ADVANCED PROPULSION CENTRE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
-2.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£2.8m
+35.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
63
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£990k
+35% highest in 3 filed years
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £3,522,768 | £3,729,730 | £3,491,661 | -6.4% | |
| Operating profit | £333,754 | £715,845 | £974,362 | +36.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £336,364 | £733,491 | £990,378 | +35% | |
| Net profit | £247,770 | £552,528 | £741,423 | +34.2% | |
| Cash | £3,363,969 | £3,622,266 | £3,516,771 | -2.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,020,621 | £2,767,517 | +37% | |
| Net assets | £1,526,869 | £2,079,397 | £2,820,820 | +35.7% | |
| Equity | £1,526,869 | £2,079,397 | £2,820,820 | +35.7% | |
| Average employees | 64 | 63 | 63 | 0% | |
| Wages | £4,138,654 | £4,300,250 | £4,427,478 | +3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £455,996 | £450,957 | £469,253 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £347,996 | £361,494 | £361,253 | -0.1% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 19.2% | 27.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 14.8% | 21.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 35.4% | 35.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.3% | 72.5% | 59.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.36x | 1.65x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- ADVANCED PROPULSION CENTRE UK LIMITED · parent
- Zenzic-UK Ltd 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAY, Joanne | Director | 2023-07-06 | Apr 1972 | British |
| CONSTANCE, Ian William | Director | 2015-11-16 | Nov 1968 | British |
| GARNER, Colin Peter, Professor | Director | 2014-07-01 | Apr 1961 | British |
| GENTILI, Valentina, Dr | Director | 2026-07-01 | Jan 1981 | British |
| HASWELL, Charles Chetwynd Douglas | Director | 2018-05-09 | Feb 1956 | British |
| HUDSON, Martin John | Director | 2026-05-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| JACKSON, Neville Stuart, Professor | Director | 2019-11-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
| ZEBEDEE, Graham | Director | 2025-07-15 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BICKNELL, Geoffrey James | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| BIDDLE, Michael | Director | 2022-11-10 | 2026-04-13 |
| BOARDMAN, Hannah Jane | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2025-10-08 |
| DOVER, Robert Alan | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2026-07-01 |
| EDMONDS, Simon | Director | 2015-01-14 | 2022-09-27 |
| EVANS, Robert John Dossor | Director | 2013-11-27 | 2017-12-31 |
| LEWIS, Rupert | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-02-11 |
| MOSNER, Sabine | Director | 2016-07-05 | 2018-07-03 |
| PIXTON, Thomas Anthony Howard, Dr | Director | 2014-01-06 | 2017-12-31 |
| SCHMIDT, Gerhard Friedrich Anton, Dr | Director | 2014-01-22 | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.