METIR PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-04 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£188K
+8.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£184K
+27.8% vs 2023
Employees
4
-77.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+26% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-02-11
- METIR PLC 2025-02-11 → present
- MICROSAIC SYSTEMS PLC 2011-04-01 → 2025-02-11
- MICROSAIC SYSTEMS LIMITED 2001-02-23 → 2011-04-01
- DYNAMIC JEWELS LIMITED 1998-05-21 → 2001-02-23
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 | £492,000 | £232,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,583,000 | -£1,715,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,597,000 | -£1,922,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,597,000 | -£1,809,000 | |
| Cash | £173,000 | £188,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £186,000 | £186,000 | |
| Net assets | £144,000 | £184,000 | |
| Equity | £144,000 | £184,000 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 4 | |
| Wages | £986,000 | £264,000 |
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 | -525.0% | -739.2% | |
| Net margin | -527.8% | -779.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1388.7% | -922.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.8% | 86.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | -516.60x | — |
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
- UK adopted international accounting standards (FRS 101)
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the forecasts noted above, the mitigating actions available to management, recent trading performance and having regard to the macroeconomic risks and uncertainties to which the Group is exposed, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and parent Company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future and to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- METIR PLC · parent
- Modern Water (U.K.) Limited 1%
- Microsaic Systems Trading Limited 1%
Significant events
- “In January 2024, Metir plc (then known as Microsaic Systems plc) acquired the business assets of Modern Water (U.K.) Limited. This transaction acted as a catalyst for a comprehensive reset and stabilisation of the business model.”
- “The rebranding to Metir plc post year-end in February 2025 reinforces this transformation, reflecting the much wider business capabilities of the Group.”
- “In December 2024, the Group began production and shipping of the redesigned Micro Tox® LX instrument.”
- “Post period end, in June 2025, the Group successfully raised £780,000 gross through a placing, with an intended Director subscription in July 2025 following publication of this Annual Report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOTTRAM, John | Secretary | 2023-10-24 | — | — |
| BURTON, Nigel John, Dr | Director | 2021-02-05 | Feb 1958 | British |
| MOORE, Robert Dennis | Director | 2022-03-15 | Sep 1957 | British |
| POTTS, Christopher Graeme, Dr | Director | 2025-02-06 | Apr 1956 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DWYER, Daniel John | Nominee Secretary | 1998-05-21 | 1998-05-21 |
| HOLMES, Andrew Sean, Dr | Secretary | 2004-12-17 | 2019-05-14 |
| METCALF, Bevan John | Secretary | 2019-05-14 | 2021-12-17 |
| MORRIS, Margaret Vera | Secretary | 1998-05-21 | 2001-02-16 |
| YEATMAN, Eric Morgan, Dr | Secretary | 2001-02-16 | 2004-12-17 |
| STRATEGIC FINANCE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-12-17 | 2023-10-24 |
| BATEMAN, Malcolm Richard | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2014-04-15 |
| BRANDON, Gerard James | Director | 2021-02-05 | 2023-09-22 |
| BUCKLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2020-07-28 |
| DARBY, Andrew Hamish | Director | 2014-04-16 | 2015-12-18 |
| DOYLE, Betty June | Nominee Director | 1998-05-21 | 1998-05-21 |
| DWYER, Daniel John | Nominee Director | 1998-05-21 | 1998-05-21 |
| EDWARDS, Peter Ivor Tudor | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2014-07-15 |
| FINLAY, Alan Patrick | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2011-12-08 |
| GRANT, Peter William, Mr. | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-02-05 |
| HOLMES, Andrew Sean, Dr | Director | 2001-02-16 | 2019-05-14 |
| JUMP, Colin Robert | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2015-12-01 |
| METCALF, Bevan John | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2021-12-17 |
| MORRIS, Malcolm Vincent | Director | 1998-05-21 | 2001-02-16 |
| NICHOLL, Colin James | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| RAMAGE, James Cumming, Dr | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2017-05-15 |
| SELWAY, Peter Richard, Prof | Director | 2002-04-08 | 2012-05-30 |
| SYMS, Richard Rodney Anthony, Professor | Director | 2001-02-16 | 2008-07-31 |
| TRACEY, Glenn David | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| YEATMAN, Eric Morgan, Professor | Director | 2001-02-16 | 2021-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwalk Advisors Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-06-26 | Ceased 2021-02-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 234 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-02-11 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2024-11-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-02-11 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-02-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-04 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-11-30 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2024-11-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-08-06 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-03-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 5
- 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
-52.8%
£492,000 £232,000
-
Cash
+8.7%
£173,000 £188,000
-
Net assets
+27.8%
£144,000 £184,000
-
Employees
-77.8%
18 4
-
Operating profit
+33.6%
-£2,583,000 -£1,715,000
-
Profit before tax
+26%
-£2,597,000 -£1,922,000
-
Wages
-73.2%
£986,000 £264,000
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