SOLARTRON METROLOGY LIMITED

2 NEW STAR ROAD, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE4 9JD

Company Number: 04220056
Incorporation date: 21-May-2001
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
26511 Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control





SUMMARY

This company is 22.9 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Taylor Hobson Limited. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 9 million which has decreased from the previous year's figure of GBP 11.1 million. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 24.2 million which is down -10% on the previous year. The company has 3 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 10 other companies, 2 (20.0%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are 2 court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Sep-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Dec-2022)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Dec-2019 GBP 24,185,000 7,636,000 39,000 6,000 7,669,000
31-Dec-2018 GBP 27,477,000 11,887,000 22,000 120,000 11,789,000
31-Dec-2017 GBP 25,850,000 10,265,000 86,000 4,000 89,000 10,258,000


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Dec-2019 GBP 1,539,000 8,498,000 2,422,000 6,000,000 3,040,000 9,040,000
31-Dec-2018 GBP 1,944,000 9,690,000 2,161,000 11,124,000
31-Dec-2017 GBP 7,712,000 13,798,000 2,348,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
31-Dec-2019 GBP 100.00% 6,000,000 0 6,000,000 1,258,500
* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Lynn CARINO 20 Jun 2019 28 Mar 2024 1 - 0
Resigned Joy ATWELL 11 Jan 2017 20 Jun 2019 0 - 1
Resigned David Bruce COLEY 04 Oct 2007 27 Apr 2018 British 1 - 71
Resigned Derek Geoffrey CHILTON 02 Aug 2006 04 Oct 2007 7 - 26
Resigned Dean Adrian WESTMORELAND 26 Sep 2005 02 Aug 2006 Director/Secretary British 9 - 26
Resigned Kathryn Ethel SENA 26 Sep 2005 11 Jan 2017 Other 0 - 30
Resigned Cathryn Ann BUCKLEY 13 Jun 2001 26 Sep 2005 0 - 48

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Craig Timothy HOWARTH 08 Aug 2022 Managing Director British 2 - 22 (50.0%)
Active Pietro Luigi Enrico ZETTI 27 Apr 2018 Corporate Finance Director Italian 7 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Timothy Charles BACHE 04 Jul 2013 08 Aug 2022 Managing Director British 1 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned David Bruce COLEY 10 Dec 2008 27 Apr 2018 Accountant British 1 - 7142 (58.3%)
Resigned David Anthony ZAPICO 26 Sep 2005 10 Dec 2008 President American 0 - 117 (63.6%)
Active Bruce Peter WILSON 26 Sep 2005 Director British 2 - 31 (20.0%)
Resigned John Joseph MOLINELLI 26 Sep 2005 01 Jul 2012 Company Director American 0 - 1912 (63.2%)
Resigned Henry Leonard TEE 13 Jun 2001 26 Sep 2005 Company Director British 0 - 3215 (46.9%)
Resigned Alfred John VAISEY 13 Jun 2001 26 Sep 2005 Finance Director British 0 - 3623 (63.9%)
Resigned CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED 21 May 2001 13 Jun 2001 0 - 19461092 (56.1%)
Resigned Matthew Robert LAYTON 21 May 2001 13 Jun 2001 British 0 - 565330 (58.4%)
Resigned Martin Edgar RICHARDS 21 May 2001 13 Jun 2001 British 0 - 873442 (50.6%)
Number of active directors: 3
Average tenure of active directors: 8.7 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 4.1 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 23.3%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
AMETEK AIRTECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED (00499805) - Active
MUIRHEAD AEROSPACE LIMITED (00560015) - Active
AEM LIMITED (00620201) - Active
LAND INSTRUMENTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (01659383) - Active
DATAPAQ LIMITED (01777666) - Active
AMETEK (GB) LIMITED (02569386) - Active
COMARK LIMITED (02929930) - Dissolved
TAYLOR HOBSON HOLDINGS LIMITED (03230257) - Dissolved
TAYLOR HOBSON OVERSEAS LIMITED (03230303) - Dissolved
TAYLOR HOBSON LIMITED (03230332) - Active
SOLARTRON METROLOGY LIMITED (04220056) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2021-05-212017-05-212016-05-212015-05-212014-05-21
TAYLOR HOBSON LIMITEDORDINARY3,000,000
100%
6,000,000
100%
12,000,001
100%
12,000,001
100%
12,000,001
100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

SOLARTRON METROLOGY LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


Date Title Reference Subject
2019-01-08 Mr JG Sudol v Solartron Metrology Ltd and USP Recruitment Services Ltd [2019] UKET 1401519/2018 Race Discrimination
2018-10-03 Mr JG Sudol v Solartron Metrology Ltd and USP Recruitment Services Ltd [2018] UKET 1401519/2018 Race Discrimination

PATENTS


Title Date filed Status Publication number
Smart displacement sensor 1992-12-18 Granted GB2262614

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 26511 Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control)

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
SOLARTRON METROLOGY LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 1.4% 4.2% 5.6% Medium
Age 0.3% 1.3% 2.4% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 2.4% 5.5% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium
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