TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£16M
+109.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£44M
+19.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
202
+1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£7.1M
+68.8% highest in 3 filed years
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
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 | £35,482,481 | £41,038,877 | £54,953,354 | +33.9% | |
| Operating profit | £2,634,805 | £3,758,436 | £7,000,498 | +86.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,634,828 | £4,195,772 | £7,081,751 | +68.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,913,144 | £2,071,908 | £7,251,366 | +250% | |
| Cash | £17,624,073 | £7,864,638 | £16,467,261 | +109.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,061,486 | £38,092,553 | £45,301,836 | +18.9% | |
| Net assets | £42,121,801 | £37,193,709 | £44,445,075 | +19.5% | |
| Equity | £42,121,801 | £37,193,709 | £44,445,075 | +19.5% | |
| Average employees | 160 | 200 | 202 | +1% | |
| Wages | £9,075,955 | £9,679,740 | £11,074,896 | +14.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,492,525 | £855,800 | £1,042,433 | +21.8% |
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 | 7.4% | 9.2% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 5.0% | 13.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.1% | 9.9% | 15.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 30.7% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 2.40x | 3.10x |
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
- TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED 1990-01-26 → present
- VALUELIST LIMITED 1989-12-28 → 1990-01-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- TBS Digatron Qingdao Co Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 June 2026, the company was acquired by Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH, a company incorporated in Austria.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURTIS, Jonathan Blake | Secretary | 2020-08-01 | — | — |
| CURTIS, Jonathan Blake | Director | 2022-04-01 | Apr 1993 | British |
| GARDINER, Mark Donald | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
| SHARPE, Stephen Richard Beresford | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1960 | British |
| TAYLOR, Richard Joseph | Director | 2021-01-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPSON, Vivienne Francess | Secretary | 1993-03-16 | 2020-08-01 |
| B-R SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1993-03-16 |
| BARGE, Christopher | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2016-04-28 |
| EAST, David | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2000-04-28 |
| EMPSON, Vivienne Francess | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2020-08-01 |
| FALLEN, Malcolm James | Director | 1993-03-16 | 1995-03-17 |
| GARDINER, Lawrence Ernest | Director | 1993-03-16 | 2019-04-30 |
| GERRISH, Walter | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| HANRAHAN, Daniel | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| HOPWOOD, Robert Timothy | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2011-03-01 |
| JONES, David Eric Ashton | Director | — | 1993-03-16 |
| LONGNEY, David John | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2023-09-30 |
| MANENTI, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2017-12-31 |
| MINCHIN, Stephen William | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-06-21 |
| ROGUSKI, Marek Timothy | Director | 1996-05-21 | 1996-11-26 |
| SHAKESHEFF, Ronald Morris | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1999-10-14 |
| SMITH, Michael Edward | Director | — | 1994-04-29 |
| SOTHEN, Wesley Andrew | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| TOOMBS, Eugene Martin | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2011-05-17 |
| TOOMBS, Eugene Martin | Director | 1999-10-19 | 2001-07-31 |
| VALVO, Thomas | Director | 2017-12-31 | 2021-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosendahl Nextrom Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-06-01 | Active |
| The Marmon Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-01 | Ceased 2026-06-01 |
| Mitek Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.