QINETIQ HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-17 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£100K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£418M
-4.9% vs 2024
Employees
3
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£134M
+214.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- QINETIQ HOLDINGS LIMITED 2005-12-08 → present
- QINETIQ GROUP PLC 2003-03-31 → 2005-12-08
- QINETIQ GROUP LIMITED 2003-02-18 → 2003-03-31
- QINETIQ GROUP PLC 2001-06-28 → 2003-02-18
- HONEYTIGER PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2001-02-06 → 2001-06-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £42,500,000 | £133,600,000 | |
| Net profit | £42,500,000 | £133,600,000 | |
| Cash | £100,000 | £100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £714,400,000 | £691,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £439,000,000 | £417,500,000 | |
| Equity | £439,000,000 | £417,500,000 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | £300,000 | £200,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 0.07x | 0.03x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the Directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons; whilst the Company has net current liabilities, the Company's immediate parent QinetiQ Group Holdings Limited has indicated that for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, it will continue to make available such funds as are needed by the Company. The Directors consider that this should enable the Company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future by meeting its liabilities as they fall due for payment. As with any Company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the Directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so.”
Group structure
- QINETIQ HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Air Affairs (Australia) Pty. Ltd 1%
- Air Affairs Aviation Pty Ltd 1%
- Air Target Services Pty Ltd 1%
- Astra Aerospace Pty Ltd 1%
- Avantus Federal LLC 1%
- Avantus Federal Services LLC 1%
- Avantus National Security Solutions LLC 1%
- BJ Trustee Limited (Dissolved) 1%
- cueSim Limited (In Liquidation) 1%
- Data Works LLC (Dissolved) 1%
- Erial LLC (Dissolved) 1%
- E3 Federal Solutions PR Inc. 1%
- Far Ridgeline Engagements LLC 1%
- Foster-Miller Canada Limited^ (Dissolved) 1%
- Foster-Miller Inc^ 1%
- Graphics Research Corporation Limited (Dissolved 23/05/24) 1%
- Gyldan 11 Limited (Dissolved 23/05/24) 1%
- Hirose Holdings Pty Ltd 1%
- Inzpire Group Limited* 1%
- Inzpire Holdings Limited 1%
- Inzpire Limited 1%
- Leading Technology Limited (Dissolved 23/05/24) 1%
- Lucid Perspectives LLC 1%
- MTEQ Precision Machining LLC (Dissolved) 1%
- Naimuri Limited* 1%
- Occam's Razor Technologies LLC 1%
- Operational Intelligence LLC 1%
- Precis (2187) Limited (In Liquidation)* 1%
- Precis (2188) Limited (Dissolved)* 1%
- Qinetic Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Aerostructures Pty Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Australia Pty Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Consulting Pty Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Estates Limited 1%
- QinetiQ GmbH 1%
- QinetiQ GP Limited* 1%
- QinetiQ Group Canada Inc.^ 1%
- QinetiQ Inc.^ 1%
- QinetiQ Insurance PCC Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Limited* 1%
- QinetiQ Novare Pty Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Overseas Holdings Limited* 1%
- QinetiQ Overseas Trading Limited* 1%
- QinetiQ Pension Scheme Trustee Limited* 1%
- QinetiQ PFP Limited Partnership # 1%
- QinetiQ Philippines Company, Inc. 1%
- QinetiQ Pty Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Services Holdings Pty Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Solutions Sdn. Bhd. 1%
- QinetiQ Sweden AB (In Liquidation) 1%
- QinetiQ Target Services Limited 1%
- QinetiQ Target Systems Limited* 1%
- QinetiQ Training and Simulation Limited* 1%
- QinetiQ Training Australia Pty Ltd 1%
- QinetiQ US Holdings, Inc.^ 1%
- Rubikon Group Pty Limited 1%
- Sensoptics Limited (Dissolved)* 1%
- Sentinel OpCo LLC (Dissolved) 1%
- TSG International LLC^ 1%
Significant events
- “The Company has a floating rate loan of £273.4m with its banking partners which will mature on 27 September 2027 and with interest periods set to three months.”
