ETAS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
-60.3% vs 2023
Employees
251
+26.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-2.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ETAS LIMITED 2007-11-12 → present
- ETAS ENGINEERING TOOLS APPLICATION AND SERVICES LIMITED 2007-07-02 → 2007-11-12
- LIVEDEVICES LIMITED 2001-07-02 → 2007-07-02
- NORTHERN REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS LIMITED 1997-06-09 → 2001-07-02
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 | £20,166,000 | £25,663,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,688,000 | £1,786,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,000,000 | £1,958,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,543,000 | £1,536,000 | |
| Cash | £7,543,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,334,000 | £4,397,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,910,000 | £2,346,000 | |
| Equity | £5,910,000 | £2,346,000 | |
| Average employees | 198 | 251 | |
| Wages | £10,811,000 | £15,052,000 |
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 | 8.4% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.3% | 40.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.2% | 85.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.89x | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | 21.10x | 15.95x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months and one day from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2024, ETAS Ltd acquired the operations of the diagnostic solutions UK business from Bosch Automotive Service Solutions (a Bosch company) through an asset purchase as part of a Bosch Group restructuring programme to consolidate similar activities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2013-07-30 | — | — |
| NEWSOME, Derek Anthony | Director | 2026-04-27 | Feb 1966 | British |
| TRACEY, Nigel James | Director | 2025-04-30 | May 1974 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, Klaus | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2003-06-25 |
| COURTNEY, Jessica | Secretary | 1997-06-09 | 2001-12-19 |
| PASHLEY, Sophy | Secretary | 2008-08-21 | 2013-07-30 |
| PATRICK, Marcus | Secretary | 2001-12-19 | 2003-04-01 |
| TURTLE, Nigel Philip | Secretary | 2007-07-02 | 2008-08-21 |
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-06-09 | 1997-06-09 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-03-21 | 2002-06-24 |
| ROLLITS COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-06-25 | 2007-07-02 |
| AULT, Michael | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2003-04-01 |
| BECK, Klaus | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2006-05-15 |
| COURTNEY, Jessica | Director | 1997-06-09 | 2003-04-01 |
| DAVIS, Robert Ian | Director | 1997-06-09 | 2001-04-30 |
| DENNING, Roland John | Director | 2001-10-17 | 2003-04-01 |
| DUSS, Stefan Friedrich | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| EDGINGTON, Charlie Grant | Director | 1999-09-07 | 2003-04-01 |
| EGLSEDER, Nicolet | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2026-04-27 |
| FOUQUET, Klaus Peter, Dr | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| FUELLE, Tom Gerard | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2009-06-30 |
| HARRISON, Mike | Director | 1998-10-02 | 2001-09-24 |
| HERGERT, Bernd Alexander | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| HOFFMANN, Steffen Tobias, Dr | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2020-06-01 |
| HOLT, Edward George | Director | 1998-10-02 | 2003-04-01 |
| KEELING, Nicholas John | Director | 2006-05-15 | 2025-04-30 |
| KNOWLES, Adrian | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2002-08-05 |
| MEIER, Robert Paul | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2009-07-01 |
| NIGGE, Goetz | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-07-01 |
| PATRICK, Marcus | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2003-04-01 |
| ROSE, Philipp | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2014-07-01 |
| SRINIVASAN, Arun | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| TINDELL, Kenneth William | Director | 1997-06-09 | 2003-04-01 |
| WOHLFARTH, Dieter | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| ZURAWKA, Thomas, Dr | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-06-30 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-06-09 | 1997-06-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bosch Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-10 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-07-10 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+27.3%
£20,166,000 £25,663,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-60.3%
£5,910,000 £2,346,000
-
Employees
+26.8%
198 251
-
Operating profit
+5.8%
£1,688,000 £1,786,000
-
Profit before tax
-2.1%
£2,000,000 £1,958,000
-
Wages
+39.2%
£10,811,000 £15,052,000
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