MICRO SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
+422.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4m
+11.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
61
-3.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£658k
-10% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £8,312,880 | £8,715,375 | £9,722,153 | +11.6% | |
| Operating profit | £271,594 | £771,411 | £691,788 | -10.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £179,701 | £731,287 | £658,132 | -10% | |
| Net profit | £77,529 | £590,687 | £465,824 | -21.1% | |
| Cash | £339,192 | £306,454 | £1,602,005 | +422.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,744,298 | £4,028,276 | £4,278,095 | +6.2% | |
| Net assets | £3,112,485 | £3,557,488 | £3,981,184 | +11.9% | |
| Equity | £3,112,485 | £3,557,488 | £3,981,184 | +11.9% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 63 | 61 | -3.2% | |
| Wages | £2,722,424 | £2,703,606 | £2,579,796 | -4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £288,333 | £180,698 | £173,562 | -3.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,946 | £5,977 | £5,305 | -11.2% |
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 | 3.3% | 8.9% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 6.8% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 19.1% | 16.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.6% | 50.2% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 1.86x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 2.89x | 19.13x | 20.47x |
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
- Azets Audit Services 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 group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- MICRO SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Micro Systems Engineering Solutions Pte Ltd 90%
Significant events
- “In August 2025 Micro Systems (UK) Limited was acquired by Vangest Group , an organisation founded in 1986 and headquartered in Portugal.”
- “On 1st January 2026, the assets and liabilities together with the trade of Optimold Limited were transferred into the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKKE, Rune | Director | 2025-08-06 | Mar 1960 | Norwegian |
| PAYNE, Geoffrey Douglas Sydney | Director | 2026-04-13 | Mar 1976 | British |
| TAPPAN, Miguel Sanchez | Director | 2026-02-13 | Nov 1972 | Spanish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Gary Edward | Secretary | 2002-11-07 | 2026-05-21 |
| CLARK, Gary Edward | Director | 2002-11-07 | 2026-05-21 |
| ROBINSON, Melanie Anne | Director | 2002-11-07 | 2026-03-08 |
| VIEIRA, Nuno Filipe Cardoso | Director | 2025-08-06 | 2026-02-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Melanie Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-06 |
| Mr Gerry Mills | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-06 |
| Mr Gary Edward Clark | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.