SCANTEC PERSONNEL LIMITED
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Cash
£476k
-5% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.1m
-39.1% vs 2024
Employees
25
-7.4% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£954k
-13.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,166,528 | £36,312,566 | £39,806,489 | £39,040,028 | £37,176,731 | £34,567,272 | -7% | |
| Operating profit | £122,397 | £1,028,118 | £1,543,782 | £1,023,498 | £1,127,699 | £986,392 | -12.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £67,797 | £985,435 | £1,495,637 | £989,085 | £1,107,868 | £953,650 | -13.9% | |
| Net profit | £56,533 | £796,526 | £1,211,829 | £741,989 | £807,332 | £689,834 | -14.6% | |
| Cash | £274,029 | £278,728 | £856,745 | £456,485 | £501,339 | £476,457 | -5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £574,008 | £1,011,470 | £1,869,299 | £2,611,288 | £3,418,620 | £2,086,918 | -39% | |
| Net assets | £334,944 | £1,011,470 | £1,869,299 | £2,611,288 | £3,418,620 | £2,082,134 | -39.1% | |
| Equity | £334,944 | £1,011,470 | £1,869,299 | £2,611,288 | £3,418,620 | £2,082,134 | -39.1% | |
| Average employees | 51 | 38 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 25 | -7.4% | |
| Wages | £1,847,791 | £2,012,017 | £2,210,527 | £1,835,178 | £1,837,035 | £1,842,798 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £153,254 | £210,680 | £210,676 | £335,992 | £378,848 | £406,554 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £10,234 | £4,500 | -56% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £188,533 | £188,109 | £188,315 | +0.1% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 2.2% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.3% | 101.6% | 82.6% | 39.2% | 33.0% | 47.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.5% | 78.2% | 66.6% | 49.5% | 42.4% | 55.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.00x | 2.35x | 1.77x | |
| Interest cover | 2.24x | 24.09x | 32.07x | 29.74x | 56.87x | 28.71x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Langtons Professional Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a strong expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 4 April 2025, the shareholders sold 100% of the issued share capital of the company to the Scantec Employee Ownership Trust ('the Trust'), a trust established for the benefit of all eligible employees of the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Penelope Fay | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BATES, Karen | Director | 2010-10-28 | Nov 1964 | British |
| BATES, Peter Jeffrey | Director | — | Jan 1964 | British |
| DAVISON, Andrea Leigh | Director | 2023-03-20 | May 1975 | British |
| ROBINSON, John Edward | Director | — | Jun 1952 | British |
| ROBINSON, Penelope Fay | Director | — | Mar 1951 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWTON, Valerie Ann | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2017-09-28 |
| LAWTON, Valerie Ann | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2009-08-24 |
| SPELMAN, Adam | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2015-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Edward Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-12-07 | Ceased 2025-04-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-04-11 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.