APAVE UK LTD
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Cash
£876k
-30.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14m
-2.7% vs 2024
Employees
186
-4.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£874k
-1,170.2% lowest 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 | £23,547,513 | £20,485,514 | £19,540,424 | -4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,097,365 | £798,933 | -£874,195 | -209.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,097,190 | -£68,824 | -£874,195 | -1,170.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,316,849 | £446,835 | -£384,129 | -186% | |
| Cash | £1,159,666 | £1,265,129 | £876,310 | -30.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,738,690 | £14,185,525 | £13,801,396 | -2.7% | |
| Net assets | £13,738,690 | £14,185,525 | £13,801,396 | -2.7% | |
| Equity | £13,738,690 | £14,185,525 | £13,801,396 | -2.7% | |
| Average employees | 218 | 195 | 186 | -4.6% | |
| Wages | £11,617,700 | £11,026,173 | £10,336,021 | -6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £579,673 | £521,390 | £149,435 | -71.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,020 | £11,217 | £2,390 | -78.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £177,837 | £214,444 | £151,825 | -29.2% |
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 | 8.9% | 3.9% | -4.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 2.2% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.3% | 5.6% | -6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.0% | 11.3% | 13.4% | |
| Current ratio | 8.36x | 8.14x | 6.86x |
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 7 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-01-31
- APAVE UK LTD 2025-01-31 → present
- IRISNDT LIMITED 2013-09-23 → 2025-01-31
- SPI MATRIX LIMITED 2013-04-30 → 2013-09-23
- IRISNDT LIMITED 2013-04-25 → 2013-04-30
- SPI MATRIX LIMITED 2011-07-05 → 2013-04-25
- SPI NDT LIMITED 1998-12-31 → 2011-07-05
- STANDPOWER (INSPECTION) LIMITED 1993-02-22 → 1998-12-31
- STANDPOWER LIMITED 1992-04-03 → 1993-02-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forrester Boyd Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- APAVE UK LTD · parent
- Apave Aerospace & Defence UK Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARDSON, Lee | Secretary | 2025-07-17 | — | — |
| BOURDILLON, Paul Charles Chetham | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| MAILLARD, Philippe | Director | 2024-12-09 | Jul 1967 | French |
| RICHARDSON, Lee | Director | 2011-04-04 | Jan 1976 | British |
| SIMON, Eric Robert Jean-Claude | Director | 2024-12-09 | Jun 1966 | French |
| WEYERS, Christiaan | Director | 2023-04-15 | Nov 1966 | American |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KYRNYCKYJ, Roman Michael | Secretary | 1993-04-01 | 2025-07-17 |
| PORT, Jacqueline Erica | Secretary | 1992-04-13 | 1993-03-26 |
| MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-04-03 | 1992-04-13 |
| BARBOUR, Janice May | Director | 2016-03-09 | 2022-11-03 |
| BLINDE, Marcel | Director | 2020-04-03 | 2023-04-15 |
| BUTLER, Simon | Director | 2011-08-05 | 2024-12-09 |
| DAWSON, John | Director | 2011-10-02 | 2024-12-09 |
| GALLAGHER, Kathleen Gayle | Director | 2024-08-21 | 2024-12-09 |
| GRIMBLEBY, Keith | Director | 2011-04-04 | 2020-09-03 |
| KYRNYCKYJ, Bohdan | Director | 1992-04-13 | 2010-10-01 |
| KYRNYCKYJ, Roman Michael | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2024-12-09 |
| NEEL, Paul | Director | 2024-12-09 | 2025-12-31 |
| PEACOCK, Martin | Director | 2011-08-05 | 2016-03-09 |
| PORT, Jacqueline Erica | Director | 1992-04-13 | — |
| SHEARD, James Richard | Director | 2016-03-09 | 2023-04-15 |
| MBC NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-04-03 | 1992-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Lee Richardson | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-07-17 | Active |
| Mr Roman Michael Kyrnyckyj | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-07-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-31 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.