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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-26 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£667K

-35.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

+16.7% vs 2023

Employees

43

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£685K

+197.4% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £7,381,071£8,391,214
Operating profit £230,375£685,012
Profit before tax £230,363£685,012
Net profit £168,695£455,969
Cash £1,032,335£666,997
Total assets less current liabilities £2,768,938£3,380,228
Net assets £2,735,668£3,191,637
Equity £2,735,668£3,191,637
Average employees 4343
Wages £1,617,842£1,613,488

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 3.1%8.2%
Net margin 2.3%5.4%
Return on capital employed 8.3%20.3%
Current ratio 1.13x1.27x
Interest cover 19197.92x

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 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In determining that the Company's financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis, the Directors considered all the factors likely to affect the future development, performance and financial position including funding and the risks and uncertainties applicable to its business and manufacturing activities and assessed the company's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance. The Company continues to see government contracts being updated and renewed in line with national defence programmes. The directors considered the Ukraine /Russia conflict and concluded they had a minimal adverse impact on the Company. The company has received confirmation from API Holdings II LLC, the company's intermediate parent company, that financial support will be provided for a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements such as to enable the company to meet its obligations as they fall due. Having regard to the company's financial position, its forecast and after making enquiries about the parent company's financial position, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the report and financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 28 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SAWYER, Mark David Director 2020-04-10 Nov 1967 British
SNOWDON, Neil Director 2022-11-28 Jan 1963 British
SORELLE, Richard Dennis Director 2021-11-29 Aug 1959 American
Show 28 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CARMINE, Giuseppe Luigi Secretary 2012-03-21 2012-11-08
FOSKETT, Frank James Secretary 2002-09-12 2002-11-04
HOLMES, Andrew David Secretary 2002-11-04 2007-09-14
MINETT SMITH, Nicholas Secretary 2008-03-31 2008-10-07
PETTIFER, John Secretary 2007-09-14 2008-03-31
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 2002-09-12 2002-09-12
ANDERSON, William Lee Director 2007-12-10 2010-05-17
BATIE, Kevin Harold Director 2003-04-02 2006-11-16
CARMINE, Giuseppe Luigi Director 2009-05-01 2012-11-08
FARRINGTON, Richard John Director 2014-02-14 2020-07-31
FEAR, Paul Daniel Director 2002-09-12 2003-08-07
FLOATE, Anthony Wilfred Director 2003-04-02 2004-03-16
FOSKETT, Frank James Director 2002-09-12 2008-03-31
GREENBAUM, Sholem Director 2007-12-10 2009-01-27
HAHN, Terrence Director 2019-09-23 2021-11-29
HOLMES, Andrew David Director 2003-11-18 2007-09-14
LAZAR, Bel William Director 2012-03-21 2015-03-02
MINETT SMITH, Nicholas Director 2008-03-31 2008-10-07
MINETT-SMITH, Nicholas Director 2002-09-12 2005-02-07
MUNDY, Richard Director 2009-01-27 2014-02-14
PETTIFER, John Director 2002-09-12 2008-03-31
PUDLES, Stephen Director 2010-05-17 2011-06-06
RICHARDS, Matthew Thomas Director 2008-12-09 2016-04-01
SKIGGS, Ian Michael Director 2020-06-15 2022-10-28
SULLIVAN, Christopher Robert Director 2003-04-02 2007-12-10
TAVARES, Robert Edward Director 2015-03-03 2019-09-23
WALKER, John Churton Director 2002-09-12 2004-10-08
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 2002-09-12 2002-09-12

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Api Technologies (Uk) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2017-10-23 Active
Cryptec Holdco Uk Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-07-01 Ceased 2018-07-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 134 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2024-01-23 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2024-01-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-01-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-03-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-23 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2024-01-14 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-01-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-12-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-12-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-09-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-12-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-11-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-10-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-02-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-09-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-01-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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