ZEPHIR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-25 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-25
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£20M
+42.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£33M
+15.5% vs 2023
Employees
84
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
-25.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-25
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-25 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,496,000 | £30,490,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,274,000 | £8,738,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,910,000 | £9,612,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,726,000 | £8,414,000 | |
| Cash | £14,101,000 | £20,033,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,647,000 | £33,968,000 | |
| Net assets | £28,544,000 | £32,958,000 | |
| Equity | £28,544,000 | £32,958,000 | |
| Average employees | 79 | 84 | |
| Wages | £4,623,000 | £4,887,000 |
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 | 2023-12-25 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 35.6% | 28.7% | |
| Net margin | 31.1% | 27.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.4% | 25.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.50x | 4.77x | |
| Interest cover | 383.56x | — |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- ZEPHIR LIMITED · parent
- ZX Measurement Services Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEATS, Helen Claire | Secretary | 2024-03-18 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Michael Broughton, Dr | Director | 2018-05-10 | Feb 1955 | British |
| EMERY, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2013-04-15 | Feb 1961 | British |
| LOCKER, Ian | Director | 2007-04-12 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MINDELL, Belinda Rosemary | Director | 2016-03-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Derek Charles | Secretary | 2010-04-26 | 2012-12-03 |
| DOWLER, Jeremy | Secretary | 2007-04-03 | 2010-04-26 |
| LYNE, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2012-12-03 | 2021-06-18 |
| ROPER, James Jonathan | Secretary | 2021-06-18 | 2024-03-18 |
| WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2007-04-03 |
| DOUGLAS, Neil Guthrie | Director | 2012-06-19 | 2016-12-21 |
| DOWLER, Jeremy | Director | 2007-04-03 | 2016-03-01 |
| HALL, Stuart Henderson | Director | 2007-04-03 | 2011-11-25 |
| SAINSBURY, Jeremy Barton | Director | 2007-04-03 | 2012-06-19 |
| SILVA CRUZ SANTANA SANTOS, Jose Pedro | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2014-10-27 |
| WALSH, Pauline Mary | Director | 2010-04-15 | 2013-03-22 |
| WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-03-01 | 2007-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Olsen Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-06-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-25 vs 2023-12-25
-
Turnover
-11.6%
£34,496,000 £30,490,000
-
Cash
+42.1%
£14,101,000 £20,033,000
-
Net assets
+15.5%
£28,544,000 £32,958,000
-
Employees
+6.3%
79 84
-
Operating profit
-28.8%
£12,274,000 £8,738,000
-
Profit before tax
-25.5%
£12,910,000 £9,612,000
-
Wages
+5.7%
£4,623,000 £4,887,000
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