Website & contact details
- Website
Datum Electronics Ltd
- Incorporated
- 3 August 1995 (31 years)
- Industry
- Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control (26511) Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (72190)
- Directors
- Ashley James Alder WhitesmithMichael James Irons
- Owned by
- Accounts type
- Small
- Region
- South East
- Address
- Datum Global HqCastle StreetEast CowesPO32 6EZ
Filing status
- Accounts due
- 30 September 2027
- Last accounts
- 31 December 2025
- Conf. stmt due
- 15 April 2027
- Last conf. stmt
- 1 April 2026
Charges
- Total
- 7
- Outstanding
- 0
- Part satisfied
- 0
- Satisfied
- 7
Officers 6 active
Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.
Whitesmith, Ashley James Alder
Director · Appointed 28 April 2026
British
Born February 1995 (31)
Director · Appointed 1 February 2026
British
Born December 1968 (57)
Whitesmith, Ashley James Alder
Secretary · Appointed 7 May 2024
Irons, Michael James
Director · Appointed 18 September 2023
British
Born May 1995 (31)
Director · Appointed 10 March 2020
British
Born August 1970 (56)
Director · Appointed 3 May 2019
British
Born April 1964 (62)
Officer history (9 former)
28 April 2026
Appointed Whitesmith, Ashley James Alder as Director
1 February 2026
31 October 2024
7 May 2024
Appointed Whitesmith, Ashley James Alder as Secretary
18 September 2023
Appointed Irons, Michael James as Director
30 June 2023
Resigned Lees, James Andrew as Director
30 April 2021
10 March 2020
10 March 2020
10 March 2020
Appointed Lees, James Andrew as Director
3 May 2019
Resigned Habens, Ralph Ian as Secretary
3 May 2019
11 April 2002
Appointed Habens, Ralph Ian as Secretary
11 April 2002
11 April 2002
16 April 1997
Resigned Tomkins, Richard Martin as Director
15 March 1996
29 February 1996
29 February 1996
29 February 1996
Appointed Tomkins, Richard Martin as Director
11 August 1995
11 August 1995
3 August 1995
3 August 1995
Ownership 1 active
People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register
Corporate entity · Notified 30 September 2020
Owns 75–100% of shares
Holds 75–100% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Private Limited Company
Reg. no. 09287563
Former controllers (2)
30 September 2020
Ceased Datum Electronics Holding Limited — Owns 75–100% of shares
20 November 2017
Group structure 21 shown
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Financials
Figures from 2023 accounts. Newer accounts, made up to 31 December 2025, are filed but not read yet. See them on Companies House
- Net Assets
- £4,279,646
- Cash
- £740,624
- Employees
- 32
- Debt Ratio
- 21%
- Current Ratio
- 4.2x
Trend
Net Assets
Balance sheet detail
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Assets | £900,366 | £933,665 | £941,257 | £1,021,647 |
| Current Assets | £4,512,393 | £2,992,402 | £1,581,760 | £1,893,296 |
| Debtors | £1,690,489 | £1,658,239 | £1,169,587 | £764,954 |
| Cash | £740,624 | £378,237 | £91,577 | £779,373 |
| Creditors (< 1 year) | £1,063,609 | £843,581 | £624,432 | £309,026 |
| Creditors (> 1 year) | £24,170 | £0 | ||
| Net Current Assets | £3,448,784 | £2,148,821 | £957,328 | £1,584,270 |
| Net Assets | £4,279,646 | £2,992,453 | £1,846,886 | £2,590,171 |
| Shareholder Funds | £4,279,646 | £2,992,453 | £1,846,886 | £2,590,171 |
| Turnover | £3,269,343 | £2,848,510 | ||
| Cost of Sales | £1,221,173 | £943,452 | ||
| Gross Profit | £2,048,170 | £1,905,058 | ||
| Admin Expenses | £1,341,978 | £1,522,348 | ||
| Staff Costs | £873,721 | £951,322 | ||
| Operating Profit | £825,435 | £490,167 | ||
| Profit Before Tax | £817,209 | £481,702 | ||
| Tax | £160,494 | £96,338 | ||
| Profit for Period | £656,715 | £385,364 | ||
Filings 128
| Date | Description | Made Up To | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2026 | Accounts for a small company | 31 December 2025 | ||
| 28 April 2026 | Appointment of a director | |||
| 28 April 2026 | Secretary's details changed | |||
| 7 April 2026 | Confirmation statement with no updates | 1 April 2026 | ||
| 10 February 2026 | Appointment of a director |
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