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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-29 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-15

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£120M

+22.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£114M

-10% vs 2023

Employees

12,658

+12.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£30M

-46.1% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

  1. SOCOTEC UK LIMITED 2017-10-16 → present
  2. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIFICS GROUP LIMITED 2010-04-30 → 2017-10-16
  3. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GROUP LIMITED 1995-12-31 → 2010-04-30
  4. TES BRETBY LIMITED 1994-05-27 → 1995-12-31
  5. SHELFCO (NO.911) LIMITED 1993-12-14 → 1994-05-27

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £1,134,272,712£1,279,569,175
Operating profit £111,965,153£102,427,184
Profit before tax £56,160,714£30,280,860
Net profit £35,543,516£14,661,928
Cash £97,898,752£120,240,985
Total assets less current liabilities £1,197,256,415£1,781,623,613
Net assets £127,099,515£114,407,074
Equity £127,099,515£114,407,074
Average employees 11,23512,658
Wages £449,842,233£503,229,889

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 9.9%8.0%
Net margin 3.1%1.1%
Return on capital employed 9.4%5.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 92.6%94.7%
Current ratio 0.85x1.44x

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
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Forvis Mazars SA and Grant Thornton
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless it is expected to liquidate the Company or to cease operations.”

Group structure

  1. SOCOTEC UK LIMITED · parent
    1. Antilles Conseils Techniques et Expertises (ACTE) SAS 100% · France
    2. SOCOTEC Smart Solutions - Ascaudit Groupe SAS 100% · France
    3. SOCOTEC UK LIMITED 98.8% · United Kingdom
    4. SOCOTEC UK Holding Limited 98.8% · United Kingdom · Holding company
    5. Impulse Geophysics Limited 98.5% · United Kingdom

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 48 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CLAY, James Director 2024-10-14 Apr 1980 British
GOODWIN, Jason Richard Director 2020-03-24 Sep 1974 British
GOUGH, David Director 2021-10-06 Jul 1968 British
HARPER, Nicholas Director 2021-10-06 Jan 1969 British
HILDICK-SMITH, Richard Anthony Director 2024-10-14 Nov 1986 British
MARRIOTT, Matthew Giles Thomas Director 2024-10-14 Aug 1971 British
Show 48 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CAVE, Paul Secretary 2006-04-27 2009-07-31
ELLSON, Hilary Myra Secretary 1999-09-01 2005-11-09
GARRETT, George Martin Secretary 1994-03-24 1994-05-26
HANDLEY, Peter Secretary 1994-10-31 1994-12-22
KRISTIANSEN, Lars Secretary 2021-10-05 2023-01-31
LOUDEN, Nicholas William Secretary 2009-07-31 2013-06-28
PEARCE, John Harold Secretary 1996-01-11 1999-09-01
WOOD, Alistair Nicholas Secretary 1994-05-26 1994-10-31
E P S SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1993-12-14 1994-03-24
MOWLEM SECRETARIAT LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2005-11-09 2006-04-27
MOWLEM SECRETARIAT LIMITED Corporate Secretary 1994-12-22 1996-01-11
BALL, Philip John Henry Director 2013-01-01 2023-02-24
BOLTER, Andrew Christopher Director 2014-04-22 2020-04-17
BROWN, Gerald Thornton Director 1994-12-22 2005-05-31
CAVE, Paul Director 2006-11-17 2009-07-31
CLAY, David William Director 2002-03-22 2012-12-31
COEN, Daniel John Director 2020-01-16 2023-10-31
DETCHEPARE, Nicolas Louis Director 2021-03-29 2024-10-14
GAINS, Sir John Christopher Director 1994-12-22 2005-04-22
GARRETT, George Martin Director 1994-03-24 1994-12-22
HAMMOND, Sarah Louise Director 2012-07-03 2017-07-25
HASTIE, Robin Barry Director 2010-05-01 2014-01-28
JENKINS, Robert David Director 1996-01-11 2002-03-31
LOUDEN, Nicholas William Director 2009-03-26 2013-06-28
LYNAS, Stephen Charles Director 2012-07-03 2013-10-31
MACFARLANE, James Director 2020-01-16 2022-04-30
MAINWARING, Paul Richard Director 2005-05-31 2006-04-27
MCBRIDE, Richard Anthony Director 2008-02-12 2010-09-03
MCNAMARA, Michael Director 1994-05-26 1994-12-22
MOORE, Arthur Harold Director 2002-06-21 2006-04-27
MURPHY, James Robert Director 2014-05-01 2020-01-16
POLLARD, Martin Lewis Director 1994-03-24 1994-05-26
SCARROW, John Arthur Director 1994-12-22 2003-07-29
SLEETH, Alexander Director 2009-03-23 2013-06-29
SLEETH, Norman Director 2010-05-01 2021-06-30
SPARKS, Ian Austin Director 2013-07-03 2021-03-31
STEPHENSON, David John Director 1995-01-01 2000-06-30
STEPHENSON, David John Director 1994-05-26 1994-12-22
SWALES, Jonathan Mark Director 2002-06-06 2006-05-26
WALLIS, Christopher Director 2021-03-12 2021-10-31
WALTERS, Nicholas John Cordeaux Director 2013-06-28 2014-07-14
WARDLE, Alan John Director 1994-05-26 1994-12-22
WARLOW, David Director 1999-11-03 2003-07-28
WATSON, David George Director 2010-05-01 2012-05-11
WATTS, Mark Irvine John Director 2006-04-27 2007-02-12
WESTON, Mandy Director 2009-03-26 2012-08-10
MIKJON LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1993-12-14 1994-03-24
MOWLEM MANAGEMENT LIMITED Corporate Director 2005-05-31 2006-04-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Inspicio Environmental Services Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 229 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-10-18 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2021-10-18 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2025-10-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-16 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-16 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-02-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-02 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2022-10-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-12-20 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-11-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-10-18 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2021-10-18 MA incorporation Memorandum articles

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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