PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED
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Cash
£494k
+22.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£89m
-2.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
103
-7.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.2m
+55.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Despite concluding it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on the going concern basis, the Directors recognise that the wider group support is not a formal legal commitment, and consequently a material uncertainty exists, as explained further in Note 1.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £3,900,112 | £8,057,171 | £6,865,321 | -14.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£6,655,624 | -£5,635,252 | -£2,673,013 | +52.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£8,008,521 | -£4,918,233 | -£2,182,146 | +55.6% | |
| Net profit | -£7,744,991 | -£4,815,030 | -£1,698,473 | +64.7% | |
| Cash | £797,373 | £403,526 | £493,696 | +22.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£81,884,476 | -£86,523,461 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£82,373,271 | -£87,209,116 | -£89,013,269 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 115 | 111 | 103 | -7.2% | |
| Wages | £6,108,610 | £5,098,999 | £4,955,383 | -2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £291,137 | £302,990 | £260,902 | -13.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £31,445 | £20,854 | £18,934 | -9.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £234,800 | £261,001 | £260,902 | 0% |
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 | -170.7% | -69.9% | -38.9% | |
| Net margin | -198.6% | -59.8% | -24.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1027.3% | 1382.0% | 1450.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.06x | 0.04x | 0.04x | |
| Interest cover | -12.57x | -10.56x | -5.03x |
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
- PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED 2009-04-14 → present
- ELECTRIC MOTOR WORKS LIMITED 2008-11-12 → 2009-04-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Despite concluding it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on the going concern basis, the Directors recognise that the wider group support is not a formal legal commitment, and consequently a material uncertainty exists, as explained further in Note 1.”
Group structure
- PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED · parent
- Protean Electric (Tianjin) Co. Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “After the reporting date, on 26 February 2026, the Company entered into a deed of loan waiver with its parent company, Protean Electric Holdings Limited under which all outstanding inter-company debt was irrevocably waived.”
- “Following the above event the ownership of the Company was transferred from Protean Electric Holdings Ltd to BD Auto & Energy Limited.”
- “On 26 February 2026 the Company entered into a deed of capitalisation with BD Auto and Energy Ltd. Under the terms of the deed, intercompany debt of €43.75 million and US$ 17.0 million (together with accrued interest) outstanding at 31 December 2025 was released in exchange for the issue of 1,000 fully paid ordinary shares of £1 each.”
- “On 2 March 2026, BD Auto & Energy Limited disposed of its entire interest in the Company to Exedy Corporation, a company incorporated in Japan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITEHEAD, Andrew John Graham | Secretary | 2024-02-29 | — | — |
| FUJIOKA, Keisuke | Director | 2026-03-02 | Aug 1972 | Japanese |
| HIROSE, Yuzuru | Director | 2026-03-02 | Feb 1972 | Japanese |
| HONJO, Hisashi | Director | 2026-03-02 | Aug 1963 | Japanese |
| KAWAHARA, Yuki | Director | 2026-03-02 | Mar 1974 | Japanese |
| KUME, Kohsuke | Director | 2026-03-02 | Oct 1979 | Japanese |
| TOYOHARA, Hiroshi | Director | 2026-03-02 | Aug 1962 | Japanese |
| WHITEHEAD, Andrew John Graham | Director | 2016-04-26 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRUMMOND, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 2022-05-05 | 2023-08-22 |
| NICHOLSON, Ian John | Secretary | 2023-08-22 | 2024-02-29 |
| RICH, Nicholas Simon James | Secretary | 2009-05-13 | 2022-05-05 |
| AHMED, Iftikar Ali | Director | 2008-11-12 | 2009-05-13 |
| BOYNER, Osman Feyzi | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2026-03-02 |
| DRUMMOND, Andrew Robert | Director | 2022-05-05 | 2023-10-24 |
| MEYER, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2009-05-13 | 2011-11-21 |
| NICHOLSON, Ian John | Director | 2023-08-10 | 2024-02-29 |
| PURCELL JR, Robert Carl | Director | 2013-01-30 | 2013-10-04 |
| RICH, Nicholas Simon James | Director | 2009-05-13 | 2022-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exedy Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2026-03-02 | Active |
| Bd Auto And Energy Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-20 | Ceased 2026-03-02 |
| Mr Ka Yan Hui | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2019-06-03 | Ceased 2021-10-20 |
| Mr Kai Johan Jiang | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2019-06-03 | Ceased 2020-08-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 6
- 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.