WELWYN COMPONENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14m
+14% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
297
-16.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.1m
-26% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,555,000 | £50,972,000 | £45,536,000 | -10.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,809,000 | £2,787,000 | £2,063,000 | -26% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,803,000 | £2,787,000 | £2,063,000 | -26% | |
| Net profit | £3,738,000 | £2,672,000 | £1,686,000 | -36.9% | |
| Cash | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,322,000 | £12,977,000 | £15,014,000 | +15.7% | |
| Net assets | £9,874,000 | £12,428,000 | £14,165,000 | +14% | |
| Equity | £9,874,000 | £12,428,000 | £14,165,000 | +14% | |
| Average employees | 374 | 357 | 297 | -16.8% | |
| Wages | £13,227,000 | £13,713,000 | £11,896,000 | -13.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £531,000 | £241,000 | £151,000 | -37.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 5.5% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 5.2% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.9% | 21.5% | 13.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 0.82x | 0.87x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WELWYN COMPONENTS LIMITED 1991-01-07 → present
- EBONESTOS INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1920-01-06 → 1991-01-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of the Company consider there to be reasonable prospect that the Company will continue for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, and therefore they have adopted the going concern basis of preparation in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKLEY, Ian | Secretary | 2023-09-20 | — | — |
| BAIRD-HALL, Heather | Director | 2022-03-31 | Oct 1971 | British |
| COUCHMAN, Thomas Charles | Director | 2024-05-28 | Nov 1979 | British |
| RELPH, Robert James | Director | 2024-05-28 | Feb 1984 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Secretary | 2013-01-30 | 2023-09-20 |
| LEIGH, Martin Graham | Secretary | — | 2006-12-01 |
| SHARP, Wendy Jill | Secretary | 2006-12-01 | 2013-01-30 |
| BLACKSHAW, Trevor | Director | 1996-05-02 | 1998-10-26 |
| BRICE, Nigel Antony | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2006-12-01 |
| BURKARD, Scott Alan | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2022-03-31 |
| CHANDLER, Lauri Ann | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2017-12-20 |
| COMONTE, Sheridan Willoughby Austell | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1996-05-02 |
| DAVIS, Paul | Director | 2001-06-22 | 2001-08-31 |
| ECCLESHALL, Leslie Michael | Director | 1998-12-21 | 2001-04-02 |
| EPHGRAVE, Alan David | Director | 2019-07-10 | 2019-11-30 |
| FELLOWS, David Paul | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2024-04-12 |
| FLETCHER, Robert Alan | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2010-01-31 |
| GRAHAM, John | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2010-05-18 |
| HAMMOUD, Billal Mustapha | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2013-04-17 |
| HIRST, Andrew John | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2006-12-01 |
| HUDSON, Walter | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1999-04-06 |
| JOLLIFFE, Andrew Kenneth | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2009-06-25 |
| JUDE, Anthony | Director | 1991-02-07 | 2001-05-31 |
| MATHER, Stephen John | Director | 2019-07-10 | 2020-07-31 |
| MILLARD, Guy Paul | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| MOORE, Patrick William Henry | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1995-10-27 |
| MORSE, Robert John | Director | 2003-07-28 | 2004-11-26 |
| MYCOCK, Gareth Jon | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2016-12-31 |
| O'NEILL, Michael | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2024-05-28 |
| PETERS, Barry | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2022-03-31 |
| PLANK, Bernhard | Director | 1996-04-22 | 2006-12-01 |
| REARDON SMITH, Jonathan Owen | Director | 2005-05-09 | 2008-08-21 |
| ROBERTS, Timothy Hal | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-07-10 |
| SAVAGE, Alban Peter | Director | 1999-12-14 | 2005-03-31 |
| SKIPPER, Adrian Charles | Director | 2003-07-28 | 2008-10-31 |
| TALLACK, John Livingston | Director | 1995-07-28 | 1999-12-14 |
| THOMPSON, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2006-01-30 | 2008-07-15 |
| WALKER, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2016-12-31 |
| WARD, Stephen | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1998-12-21 |
| WATSON, Alan Roy | Director | — | 2001-11-01 |
| WINTER, David John | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2009-06-25 |
| YOUNG, Keith | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2004-12-01 |
| YOUNG, Keith | Director | 1991-02-07 | 1998-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tt Electronics Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 234 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | 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
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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