CERAMTEC UK LTD
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Cash
£1.8m
+19.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14m
-9.2% vs 2024
Employees
280
-4.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.3m
-136.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £36,829,000 | £34,704,000 | £27,758,000 | -20% | |
| Operating profit | £3,120,000 | £4,464,000 | -£541,000 | -112.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,901,000 | £3,504,000 | -£1,286,000 | -136.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,043,000 | £2,471,000 | -£1,497,000 | -160.6% | |
| Cash | £1,694,000 | £1,504,000 | £1,801,000 | +19.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,244,000 | £32,787,000 | £30,806,000 | -6% | |
| Net assets | £12,505,000 | £15,871,000 | £14,416,000 | -9.2% | |
| Equity | £12,505,000 | £15,871,000 | £14,416,000 | -9.2% | |
| Average employees | 295 | 293 | 280 | -4.4% | |
| Wages | £9,868,000 | £9,769,000 | £10,040,000 | +2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £488,000 | £410,000 | £341,000 | -16.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,144 | £21,000 | £22,000 | +4.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £242,214 | £169,899 | £130,394 | -23.3% |
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 | 8.5% | 12.9% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 7.1% | -5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.2% | 13.6% | -1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.1% | 58.0% | 58.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.80x | 2.44x | 2.65x | |
| Interest cover | 2.56x | 46.50x | -0.73x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- CERAMTEC UK LTD 1996-10-01 → present
- HOECHST CERAMTEC UK LTD 1985-02-04 → 1996-10-01
- ROSENTHAL TECHNIK GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED 1985-01-09 → 1985-02-04
- ROSENTHAL ENTERPRISES GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED 1982-12-16 → 1985-01-09
- ROSENTHAL TECHNIK GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1982-12-16
- ROSENTHAL TECHNICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED 1965-06-08 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTCOTTS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-31 | — | — |
| GARBRECHT, Horst Wilhelm Rolf | Director | 2022-04-01 | Dec 1965 | German |
| JONES, John Paul | Director | 2022-04-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| OELLERER, Eric | Director | 2018-09-24 | Aug 1970 | Austrian |
| TURNBULL, Paul | Director | 2020-06-09 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYGRAVE, Neil Stuart | Secretary | 2009-03-17 | 2015-12-31 |
| BYGRAVE, Neil Stuart | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2007-07-27 |
| EDGE, Edward William | Secretary | — | 2005-09-01 |
| STEPHENS, Graham John | Secretary | 2007-07-27 | 2009-03-17 |
| ADASCH, Gunter | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2004-09-28 |
| ADLER, Sigurd Josef | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2015-12-01 |
| AHNE, Stephan, Dr | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2017-04-03 |
| BALTZER, Arno Leo | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| BESWICK, Tony John | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2020-05-07 |
| BLUME, Norbert Karl | Director | 1996-11-26 | 2015-12-01 |
| BOULTER, Richard Montford | Director | 2019-02-27 | 2022-04-01 |
| BYGRAVE, Neil Stuart | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| DOYLE, Sharon | Director | 2017-08-18 | 2025-12-10 |
| HUBER, Jurgen Albert, Dr | Director | 1999-03-23 | 2011-12-31 |
| JANBON, Dominique | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| KREUZIGER, Dieter, Dr | Director | — | 1996-07-14 |
| LANGER, Jurgen | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2012-04-30 |
| LUTZ, Edgar | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| MULLER, Matthias | Director | 2000-12-20 | 2005-04-27 |
| OPITZ, Willi Kurt | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| SALEH, Hadi, Dr | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2025-12-10 |
| SCHMOLZ, Gerhard Karl | Director | 1996-11-26 | 2000-12-31 |
| STEINMETZ, Henri Joseph Michel | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-03-08 |
| TRUMM, Dietmar | Director | 1998-11-24 | 2002-12-31 |
| WEBER, Wolfgang, Dr | Director | 1993-04-15 | 1999-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bc Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2018-04-13 | Ceased 2023-03-17 |
| Cinven Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-13 |
| Ceramtec Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-28 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.