gerard | Nominee Secretary | 1993-06-02 | 1993-11-15 |
| HOUSE, James | Secretary | 2019-10-07 | 2020-12-08 |
| KNELL, Thomas Alexander | Secretary | 1998-09-11 | 2010-07-23 |
| SUTHERLAND, Ian James | Secretary | 1993-11-15 | 1998-08-28 |
| ARCHER, John Richard | Director | 1994-12-14 | 2004-03-31 |
| CAMPBELL, David | Director | 2013-04-06 | 2019-10-07 |
| COOKE, Nicholas Vandeleur | Director | 2000-06-05 | 2020-12-08 |
| CUMPSTEY, David Edward | Director | 1998-09-11 | 2004-03-31 |
| EDWARDS, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2000-01-11 | 2005-07-20 |
| FEGAN, Scott | Director | 2020-12-08 | 2024-03-01 |
| FITZSIMONS, Gerard | Nominee Director | 1993-06-02 | 1993-11-15 |
| GREEN, Ross Martin | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1994-12-14 |
| HARRISON, William John | Director | 1998-09-11 | 2002-03-31 |
| MORFFEW, Andrew | Director | 2004-01-12 | 2009-04-03 |
| NEWBLE, David Allan | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2015-05-01 |
| OWEN, Stephen | Director | 1998-09-11 | 2014-10-31 |
| PARNELL, David Gordon, Dr | Director | 1994-12-14 | 1998-09-22 |
| PEUKER, Thorsten, Dr | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2023-05-31 |
| PHILLIPS, David Tudor | Director | 2002-12-16 | 2004-09-17 |
| SEFTON, Phillip Bryan | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2014-12-31 |
| SUTHERLAND, Ian James | Director | 1994-12-14 | 1998-08-28 |
| VAN ESSEN, Christopher Geoffrey | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1994-12-14 |
| VOGT, Reinhard | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2019-02-18 |
| WARD, Martyn Thomas | Director | 2005-07-04 | 2006-09-08 |
| WESSEL, Matthias | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2019-02-18 |
| WOMACK, Michael Thomas | Nominee Director | 1993-06-02 | 1993-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tap Biosystems Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-25.9%
£147,406,000 £109,181,000
-
Cash
-100%
£34,000 £0
-
Net assets
+12.6%
£67,430,000 £75,947,000
-
Employees
-7.5%
295 273
-
Operating profit
-43.8%
£63,562,000 £35,747,000
-
Profit before tax
-43.3%
£67,311,000 £38,163,000
-
Wages
-2%
£16,063,000 £15,742,000
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