ULTRA ELECTRONICS CEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-19 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-05
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-13.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£635K
+231.4% vs 2023
Employees
89
-2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+234.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
That this regulatory review is ongoing and the acquisition is expected by the Directors to complete during the going concern review period together give rise to a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern given that, when the acquisition completes, the future plans for the business will be outside of the control of the current Directors.
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 | £15,001,678 | £19,100,137 | |
| Operating profit | £156,521 | £2,162,520 | |
| Profit before tax | -£820,161 | £1,101,478 | |
| Net profit | -£483,000 | £1,117,572 | |
| Cash | £4,999,178 | £4,333,021 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,064,387 | £15,756,359 | |
| Net assets | -£482,999 | £634,574 | |
| Equity | -£482,999 | £634,574 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 89 | |
| Wages | £3,092,356 | £3,223,740 |
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 | 1.0% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | -3.2% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.2% | 13.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 102.7% | 96.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.40x | 6.02x | |
| Interest cover | 0.16x | 2.04x |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“That this regulatory review is ongoing and the acquisition is expected by the Directors to complete during the going concern review period together give rise to a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern given that, when the acquisition completes, the future plans for the business will be outside of the control of the current Directors.”
Significant events
- “The acquisition of the parent Company, Ultra PCS Limited, by Eaton Corporation plc. was announced on 16 June 2025 for a purchase price of $1.55 billion. Completion of the acquisition is contingent upon receipt of approval from the relevant UK Government authority under the National Security and Investment Act 2021. This regulatory review is ongoing at the date of the signing of these accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Julian Michael | Director | 2026-01-23 | Aug 1969 | British |
| QUARTEY, Daniel Malcolm | Director | 2026-01-23 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLEY, David Robert | Director | 2023-07-10 | 2026-01-23 |
| CLAYTON, Michael James | Director | 2022-10-06 | 2023-07-10 |
| HUGHES, Mark Gordon | Director | 2022-10-06 | 2023-05-09 |
| RUBACK, Daniel David | Director | 2023-05-09 | 2026-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra Pcs Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 18 of 18 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-10-06 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
+27.3%
£15,001,678 £19,100,137
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Cash
-13.3%
£4,999,178 £4,333,021
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Net assets
+231.4%
-£482,999 £634,574
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Employees
-2.2%
91 89
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Operating profit
+1,281.6%
£156,521 £2,162,520
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Profit before tax
+234.3%
-£820,161 £1,101,478
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Wages
+4.2%
£3,092,356 £3,223,740
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