THOMPSON AERO SEATING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-08 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-25
Watchouts
Cash
£19M
+281.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£217M
+5.2% vs 2023
Employees
726
+12.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
+227.6% 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
If the Company's shareholder and loan provider (all group undertakings) were to seek full repayment of the outstanding loans totalling to £277.8m, the Company would not be able to repay this liability. As such the directors consider that the right of the loan providers to request full payment of the loans on demand represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and that the Company may, as a consequence, be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabllities in the normal course of business.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- THOMPSON AERO SEATING LIMITED 2011-01-04 → present
- J. THOMPSON SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2009-07-27 → 2011-01-04
- THOMPSON AERO SEATING LTD 2004-11-12 → 2009-07-27
- J. THOMPSON SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2002-04-10 → 2004-11-12
- LUMINAR CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1997-07-09 → 2002-04-10
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 | £115,125,000 | £169,564,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,004,000 | £22,772,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,510,000 | £12,134,000 | |
| Net profit | -£8,412,000 | £11,903,000 | |
| Cash | £5,085,000 | £19,392,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£226,368,000 | -£204,890,000 | |
| Net assets | -£228,500,000 | -£216,597,000 | |
| Equity | -£228,500,000 | -£216,597,000 | |
| Average employees | 644 | 726 | |
| Wages | £24,038,000 | £28,240,000 |
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 | -0.9% | 13.4% | |
| Net margin | -7.3% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | -11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 293.1% | 233.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.26x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | -0.12x | 2.14x |
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
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“If the Company's shareholder and loan provider (all group undertakings) were to seek full repayment of the outstanding loans totalling to £277.8m, the Company would not be able to repay this liability. As such the directors consider that the right of the loan providers to request full payment of the loans on demand represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and that the Company may, as a consequence, be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabllities in the normal course of business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Keith Connell | Director | 2023-08-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| BELL, Peter James | Director | 2022-10-09 | Jun 1981 | Northern Irish |
| DAI, Jiajia | Director | 2022-10-09 | Jul 1978 | Chinese |
| DU, Ou | Director | 2022-11-11 | Aug 1987 | Chinese |
| FAN, Li | Director | 2022-10-09 | Oct 1974 | Chinese |
| FANG, Haiyuan | Director | 2022-10-09 | Oct 1966 | Chinese |
| GUO, Jing | Director | 2020-03-16 | Jun 1981 | Chinese |
| WANG, Tingjiang | Director | 2024-09-11 | Apr 1966 | Chinese |
| WANG, Zhenlin | Director | 2022-11-11 | Jan 1975 | Chinese |
| YANG, Xu, Mr. | Director | 2025-12-09 | Jan 1982 | Chinese |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMSON, Colin | Secretary | 2016-05-12 | 2016-12-05 |
| THOMPSON, James | Secretary | 1997-07-09 | 2009-02-16 |
| ANNAGATE | Corporate Secretary | 2009-02-16 | 2016-05-12 |
| ADAMSON, Colin | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2016-12-05 |
| BUDO, Andres Anibal | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| CUMMINGS, Jennifer Ellen | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2016-12-05 |
| CUMMINGS, Jennifer Ellen | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2017-02-24 |
| DAI, Yusi | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2017-02-24 |
| HUANG, Wenhui | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-12-31 |
| LIN, Zhaoyu | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2022-10-09 |
| MCKEE, Margaret Anne | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2002-03-31 |
| MONTGOMERY, Gary | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2018-12-31 |
| PANG, Zhen | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2020-03-16 |
| RUSK, Nicola Jane | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2016-12-05 |
| RUSK, Samuel William John | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2016-12-05 |
| TAGGART, William Patrick Neil | Director | 2020-03-16 | 2023-07-31 |
| TAYLOR, Alan | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2016-12-05 |
| THOMPSON, James Hanna | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2014-03-14 |
| THOMPSON, Joanne | Director | 2002-03-31 | 2008-09-26 |
| XU, Tongyu | Director | 2022-10-09 | 2024-09-11 |
| ZHAO, Jifeng | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2017-02-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symphony Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-09-08 | Active |
| State-Owned Assets Supervision And Administration Commission Of The State Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-07-06 | Ceased 2020-09-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+47.3%
£115,125,000 £169,564,000
-
Cash
+281.4%
£5,085,000 £19,392,000
-
Net assets
+5.2%
-£228,500,000 -£216,597,000
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Employees
+12.7%
644 726
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Operating profit
+2,368.1%
-£1,004,000 £22,772,000
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Profit before tax
+227.6%
-£9,510,000 £12,134,000
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Wages
+17.5%
£24,038,000 £28,240,000
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