SPIRENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+19.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£56M
+2.5% vs 2023
Employees
26
+100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-38.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SPIRENT HOLDINGS LIMITED 2004-11-10 → present
- SPIRENT MANAGEMENT PLC 2000-06-30 → 2004-11-10
- BOWTHORPE MANAGEMENT PLC 1997-10-17 → 2000-06-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £142,000 | £263,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,769,000 | £2,323,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,755,000 | £2,142,000 | |
| Cash | £1,360,000 | £1,631,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,006,000 | £56,255,000 | |
| Net assets | £54,694,000 | £56,050,000 | |
| Equity | £54,694,000 | £56,050,000 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 26 | |
| Wages | £1,087,000 | £1,922,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.3% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 36.94x | 130.63x |
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
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company participates in the centralised treasury arrangements of its parent company, Spirent Communications plc. After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Having regard to this intention, the Directors believe it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis. For further detail on the Directors assessment of going concern please refer to note 1.3.”
Group structure
- SPIRENT HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Spirent Communications (India) Pvt Limited 100%
- Spirent Communications GmbH 100%
- Spirent Communications (Asia) Limited 100%
- Spirent Communications Singapore Pte Limited 100%
- Spirent Communications Japan KK 100%
- Spirent Communications Korea Inc 100%
- Spirent Communications Taiwan Limited 100%
- Spirent Communications Taiwan Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to 31 December 2024, the Company received dividends amounting to £246,235.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERICSON, Simon Anthony | Secretary | 2025-11-17 | — | — |
| ROY, Paul Ian | Director | 2025-11-17 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Gareth Brinley | Director | 2025-11-17 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSCOMBE, Michael John | Secretary | 2006-03-01 | 2009-05-06 |
| ARNAOUTI, Michael | Secretary | 1997-10-17 | 2001-12-31 |
| HESSEY, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | 2025-11-17 |
| IVESON, Angus Edward | Secretary | 2014-10-27 | 2025-09-01 |
| THOMAS, Luke | Secretary | 2001-12-31 | 2006-03-01 |
| WHITING, Rachel Elizabeth | Secretary | 2009-05-06 | 2014-10-27 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-17 | 1997-10-17 |
| ALLAM, Jonathan | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2020-09-30 |
| ATKINSON, Richard, Dr | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| BELL, Paula | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2025-10-15 |
| BROOKES, Nicholas Kelvin | Director | 1997-10-17 | 2004-06-30 |
| CHUNG, My Engu | Director | 1998-12-18 | 2004-09-03 |
| EARDLEY, Paul Rex | Director | 2004-09-28 | 2007-09-20 |
| HESSEY, Andrew Robert | Director | 2025-09-01 | 2025-11-17 |
| HOHORST, Wolfgang | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2001-05-01 |
| HUTCHINSON, Eric George | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| IVESON, Angus Edward | Director | 2020-09-30 | 2025-09-01 |
| MCCARTHY, Colin Michael | Director | 1997-10-17 | 2000-01-01 |
| POTTER, Robert Bernard | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| RALSTON, Helen Elizabeth Mclaren | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2001-10-31 |
| SALMON, Stephen James | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2004-09-28 |
| SHEFFER, Carl | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2001-11-09 |
| TARVER, William David | Director | 1998-12-18 | 2000-10-13 |
| WHITING, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2016-09-06 |
| ZEIDLER, Geoffrey Peter Louis | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2004-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirent Communications Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+19.9%
£1,360,000 £1,631,000
-
Net assets
+2.5%
£54,694,000 £56,050,000
-
Employees
+100%
13 26
-
Operating profit
+85.2%
£142,000 £263,000
-
Profit before tax
-38.4%
£3,769,000 £2,323,000
-
Wages
+76.8%
£1,087,000 £1,922,000
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