SYMPHONY BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£33m
+70.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£354m
+12.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
776
+6.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.1m
+9,725% 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
The directors consider that the right of the loan providers to request full repayment of the outstanding loans totalling £476m, the Group and Company would not be able to repay this liability. This represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability to continue as a going concern. Support from parent is not legally binding.
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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 | £115,125,000 | £169,564,000 | £223,971,000 | +32.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,106,000 | £21,195,000 | £26,721,000 | +26.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£22,652,000 | -£84,000 | £8,085,000 | +9,725% | |
| Net profit | -£21,247,000 | £57,000 | £49,586,000 | +86,893% | |
| Cash | £5,086,000 | £19,393,000 | £33,025,000 | +70.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£401,806,000 | £31,590,000 | -£336,030,000 | -1,163.7% | |
| Net assets | -£403,938,000 | -£403,881,000 | -£354,295,000 | +12.3% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 644 | 726 | 776 | +6.9% | |
| Wages | £24,038,000 | £28,240,000 | £36,296,000 | +28.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £723,000 | £1,095,000 | — | — |
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 | -3.6% | 12.5% | 11.9% | |
| Net margin | -18.5% | 0.0% | 22.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 67.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 435.5% | 348.1% | 256.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.17x | 0.24x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | -0.22x | 1.00x | 1.29x |
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
- SYMPHONY BIDCO LIMITED 2016-10-19 → present
- AVICADE AERO SEATING LIMITED 2016-09-14 → 2016-10-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors consider that the right of the loan providers to request full repayment of the outstanding loans totalling £476m, the Group and Company would not be able to repay this liability. This represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability to continue as a going concern. Support from parent is not legally binding.”
Group structure
- SYMPHONY BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Thompson Aero Seating Limited 100%
- Thompson Aero Seating (Ireland) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOMPLISH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-09-14 | — | — |
| DAI, Jiajia | Director | 2019-06-28 | Jul 1978 | Chinese |
| DU, Ou | Director | 2019-12-12 | Aug 1987 | Chinese |
| FAN, Li | Director | 2023-08-01 | Oct 1974 | Chinese |
| GUO, Jing | Director | 2018-08-15 | Jun 1981 | Chinese |
| WANG, Tingjiang | Director | 2024-09-11 | Apr 1966 | Chinese |
| WANG, Zhenlin | Director | 2022-11-02 | Jan 1975 | Chinese |
| YANG, Xu | Director | 2025-12-09 | Jan 1982 | Chinese |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWER, Richard Mark | Director | 2019-06-28 | 2020-05-01 |
| DAI, Yusi | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2019-12-12 |
| EDWARDS, Mark John | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-08-15 |
| HUANG, Wenhui | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2018-12-31 |
| HUANG, Wenhui | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-08-15 |
| LI, Bing | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-08-15 |
| LIU, Qinghong | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2022-08-26 |
| MEI, Yu | Director | 2022-08-26 | 2023-07-31 |
| MONTGOMERY, Gary | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2019-07-04 |
| MONTGOMERY, Gary | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-08-15 |
| PANG, Zhen | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2022-07-01 |
| XU, Tongyu | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2024-07-11 |
| XU, Tongyu | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2019-06-28 |
| XU, Tongyu | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-08-15 |
| ZHAO, Jifeng | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2022-11-02 |
| ZHAO, Wei | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State-Owned Assets Supervision And Administration Commission Of The State Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-07-06 | Active |
| State Administration Of Foreign Exchange | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-14 | Ceased 2018-07-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.