HORIBA TEST AUTOMATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- HORIBA TEST AUTOMATION LIMITED 2013-02-04 → present
- SRH SYSTEMS LIMITED 2001-11-20 → 2013-02-04
- SCHENCK RICARDO SYSTEMS LIMITED 2000-12-01 → 2001-11-20
- HOWPER 328 LIMITED 2000-09-12 → 2000-12-01
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts to the end of 2026 and a group business plan for 2027 has been prepared. These plans take into account the current groupwide sales projections for both existing and new products from which the company will derive revenues, and all planned expenditure. The ultimate parent company, HORIBA, Ltd, has confirmed its intention to provide such on-going financial support to the company as it may require in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The directors therefore consider that the company will have sufficient access to cash to enable it to trade for the foreseeable future and accordingly consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Towards the end of 2025 a stability issue did emerge in the real-time area of our STARS test stand automation platform, causing some operational disruption for a small number of European customers. The issue was mitigated quicky and we do not anticipate any resulting financial implications.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN MASSEY, Patricia Louise | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | — | British |
| ALLEN, Declan Joseph | Director | 2026-04-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| FOWLER, James John | Director | 2001-02-20 | Jul 1962 | British |
| GILLESPIE, George Thompson, Dr | Director | 2018-02-26 | Jun 1963 | British |
| MIYAJI, Hiroyuki | Director | 2023-02-08 | Apr 1986 | Japanese |
| NAKAMURA, Hiroshi | Director | 2023-02-08 | Aug 1973 | Japanese |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWEENEY, Sian Margaret | Secretary | 2001-02-20 | 2003-06-30 |
| HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-09-12 | 2001-02-20 |
| ADACHI, Masayuki, Dr | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2006-09-07 |
| ALLEN, Declan Joseph | Director | 2002-11-06 | 2004-02-27 |
| ANDREWS, Darren John | Director | 2020-08-11 | 2023-02-08 |
| BREYER, Karl Hermann Gerhard, Dr | Director | 2004-02-09 | 2006-04-20 |
| CANSIZ, Ergin | Director | 2021-10-28 | 2023-02-08 |
| EHMANN, Thomas Eugen | Director | 2013-01-28 | 2015-10-30 |
| ELLERMANN, Michael | Director | 2005-07-11 | 2006-02-17 |
| FAATH ARNOLD, Simone | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2004-06-14 |
| FUKUSHIMA, Takeshi | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2021-08-05 |
| GILLESPIE, George Thompson | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2008-11-06 |
| GOETZ, Klaus | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2004-02-09 |
| HABE, Tetsuhiro | Director | 2021-08-05 | 2023-02-08 |
| HARADA, Hiromi | Director | 2023-02-08 | 2025-04-01 |
| HAUN, Frank | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2002-10-21 |
| HICKMAN, Clive, Dr | Director | 2004-02-27 | 2005-09-05 |
| HORIBA, Atsushi | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2002-12-06 |
| JACKSON, Neville Stuart | Director | 2005-09-05 | 2007-03-06 |
| KAWAMURA, Hiroshi | Director | 2015-10-30 | 2017-07-25 |
| KAWAMURA, Hiroshi | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2011-02-10 |
| KEAY, Andrew John | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2012-06-18 |
| KINSELLA, Roy David | Director | 2013-01-28 | 2015-10-30 |
| KOYAMA, Satoshi | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2023-02-08 |
| LEE, Tae Hwa | Director | 2025-04-01 | 2025-11-04 |
| LUDWIG, Joachim Alexander | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2004-03-31 |
| MITERA, Kenneth Patrick | Director | 2015-10-30 | 2020-08-11 |
| MITERA, Kenneth Patrick | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2013-01-28 |
| NAGANO, Takashi | Director | 2015-10-30 | 2018-02-26 |
| NAGANO, Takashi | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2011-02-09 |
| NAKAMURA, Hiroshi, Dr | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2018-02-26 |
| NEEDHAM, John Richard | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2001-10-31 |
| PICKETT, David Malcolm | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2008-05-31 |
| PLANK, Robert Lorenz, Doctor | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2021-08-05 |
| PRESSL, Alexander | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2021-01-03 |
| SURIN, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2011-11-18 | 2018-02-26 |
| TAPP, Milton Rex | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2012-02-23 |
| WALDHELM, Axel, Dr | Director | 2021-08-05 | 2021-09-30 |
| WESTHEAD, Rodney James | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2002-11-06 |
| YATES, Timothy John | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2012-06-18 |
| HP DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-09-12 | 2001-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horiba Uk Finance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-12-07 | Active |
| Horiba Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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last 24 months
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