SPECTRA GROUP (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-04 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-18
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+18.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+16.5% vs 2023
Employees
31
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-27.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SPECTRA GROUP (UK) LIMITED 2007-07-19 → present
- SPECTRA TELECOM SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2002-10-23 → 2007-07-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,868,173 | £28,091,527 | |
| Operating profit | £3,435,575 | £2,597,985 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,386,430 | £2,461,658 | |
| Net profit | £3,011,571 | £1,798,299 | |
| Cash | £1,074,183 | £1,273,325 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,066,442 | £5,738,689 | |
| Net assets | £3,446,604 | £4,016,039 | |
| Equity | £3,446,604 | £4,016,039 | |
| Average employees | 31 | 31 | |
| Wages | £1,597,281 | £1,899,489 |
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 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.4% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 84.5% | 45.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.6% | 79.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | 68.00x | 19.06x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ellis Lloyd Jones Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore believe that the company is a going concern and the accounts have been prepared on that basis.”
Group structure
- SPECTRA GROUP (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Spectra Group (US) Inc 1%
- Longe Flyngyeth Limited 1%
- Spectra Group (Aus) Pty Limited
Significant events
- “2024 has been another successful year for the Spectra Group. There has been significant growth in its turnover, and the Group has been focused on restructuring the business and securing its working capital for further growth in 2025 and onwards. This is expected to be largely generated from its Troposcatter sales and launch of its new product, GENSS.”
- “The Group plans to launch its new product, GENSS, in the summer of 2025.”
- “Since the year end, the Group has set up an Australian subsidiary, Spectra Group (Aus) Pty Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Rhian Carla | Secretary | 2020-02-01 | — | — |
| DAVIES, Paul | Director | 2021-05-19 | Nov 1960 | British |
| DAVIES, Rhian Carla | Director | 2021-05-19 | Jan 1981 | British |
| DAVIES, Simon | Director | 2004-10-04 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-10-23 | 2002-10-25 |
| PARAMOUNT SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2003-01-07 | 2010-05-01 |
| PARKER & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIES) LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2010-05-02 | 2020-01-31 |
| DAVIES, Nicola Jane | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2007-04-01 |
| HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-10-23 | 2002-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Davies | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-06-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-06-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-06-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-07-31 vs 2023-07-31
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Turnover
+34.6%
£20,868,173 £28,091,527
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Cash
+18.5%
£1,074,183 £1,273,325
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Net assets
+16.5%
£3,446,604 £4,016,039
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Employees
0%
31 31
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Operating profit
-24.4%
£3,435,575 £2,597,985
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Profit before tax
-27.3%
£3,386,430 £2,461,658
-
Wages
+18.9%
£1,597,281 £1,899,489
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