AVERY WEIGH-TRONIX FINANCE LIMITED
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Cash
£718K
USD 961,000
+4.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£712K
USD 953,000
-98.7% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£13M
USD 17,377,000
+120.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Consequently, the financial statements have not been prepared on the going concern basis.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £5,882,485 | £12,990,207 | +120.8% | |
| Net profit | £5,882,485 | £12,982,732 | +120.7% | |
| Cash | £688,495 | £718,397 | +4.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,158,406 | £712,417 | -98.7% | |
| Net assets | £53,158,406 | £712,417 | -98.7% | |
| Equity | £53,158,406 | £712,417 | -98.7% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | — | 96.29x |
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
- AVERY WEIGH-TRONIX FINANCE LIMITED 2004-09-08 → present
- AVERY WEIGH-TRONIX NO. 3 LIMITED 2003-09-11 → 2004-09-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Consequently, the financial statements have not been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 1 March 2025, following Board approval of an internal restructure, the company in retum for agreeing to cancel the $54m preferred shares held in VS European Holdco BV and the unpaid accrued preference dividend of $738,604 and the recognition of a dividend in specie of $19,226,767 received settlement by means of transfer of shares in ITW Holding II Inc. Subsequently, the company declared a dividend in specie to AIP/BI Holdings Inc for $82,727,152.”
- “On 1 March 2025, by way of a statement of solvency, the directors approved a reduction in the company's share premium by an amount of $65,392,638 in order to redesignate the share premium as distributable reserves. The company made a distribution in specie to AIP/BI Holdings Inc, comprising its investment in VS European Holdco and Weigh-Tronix Canada ULC for $4,796,833.”
- “At the date of this report, the directors intend to apply to wind up the company in the next 12 months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Jonathan | Secretary | 2023-07-17 | — | — |
| HUDSON, Giles Matthew | Director | 2008-09-25 | Feb 1972 | British |
| ROWELL, Stephen James | Director | 2016-04-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALE, Ryan Ronald | Secretary | 2017-12-18 | 2023-07-17 |
| FOGARTY, Robert Joseph | Secretary | 2004-03-26 | 2008-09-25 |
| S & J REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-09-25 | 2021-06-30 |
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-09-11 | 2004-03-26 |
| BARRETO-MORLEY, Ola Tricia Aramita | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2013-03-31 |
| BOWE, Gerald Grant | Director | 2003-09-11 | 2008-09-25 |
| CRAMER, Carl, Mr. | Director | 2003-09-11 | 2008-09-25 |
| DEAKIN, Philip Matthew | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2017-10-30 |
| UDALL, Gavin | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2009-09-30 |
| UFLAND, Edward | Director | 2008-09-25 | 2017-03-13 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-09-11 | 2003-09-11 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-09-11 | 2003-09-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aip/Bi Holdings, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-12-16 | Ceased 2019-12-16 |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-16 | Active |
| Avery Weigh-Tronix Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-02-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-27 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-02-27 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-13 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.