ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£34M
+0.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£70M
+26.6% vs 2023
Employees
659
+26.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
-74.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED 2008-10-02 → present
- ONTIC UK LIMITED 2008-09-25 → 2008-10-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £124,482,580 | £186,492,958 | |
| Operating profit | £32,912,528 | £18,940,697 | |
| Profit before tax | £27,002,224 | £6,882,876 | |
| Net profit | £21,753,892 | £9,535,211 | |
| Cash | £33,848,036 | £34,002,224 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £143,530,764 | £174,014,085 | |
| Net assets | £55,311,342 | £70,031,875 | |
| Equity | £55,311,342 | £70,031,875 | |
| Average employees | 520 | 659 | |
| Wages | £24,397,331 | £32,724,981 |
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 | 26.4% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 17.5% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.9% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.8% | 79.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | 3.90x | 1.51x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has net assets and is expected to continue to generate positive cash flows on its own account for the foreseeable future. It has a strong portfolio of geographically diverse customers and expects to grow rapidly in the coming years with future investment. As a result, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for the preparation of the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED · parent
- AP Filtration Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The Company signed new licence investments to strengthen the Company's core product portfolio. The investments included intellectual property relating to sonobuoy dispensers, actuation, valve, and oil cooler systems.”
- “During the year the Company raised over $77,000 for good causes.”
- “In February and June 2025 the Company acquired intellectual property assets for initial consideration totalling $88.5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBIRD, Gareth David | Director | 2021-07-12 | Sep 1977 | British |
| HALL, Gareth Iain | Director | 2012-01-01 | May 1972 | British |
| PARKIN, Gareth Steven | Director | 2025-02-14 | Oct 1982 | British |
| SARTAIN, Brian Earl | Director | 2024-08-31 | Dec 1967 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 |
| BILLSON, Margaret Susan | Director | 2009-09-22 | 2013-01-23 |
| BLACKBIRD, Gareth | Director | 2021-07-12 | 2021-07-26 |
| BRISTLIN, Anthony John | Director | 2010-04-27 | 2012-02-09 |
| GERWIEN, James Francis | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2009-09-22 |
| HOAD, Mark | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2010-04-27 |
| PRITCHARD, Matthew Lewis | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2026-03-27 |
| SIMM, Iain David Cameron | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2013-02-08 |
| STUBBS, Mark | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2016-02-10 |
| WATERS, Michael Edward | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2020-03-31 |
| WOOLRYCH, Toby Richard | Director | 2022-05-30 | 2025-02-14 |
| EVERDIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleriot Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-10-31 | Active |
| The Guthrie Corporation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
+49.8%
£124,482,580 £186,492,958
-
Cash
+0.5%
£33,848,036 £34,002,224
-
Net assets
+26.6%
£55,311,342 £70,031,875
-
Employees
+26.7%
520 659
-
Operating profit
-42.5%
£32,912,528 £18,940,697
-
Profit before tax
-74.5%
£27,002,224 £6,882,876
-
Wages
+34.1%
£24,397,331 £32,724,981
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