- “The Company paid interim dividends of £151.8m (2024: £45.6m) to its parent undertaking, QinetiQ Group Holdings Limited. In the current year the Company also received interim dividends of £151.8m (2024: £59:9m) from its subsidiary undertakings.”
- “The Company is a guarantor with respect to the borrowings in other Group companies under a £290m (2024: £275m) revolving credit facility. This facility, which was unutilised at the year end, was refinanced in April 2024 and will mature on 22 April 2028, which may be extended subject to a further one-year extension option. The Company is also a guarantor with respect to the borrowings in other Group companies under a £335.0m (2024: £336.3m) term loan facility. The term loan will mature on 27 September 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELD, James Stephen | Secretary | 2022-07-28 | — | — |
| CASHIN, Heather Anne | Director | 2024-04-29 | Aug 1980 | British |
| COOPER, Martin Stephen | Director | 2024-10-25 | Nov 1974 | British |
| FIELD, James Stephen | Director | 2022-07-28 | Oct 1975 | British |
| MONTAGUE-FULLER, Peter Malcolm | Director | 2021-03-23 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Secretary | 2002-07-29 | 2011-01-14 |
| KAY, Sylvia Mary | Secretary | 2002-01-31 | 2002-07-29 |
| MESSENT, Jon | Secretary | 2011-01-14 | 2022-07-28 |
| PEACE, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 2001-06-27 | 2002-01-31 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-02-15 | 2001-06-29 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-02-06 | 2001-02-15 |
| BALMER, Colin Victor | Director | 2003-03-25 | 2006-01-18 |
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2011-01-14 |
| BORG, Caroline | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2024-04-16 |
| BRENDISH, Clayton Mark | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2002-10-02 |
| CHISHOLM, John Alexander Raymond, Sir | Director | 2001-06-27 | 2006-10-01 |
| COFFIN, Malcolm Andrew, Dr | Director | 2017-01-03 | 2022-08-11 |
| DOYLE, Noreen | Director | 2005-10-26 | 2006-01-18 |
| EGAN, John Leopold, Sir | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2002-05-07 |
| FELLNER, Peter John, Dr | Director | 2004-09-29 | 2006-01-18 |
| FRYER, Jack Raymond | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2002-11-28 |
| GILLINGWATER, Richard Dunnell | Director | 2004-09-29 | 2006-01-18 |
| HENDERSON, Denys Hartley, Sir | Director | 2003-03-04 | 2005-09-12 |
| KRUTH, Harold Edwin | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2005-09-12 |
| LEES, Sir David Bryan, Sir | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2006-01-18 |
| LING, Christopher Adam | Director | 2010-09-21 | 2011-02-01 |
| LOVE, Graham Carvell | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2009-10-28 |
| LUFF, Nicholas Lawrence | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2006-01-18 |
| MELLORS, David Anthony | Director | 2008-08-20 | 2016-12-31 |
| MESSENT, Jon | Director | 2011-01-14 | 2022-07-28 |
| NEVILLE JONES, Lilian Pauline, Baroness | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2005-09-12 |
| SYMONDS, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2004-06-30 |
| WEBB, Douglas Russell | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2008-05-30 |
| WEBSTER, Stephen | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2021-04-30 |
| WOOLLEY, Trevor Adrian | Director | 2003-10-29 | 2006-01-18 |
| YOUNGKIN, Glenn Allen | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2006-01-18 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-02-06 | 2001-02-15 |
| PEREGRINE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-02-15 | 2001-06-29 |
| PRECIS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-02-15 | 2001-06-27 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-02-06 | 2001-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qinetiq Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
0%
£100,000 £100,000
-
Net assets
-4.9%
£439,000,000 £417,500,000
-
Employees
0%
3 3
-
Profit before tax
+214.4%
£42,500,000 £133,600,000
-
Wages
-33.3%
£300,000 £200,000
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