CURTISS-WRIGHT WIMBORNE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
Cash
£14M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
Equity attributable
Employees
196
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CURTISS-WRIGHT WIMBORNE LIMITED 2025-06-05 → present
- ULTRA NUCLEAR LIMITED 2022-09-14 → 2025-06-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,731,000 | £29,688,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,365,000 | £4,451,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,712,000 | -£1,959,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,676,000 | -£2,037,000 | |
| Cash | £8,452,000 | £13,875,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,233,000 | £9,372,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,676,000 | £8,396,000 | |
| Equity | £3,676,000 | £8,396,000 | |
| Average employees | 183 | 196 | |
| Wages | £9,064,000 | £9,326,000 |
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 | 15.2% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 12.8% | -6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.9% | 47.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.4% | 67.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | 6.68x | 10.28x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis under the historical cost convention, unless otherwise stated. The directors are satisfied that, at the time of approving the financial statements, it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The Company has a mix of shorter and longer term programmes across different nuclear markets that enables the Directors to manage its business risks successfully. The company starts from a strong cash and balance sheet position with a year end cash balance of £13.9m. As at the 31 August 2025, reflecting the most recent data available at the time of approving these financial statements, the Company has £5.2m of cash on the balance sheet.”
Significant events
- “On 3 June 2024, Curtiss-Wright Corporation Inc. announced the acquisition of the Company and certain of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement entered into by Curtiss-Wright Corporation Inc. on 3 June 2024 for a purchase price of $200 million. On 11 December 2024, the UK Government Business Secretary cleared the acquisition to proceed. The acquisition completed on 31 December 2024 and Curtiss-Wright Wimborne Limited (previously known as Ultra Nuclear Limited) is now part of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Inc. Group.”
- “On 5th June 2025, Ultra Nuclear Limited changed its legal entity name to Curtiss-Wright Wimborne Limited, following the acquisition of the Company by the Curtiss-Wright Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARKAS, K Christopher | Director | 2024-12-31 | Oct 1968 | American |
| HALL, Giles Stephen | Director | 2023-01-25 | Feb 1969 | British |
| MCDONALD, George Patrick | Director | 2024-12-31 | Sep 1964 | American |
| PATEL, Kimberley Louise | Director | 2022-09-14 | Oct 1991 | British |
| RAYMENT, Kevin Michael | Director | 2024-12-31 | Jan 1969 | British |
| STAROVIC, Ognjen | Director | 2022-10-31 | Mar 1981 | Austrian |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, Andrew Michael | Director | 2022-09-14 | 2023-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtiss-Wright Controls (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-12-31 | Active |
| Ultra Electronics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-09-14 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 22 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-05 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-04-01 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-04-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-01-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31