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Cash

£8.1m

+15.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£12m

+4.6% vs 2024

Employees

103

-3.7% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2m

+56.3% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £13,682,498£16,204,370£16,126,800 -0.5%
Operating profit -£1,398,467£1,064,323£2,022,434 +90%
Profit before tax -£1,133,406£1,253,878£1,960,195 +56.3%
Net profit -£602,444£1,318,661£1,497,106 +13.5%
Cash £8,645,164£7,022,684£8,086,322 +15.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £13,934,274£11,456,834£11,986,447 +4.6%
Net assets £13,934,274£11,456,834£11,986,447 +4.6%
Equity £13,934,274£11,456,834£11,986,447 +4.6%
Average employees 102107103 -3.7%
Wages £7,000,670£7,603,034£6,533,530 -14.1%
Directors' remuneration £8,216£16,216£68,216 +320.7%
Directors' pension contributions £97,471£8,000£60,000 +650%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -10.2%6.6%12.5%
Net margin -4.4%8.1%9.3%
Return on capital employed -10.0%9.3%16.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 40.6%50.8%51.0%
Current ratio 2.04x1.64x1.60x
Interest cover —10.05x8.13x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
JS. Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

  1. REVERSE ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
    1. Atmos international Limited 100% · China · Pipeline application software and consultancy services
    2. Atmos International Limited 100% · England · Pipeline application software
    3. Atmos International Limited 100% · Canada · Consultancy services

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

1 active · 11 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ZHANG, Xue Jun, Dr Director 2004-04-07 Apr 1964 Irish
Show 11 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CRAIG, Ian Alexander, Mr Secretary 1996-03-01 1996-03-01
TWOMEY, Brian Gerrard, Dr Secretary 1997-12-01 2008-09-11
TWOMEY, Brian Gerrard, Dr Secretary 1992-09-03 1996-03-01
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1992-09-03 1992-09-03
AL-HASSANI, Salim Taky Sadiq, Professor Director 1993-10-19 1998-07-20
RAYMOND, Peter Director 1995-05-01 1998-01-31
ROWLEY, Peter George, Dr Director 1996-09-12 2004-04-07
STERKER, Thor Director 1992-09-03 1993-10-19
TWOMEY, Brian Gerrard, Dr Director 1992-09-03 2008-09-11
UPTON, Paul Stewart, Dr Director 1996-09-12 1999-12-24
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1992-09-03 1992-09-03

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Zh Nextgen Ltd Corporate entity Shares 25–50% 2022-03-18 Active
Dr Xue Jun Zhang Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-09-15 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 134 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2022-03-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2022-03-28 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2026-07-17 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-07-01 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-02-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-02-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-03-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-02-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-03-29 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-03-28 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-03-28 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2022-03-24 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control
2022-03-24 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control
2022-02-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-02-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-01-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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