SAMTEC (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Cash
£7.6M
-3.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+6.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
27
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£899K
+88.1% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £25,308,000 | £17,879,000 | £22,007,000 | +23.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | £104,000 | £273,000 | £771,000 | +182.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,205,000 | £212,000 | £478,000 | £899,000 | +88.1% | |
| Net profit | £969,000 | £139,000 | £335,000 | £652,000 | +94.6% | |
| Cash | £5,559,000 | £7,564,000 | £7,841,000 | £7,557,000 | -3.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,843,000 | £9,982,000 | £10,317,000 | £10,969,000 | +6.3% | |
| Net assets | — | £9,982,000 | £10,317,000 | £10,969,000 | +6.3% | |
| Equity | £9,843,000 | £9,982,000 | £10,317,000 | £10,969,000 | +6.3% | |
| Average employees | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,843,000 | £1,700,000 | £1,691,000 | £2,099,000 | +24.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.4% | 1.5% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.0% | 2.6% | 7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 13.8% | 7.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | 7.23x | 13.48x | 20.38x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SAMTEC (EUROPE) LIMITED 1992-07-16 → present
- SAMTEC ELECTRONICS LIMITED 1986-02-28 → 1992-07-16
- CORYEW LIMITED 1986-01-08 → 1986-02-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-10-27 | — | — |
| SHINE, John Beck | Director | 1996-12-09 | Jun 1961 | American |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIPKIN, Trevor | Secretary | — | 1989-07-24 |
| SHINE, Betty | Secretary | 1989-07-24 | 1996-12-09 |
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-09-26 | 2017-10-27 |
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-09 | 2007-09-26 |
| CAPLAN, Anthony Max | Director | — | 1989-08-28 |
| HIPKIN, Trevor | Director | — | 1989-07-24 |
| SHINE, Sam | Director | — | 1996-12-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Beck Shine | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2017-11-10 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2017-11-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.