PROTO LABS, LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-16 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-55.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£62M
-1.5% vs 2023
Employees
345
-11.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-2,400.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PROTO LABS, LIMITED 2008-02-01 → present
- THE PROTOMOLD COMPANY LIMITED 2005-04-06 → 2008-02-01
- LUDGATE 352 LIMITED 2005-02-16 → 2005-04-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,487,233 | £32,003,108 | |
| Operating profit | £88,955 | -£2,086,942 | |
| Profit before tax | £90,626 | -£2,084,918 | |
| Net profit | £26,387 | -£1,334,415 | |
| Cash | £6,233,450 | £2,772,721 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £64,228,848 | £62,677,925 | |
| Net assets | £62,993,801 | £62,045,528 | |
| Equity | £62,993,801 | £62,045,528 | |
| Average employees | 391 | 345 | |
| Wages | £13,403,401 | £12,354,302 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | -6.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | -4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | -3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.5% | 9.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 2.41x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the company believe that the business is a going concern and should be operated as such based on the successful navigation through multiple macro-economic challenges over the past four years, coupled with the ongoing support of its US parent if required.”
Group structure
- PROTO LABS, LIMITED · parent
- PL Euro Services Limited 100%
- Proto Labs Tooling GmbH 100%
- Proto Labs Germany GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “New financial exchange hedging is currently undertaken”
- “Continued introduction of new processes and services to expand the offering to customers”
- “The company has seen reduced levels of business as a result of the decline of economic growth in key established markets.”
- “There is ongoing correspondence with suppliers to ensure the continuity of services and products and this has been enhanced as a result of global shortages.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEARD, Martyn John | Secretary | 2022-12-20 | — | — |
| HEARD, Martyn John | Director | 2022-12-20 | Oct 1969 | British |
| SCHUMACHER, Daniel Scott | Director | 2021-11-30 | Jan 1975 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEVELAND, Bradley Alan | Secretary | 2005-03-31 | 2015-03-26 |
| FERRIDAY, David Ian | Secretary | 2015-03-26 | 2022-04-15 |
| LUDGATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2005-02-16 | 2005-03-31 |
| BALL, Lee Thomas | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2025-05-28 |
| CLEVELAND, Bradley Alan | Director | 2005-03-31 | 2015-03-26 |
| FERRIDAY, David Ian | Director | 2010-02-15 | 2022-04-15 |
| HENNESSEY, Damian Paul | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2021-06-07 |
| HOLT, Victoria | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2017-06-07 |
| KLAAS, Bjoern | Director | 2018-03-26 | 2024-07-18 |
| LANGTON, William | Director | 2015-04-17 | 2017-06-07 |
| LUKIS, Lawrence Joseph | Director | 2005-03-31 | 2015-03-26 |
| TUMELTY, John Brendan | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2018-03-26 |
| WAY, John | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2021-11-30 |
| LUDGATE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-02-16 | 2005-03-31 |
| LUDGATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Director | 2005-02-16 | 2005-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl International Holding Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-07 | 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-14.6%
£37,487,233 £32,003,108
-
Cash
-55.5%
£6,233,450 £2,772,721
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£62,993,801 £62,045,528
-
Employees
-11.8%
391 345
-
Operating profit
-2,446.1%
£88,955 -£2,086,942
-
Profit before tax
-2,400.6%
£90,626 -£2,084,918
-
Wages
-7.8%
£13,403,401 £12,354,302
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