PBE EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+56.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-6% vs 2023
Employees
52
-10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£62K
-109% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,771,000 | £14,007,000 | |
| Operating profit | £692,000 | -£62,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £692,000 | -£62,000 | |
| Net profit | £904,000 | -£241,000 | |
| Cash | £723,000 | £1,130,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,423,000 | £4,362,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,045,000 | £3,804,000 | |
| Equity | £4,045,000 | £3,804,000 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 52 | |
| Wages | £2,953,000 | £2,895,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.6% | -1.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.34x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- “Company turnover decreased to £14,007,000 (2023: £16,771,000) in the year ended 31 December 2024. This decline was driven by key projects having completed the initial set up phase where there was more activity. Gross profit has decreased to £4,550,000 (2023: £5,710,000).”
- “The company continues to invest in its manufacturing facilities to increase output to deliver the future strategic growth plans. There is a strong order book for the future which will maintain the company's position as the market leader of communication solutions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIBBS, David Michael | Secretary | 2024-11-26 | — | — |
| CRESPIGNY, Stuart Champion De | Director | 2012-12-21 | Sep 1980 | Australian |
| STIBBS, David Michael | Director | 2025-10-23 | Oct 1979 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Kevin, Mr. | Secretary | 2015-11-04 | 2016-09-10 |
| GLASSBURN, Christa, Mrs. | Secretary | 2016-09-10 | 2021-07-05 |
| ROBER, Gustav Alexander | Secretary | 2021-07-05 | 2024-11-26 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-12-20 | 2012-12-21 |
| FREEMAN, Peter John | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2022-01-13 |
| GLASSBURN, Christa | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2024-09-26 |
| HAMWAY, Nigel Jonathon | Director | 2024-09-30 | 2025-10-23 |
| HART, Roger | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2012-12-21 |
| ROBER, Gustav Alexander | Director | 2021-03-04 | 2024-11-26 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-12-20 | 2012-12-21 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2012-12-20 | 2012-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pbe Group Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-10-11 | Ceased 2021-04-14 |
| Pbe Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-11 | Active |
| Pbe Investors Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-31 | Ceased 2016-12-31 |
| Pbe Netherlands B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-16.5%
£16,771,000 £14,007,000
-
Cash
+56.3%
£723,000 £1,130,000
-
Net assets
-6%
£4,045,000 £3,804,000
-
Employees
-10.3%
58 52
-
Operating profit
-109%
£692,000 -£62,000
-
Profit before tax
-109%
£692,000 -£62,000
-
Wages
-2%
£2,953,000 £2,895,000
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