TRACERCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+120.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+27.5% vs 2023
Employees
238
+6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+170.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TRACERCO LIMITED 2002-10-30 → present
- PRECIS (2274) LIMITED 2002-07-26 → 2002-10-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,465,000 | £47,494,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,118,000 | £3,033,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £758,000 | £2,051,000 | |
| Net profit | £346,000 | £1,624,000 | |
| Cash | £849,000 | £1,869,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,248,000 | £13,944,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,798,000 | £7,390,000 | |
| Equity | £5,798,000 | £7,390,000 | |
| Average employees | 223 | 238 | |
| Wages | £12,002,000 | £15,846,000 |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.3% | 21.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.6% | 85.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | 2.64x | 2.58x |
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
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 29 September 2023 Tracerco Global (Topco) Limited was sold by Johnson Matthey Plc to Souter Investments Limited and funds advised by Sullivan Street Partners Limited (see note 21).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITBURN, James | Secretary | 2023-09-29 | — | — |
| ALI, Lee Jon | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
| TATE, Jonathan Matthew | Director | 2017-09-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| WHITBURN, James William Richard | Director | 2023-09-29 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Victoria | Secretary | 2019-11-27 | 2023-09-29 |
| BRUCE-WATT, Linda | Secretary | 2020-04-16 | 2021-02-05 |
| FARRANT, Simon | Secretary | 2002-11-11 | 2020-03-31 |
| CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-04-16 | 2025-08-01 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-07-26 | 2002-11-11 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Fiona Ann | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-01-19 |
| FARRANT, Simon | Director | 2002-11-11 | 2019-09-16 |
| HUDDART, Ian Bruce Charles | Director | 2008-10-17 | 2009-07-01 |
| HUENE, Joachim Freiherr Von Hoyningen Genannt | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2023-09-29 |
| HURST, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2015-11-25 |
| JONES, Dennis Gareth | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| MACLEOD, Robert James | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2014-07-01 |
| MCGREGOR, Graeme Leddie | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2020-07-31 |
| MCGREGOR, Graeme Leddie | Director | 2015-11-25 | 2018-01-19 |
| MCGREGOR, Graeme Leddie | Director | 2008-10-17 | 2011-10-03 |
| MORGAN, David William | Director | 2002-11-11 | 2009-07-21 |
| NICHOLSON, Paul | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2024-01-01 |
| OTTERMAN, Geoffrey Paul | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2017-07-11 |
| PEMBERTON, Mark | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2015-04-28 |
| PITRAT, Nicolas Robert Louis | Director | 2015-04-28 | 2016-07-01 |
| QUINN, David Dominic | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-07-06 |
| ROBINSON, Steven Paul | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| SLATTERY, Simon | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2018-01-19 |
| WHALLEY, Richard Allan | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2024-09-01 |
| WHITLEY, Neil | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2011-10-03 |
| PEREGRINE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-07-26 | 2002-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracerco Global (Topco) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-09-29 | Active |
| Johnson Matthey Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-19 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2024-02-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
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Turnover
+20.3%
£39,465,000 £47,494,000
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Cash
+120.1%
£849,000 £1,869,000
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Net assets
+27.5%
£5,798,000 £7,390,000
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Employees
+6.7%
223 238
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Operating profit
+43.2%
£2,118,000 £3,033,000
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Profit before tax
+170.6%
£758,000 £2,051,000
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Wages
+32%
£12,002,000 £15,846,000
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