EXPLEO UK LIMITED

Active
Company number 01147167Private limited companyIncorporated 1973

Key figures

£100,136,000+70.7%
Net assets 2025
+70.7%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
050 m100 m150 m20242025

† EXPLEO UK LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 71121

Where the company stands among the 8,336 active companies whose first SIC code is 71121 (Engineering design activities for industrial process and production).

Turnover£162,815,000
Higher than 97% · median £96,579 among 144 that publish turnover
Net assets£100,136,000
Higher than 99% · median £11,180
Total assets£133,147,000
Higher than 99% · median £37,737
Cash£748,000
Higher than 95% · median £22,556
Employees31
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age53.0 years
Older than 99% · median 5.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. GHD LIVIGUNN LIMITED£5.1bn
  2. PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED£405.1m
  3. NCR FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED£107.5m
  4. EXPLEO UK LIMITED£100.1m
  5. T.EN E&C LIMITED£96.2m
  6. PACTROL CONTROLS LIMITED£78m
  7. WAVE OPTICS LIMITED£74.4m
  8. TSL LIMITED£56.1m
  9. GREY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£51.8m
  10. EPIROC UK & IRELAND LIMITED£45.3m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 8,336. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: EXPLEO UK LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

EXPLEO UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01147167. It was incorporated on 22 Nov 1973. Its status is active. The registered office is in Preston (PR5). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is engineering design activities for industrial process and production (71121), engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities (71122).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £162,815,000. Loss for the year was £28,536,000. Net assets were £100,136,000, up 70.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £748,000. Total assets were £133,147,000 and total liabilities £29,521,000. The company had an average of 31 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 8,336 active companies whose first SIC code is 71121: By turnover it ranks higher than 97% of the 144 that publish turnover (median £96,579). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £11,180). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £37,737). By cash it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £22,556). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 5.7 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 16 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2018. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £4.1m. Its most frequent buyer is Ministry of Defence (7 contracts). 6 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants worth £2m, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 11 days to pay suppliers, and 6% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 13% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 5 of 10 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 May 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover128,805,000162,815,000
Profit for the year13,356,000-28,536,000
Cash at bank and in hand1,586,000748,000
Total assets159,792,000133,147,000
Total liabilities98,452,00029,521,000
Net assets / total equity58,672,000100,136,000
Average number of employees—31

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

16 contracts

EXPLEO UK LIMITED is named as a supplier in 16 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2018. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £4.1m. 6 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers10
Ministry of Defence
7 contracts
Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc
1 contract · £4.1m
Crown Commercial Service
1 contract
ENERGIA GROUP NI HOLDINGS LIMITED
1 contract
ESPO
1 contract
Contracts
  1. Information Systems Services Framework AgreementNorthern Powergrid (Northeast) plc · £4,144,000 · runs until Oct 2029
  2. Strategic Consultancy and Technology Services FrameworkENERGIA GROUP NI HOLDINGS LIMITED · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £8,000,000 in total · runs until Sep 2031
  3. G Cloud 15‡Government Commercial Agency · shared by 2,282 suppliers, up to £14,000,000,000 in total · runs until Aug 2030
  4. CA298 (2026) Digital, Data and IT Consultancy‡Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £3,000,000 in total · runs until Aug 2029
  5. Consultancy & Skilled Persons Framework 3‡Financial Conduct Authority · shared by 89 suppliers, up to £170,000,000 in total · runs until Mar 2030
Show 11 more
  1. Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7Crown Commercial Service · shared by 1,624 suppliers, up to £5,240,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Jul 2027
  2. Cyber Security: Testing for Application Software Security and Thames IT infrastructure SecurityTHAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
  3. 704471450-MSS/143-PD4-009 CAN‡Ministry of Defence
  4. 704471450-MSS/143-PD3-010 CAN‡Ministry of Defence
  5. 704471450-MSS/143-PD4-006 CAN‡Ministry of Defence
  6. 704471450-MSS/143-PD3-009 CAN‡Ministry of Defence
  7. 704471450-MSS/143-PD3-012 CAN‡Ministry of Defence · runs until Oct 2027
  8. 704471450-MSS/143-PD3-001 CAN‡Ministry of Defence
  9. 704471450-MSS/143-PD2-002 CAN‡Ministry of Defence
  10. 636_21 Vehicle Charging Infrastructure 2 (VCI 2)‡ESPO · shared by 12 suppliers, up to £642,857,140 in total
  11. Engineering Design Services‡UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

4 grants

EXPLEO UK LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants since 2021, together worth £2m.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
3 grants · £1.8m
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £266.9k
Grants
  1. X-WING ALPHADepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,537,460 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. Feasibility study into decarbonisation of SOV newbuild and retrofitDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £90,963 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  3. X-WING ALPHADepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £124,752 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  4. X-WING ALPHADepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £266,899 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices29 Dec 2025 – 28 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
11 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
6%
Standard payment terms
30 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 92%
  • 31 to 60 days 6%
  • After 60 days 2%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
28 Dec 2025
19
91%
7%
29 Jun 2025
19
85%
7%
31 Dec 2022
20
83%
1%
30 Jun 2022
17
82%
1%
31 Dec 2021
18
82%
2%
30 Jun 2021
14
87%
1%
31 Dec 2020
14
89%
1%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 13% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 17.8% lower
Median bonus pay
women 26.1% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter29.4% womenLower middle21.6% womenUpper middle25.7% womenUpper pay quarter13% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 15.9% lower
women 18% lower
2023/24
women 21.2% lower
women 19.6% lower
2022/23
women 24.5% lower
women 18.3% lower
2021/22
women 26.5% lower
women 34.2% lower
2020/21
women 23% lower
women 29% lower
2018/19
women 23.5% lower
women 27.2% lower
2017/18
women 32.6% lower
women 42.5% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements2
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently November 2025. Main goods: machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

14 events
  1. Mr Matias Burghardt ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £162.8m, net assets £100.1m, 31 employees
  3. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £128.8m, net assets £58.7m
  4. Assystem Sa registered as a person with significant control
  5. Mr Matias Burghardt registered as a person with significant control
  6. Expleo Sas registered as a person with significant control
  7. Expleo Sas ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Mr Philippe Poletti registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (6)
  1. Mr Philippe Poletti ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Expleo Uk Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Name changed to EXPLEO UK LIMITEDPreviously EXPLEO ENGINEERING UK LIMITED
  4. Name changed to EXPLEO ENGINEERING UK LIMITEDPreviously ASSYSTEM UK LIMITED
  5. Expleo Uk Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.