PIPEHAWK PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-02 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-18
Watchouts
Cash
£15K
-84.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£6M
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
47
-56.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£310K
+81.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
A material uncertainty exists regarding the ability of the Group to remain a going concern without the continuing financial support of the Chairman.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PIPEHAWK PLC 2000-10-23 → present
- YPCS 102 PLC 2000-05-16 → 2000-10-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,138,000 | £3,743,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,215,000 | £118,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,639,000 | -£310,000 | |
| Net profit | -£821,000 | -£259,000 | |
| Cash | £95,000 | £15,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£2,372,000 | -£2,728,000 | |
| Net assets | -£6,273,000 | -£6,391,000 | |
| Equity | -£6,273,000 | -£6,391,000 | |
| Average employees | 108 | 47 | |
| Wages | £4,313,000 | £1,454,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -13.3% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | -9.0% | -6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 51.2% | -4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 424.9% | 489.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.30x | 0.21x | |
| Interest cover | -2.87x | 0.28x |
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
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“A material uncertainty exists regarding the ability of the Group to remain a going concern without the continuing financial support of the Chairman.”
Group structure
- PIPEHAWK PLC · parent
- Adien Ltd 100%
- Thomson Engineering Design Ltd 100%
- Wessex Precision Instruments Ltd 100%
- Utsi Electronics Ltd 100%
- Wessex Test Equipment Ltd 100%
- CE Marking Services Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Major global conflicts causing uncertainty amongst clients.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOMBS, Andrew | Secretary | 2022-08-01 | — | — |
| WATT, Gordon George | Director | 2000-10-23 | Jun 1953 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Timothy James | Director | 2022-11-18 | Oct 1955 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEARES, Hugh Walter Vellacott | Secretary | 2000-10-23 | 2001-12-05 |
| PADMANATHAN, Soumitra | Secretary | 2016-04-11 | 2022-06-30 |
| TALLENTIRE, Robert Graham | Secretary | 2003-03-27 | 2016-04-11 |
| WATT, Gordon George | Secretary | 2001-12-05 | 2003-03-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Timothy James | Secretary | 2022-11-18 | 2022-11-18 |
| LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-23 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-05-16 | 2000-09-26 |
| BUSHELL, Michael James | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2003-06-30 |
| CHAMBERS, Antony Craven | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2006-02-05 |
| CHIGNELL, Richard John | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2011-03-31 |
| MACDONNELL, Robert Myles Randal | Director | 2006-02-28 | 2025-09-20 |
| MAHONY, David Arthur | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2003-01-29 |
| MAULE, Hugh Patrick | Director | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-23 |
| MEARES, Hugh Walter Vellacott | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2001-12-05 |
| NORTON, Antony Derek | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2004-12-10 |
| PADMANATHAN, Soumitra Pathmaranie | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2022-06-30 |
| TALLENTIRE, Robert Graham | Director | 2004-12-10 | 2017-06-06 |
| THOMAS RHODEN, Wayne | Director | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-23 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-05-16 | 2000-09-26 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-05-16 | 2000-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-59%
£9,138,000 £3,743,000
-
Cash
-84.2%
£95,000 £15,000
-
Net assets
-1.9%
-£6,273,000 -£6,391,000
-
Employees
-56.5%
108 47
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Operating profit
+109.7%
-£1,215,000 £118,000
-
Profit before tax
+81.1%
-£1,639,000 -£310,000
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Wages
-66.3%
£4,313,000 £1,454,000
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