TAYLOR HOBSON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-09 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+18.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£50M
+11.8% vs 2023
Employees
252
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£21M
+28.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TAYLOR HOBSON LIMITED 1996-09-10 → present
- DUSKFROST LIMITED 1996-07-26 → 1996-09-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,659,000 | £81,249,000 | |
| Operating profit | £16,917,000 | £12,617,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,740,000 | £21,471,000 | |
| Net profit | £16,136,000 | £20,957,000 | |
| Cash | £11,389,000 | £13,486,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £50,458,000 | £50,608,000 | |
| Net assets | £44,856,000 | £50,145,000 | |
| Equity | £44,856,000 | £50,145,000 | |
| Average employees | 254 | 252 | |
| Wages | £12,766,000 | £13,048,000 |
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 | 20.7% | 15.5% | |
| Net margin | 19.8% | 25.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.5% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 2.40x | |
| Interest cover | 39.16x | 25.80x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded it is appropriate for the Company's 2024 financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- TAYLOR HOBSON LIMITED · parent
- Solartron Metrology Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024 global geopolitical transformation created latency in many markets.”
- “On 21st October for Leicester division... the Company started participating in a cash pooling arrangement operated by a fellow group undertaking, AMETEK Crystal Power Limited...”
- “In July 2024, the Court of Appeal issued a ruling... confirming that any such changes made during the contracted-out period are invalid...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARINO, Lynn | Secretary | 2019-06-20 | — | — |
| WEBSTER, Russell | Director | 2024-07-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| ZETTI, Pietro Luigi Enrico | Director | 2018-04-27 | Jun 1968 | Italian |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATWELL, Joy | Secretary | 2017-01-11 | 2019-06-20 |
| CHILTON, Derek Geoffrey | Secretary | 2006-08-02 | 2007-10-04 |
| COLEY, David Bruce | Secretary | 2007-10-04 | 2018-04-27 |
| HOWARD, Robert Damian | Secretary | 1996-08-30 | 1999-11-10 |
| SENA, Kathryn Ethel | Secretary | 2004-06-18 | 2017-01-11 |
| WESTMORELAND, Dean Adrian | Secretary | 1999-11-10 | 2006-08-02 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-07-26 | 1996-08-30 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Nominee Director | 1996-07-26 | 1996-08-30 |
| COLEY, David Bruce | Director | 2008-12-10 | 2018-04-05 |
| HOWARD, Robert Damian | Director | 1996-08-30 | 1999-11-10 |
| HOWARTH, Craig Timothy | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2024-07-01 |
| MOLINELLI, John Joseph | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2012-07-01 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 1996-07-26 | 1996-08-30 |
| TEMPEST, Philip Anthony | Director | 1996-08-30 | 1999-11-10 |
| WESTMORELAND, Dean Adrian | Director | 1999-11-10 | 2008-09-26 |
| WILSON, Bruce Peter | Director | 1999-11-10 | 2025-03-12 |
| ZAPICO, David Anthony | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2008-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ametek Instruments Group Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-12 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
-0.5%
£81,659,000 £81,249,000
-
Cash
+18.4%
£11,389,000 £13,486,000
-
Net assets
+11.8%
£44,856,000 £50,145,000
-
Employees
-0.8%
254 252
-
Operating profit
-25.4%
£16,917,000 £12,617,000
-
Profit before tax
+28.3%
£16,740,000 £21,471,000
-
Wages
+2.2%
£12,766,000 £13,048,000
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