ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£32m
+5.6% vs 2024
Employees
90
-22.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9m
+124.5% 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
These conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 1 to the financial statements, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £41,437,000 | £39,397,000 | £33,202,000 | -15.7% | |
| Operating profit | £4,465,000 | -£3,700,000 | £5,077,000 | +237.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £688,000 | -£7,627,000 | £1,868,000 | +124.5% | |
| Net profit | — | -£7,627,000 | £1,868,000 | +124.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £25,542,000 | £25,278,000 | -1% | |
| Net assets | -£25,892,000 | -£33,519,000 | -£31,651,000 | +5.6% | |
| Equity | -£25,892,000 | -£33,519,000 | -£31,651,000 | +5.6% | |
| Average employees | 113 | 116 | 90 | -22.4% | |
| Wages | £5,735,000 | £5,604,000 | £4,241,000 | -24.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £246,000 | £769,000 | £278,000 | -63.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £16,000 | £21,000 | £15,000 | -28.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £266,000 | £372,000 | £278,000 | -25.3% |
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 | 10.8% | -9.4% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -19.4% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -14.5% | 20.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 160.0% | 184.1% | 175.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.68x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 1.15x | -0.93x | 1.50x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 1 to the financial statements, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED · parent
- Element Six Technologies Limited 100%
- Bosch Quantum Sensing GmbH 25.004%
Significant events
- “On 18 February 2025, the company disposed of its entire shareholding in CATEC to Element Six Holdings Limited... a gain on disposal of £14,454,000 was recognised.”
- “On 20 March 2026 the Company acquired 1,098,246 'A' shares in Oxi-Tech Solutions Limited equalling 18.07% of the total shareholding in exchange for £600k cash and conversion of a £200k loan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE BEERS CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| DE KLERK, Jacobus Steyn | Director | 2020-12-03 | May 1969 | South African |
| LEATHERS, Erica | Director | 2022-04-15 | May 1974 | Canadian |
| TWITCHEN, Daniel, Dr | Director | 2016-07-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAIR, Lynsey Anna | Secretary | 2012-09-07 | 2013-07-19 |
| HUNTLEY, Stuart Paul | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| SHAVE, Yvonne | Secretary | 2018-05-01 | 2023-07-06 |
| WILLIAMSON, Craig | Secretary | 2013-07-19 | 2016-01-01 |
| COE, Steven Edward | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2015-02-25 |
| DUFFY, Siobhan | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2020-08-26 |
| GUTHRIE, Andrew John | Director | 2016-07-11 | 2021-10-12 |
| HUHN, Walter Friedrich | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2021-01-12 |
| MATTHEWS, Victoria | Director | 2015-05-29 | 2020-08-25 |
| O'GRADY, Adam Derek | Director | 2015-05-29 | 2020-12-04 |
| PILGRIM, Christopher | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2015-09-30 |
| WHEADON, Philippa Katherine | Director | 2020-12-03 | 2024-08-31 |
| WHEELER, Stephen Edward | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2014-09-24 |
| WILSON, Adrian Stuart | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2015-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Element Six Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-03 | Active |
| Anglo American Diamond Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.