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Cash

£3.1m

-53.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£889k

+23.7% vs 2024

Employees

21

-4.5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£257k

+19.1% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31 Δ vs prior
Total income £22,064,293£24,939,276 +13%
Operating profit £189,699£202,099 +6.5%
Profit before tax £216,125£257,335 +19.1%
Net profit £181,719£170,359 -6.3%
Cash £6,568,853£3,067,778 -53.3%
Total assets less current liabilities £722,100£892,085 +23.5%
Net assets £718,889£889,248 +23.7%
Equity £718,889£889,248 +23.7%
Average employees 2221 -4.5%
Wages £1,944,239£2,056,193 +5.8%
Directors' remuneration £245,269£260,683 +6.3%
Highest paid director £245,269£260,683 +6.3%

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 0.9%0.8%
Net margin 0.8%0.7%
Return on capital employed 26.3%22.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 93.3%88.7%
Current ratio 0.99x1.00x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The company generates stable cash inflows from subscriptions. In addition the company has strong cash balances and readily realisable fixed asset investments such that it would be able to meet its non-discretionary expenditure even in the event of a significant reduction in income for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. On this basis the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

11 active · 239 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
POYSER, David Charles Secretary 2019-07-01 — —
BARRON, Sarah Director 2023-12-07 Jul 1974 British
BOOKER, Gary Director 2015-02-10 Aug 1970 British
BROOKE, Dan Director 2021-06-02 Jun 1967 British
DOUGAN, Jill Director 2021-02-15 Dec 1973 British
GIVEN, Mark Director 2020-07-07 Aug 1976 British
JOBLING, Margaret, Dr Director 2015-08-07 Jan 1968 British
MANSFIELD, Sarah Director 2013-04-23 May 1966 British
MICHAELIDES, Simon Philip Director 2026-01-14 Aug 1974 British
RHODES, Benjamin Scott Director 2016-06-16 Feb 1975 British
RUBEL, Daniel Elek Director 2019-04-20 Jun 1979 British
Show 239 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
PERRET, Christopher John Secretary 1998-05-14 2019-07-01
WEST, Alan Peter Secretary — 1998-05-14
ALMOND, Philip Julian Howard Director 2008-02-05 2010-04-01
ARMSTRONG, Ian Director 2011-07-28 2019-01-31
BANKS, Christopher Nigel Director 1999-01-04 2001-02-05
BARWELL, Matthew Robert Director 2013-07-02 2013-10-22
BATCHELOR, Alexander William Director 2006-02-14 2008-10-07
BATCHELOR, Lance Director 2003-02-11 2004-11-16
BEAUCHAMP, David Albert Director 1999-10-12 2003-12-05
BELL, Gavin Keith Director 1997-02-04 2001-03-12
BENNISON, Sara Philippa Director 2009-01-14 2019-11-06
BERUBE, Stephane Director 2018-05-01 2019-08-23
BIRD, Simeon Jan Director 2023-04-13 2023-08-01
BISHOP, Alan John Director 2003-02-11 2009-02-02
BLACKBURN, Peter Hugh Director 1998-07-07 2000-07-04
BOULTON, Anthony James Babington Director 2003-02-11 2006-02-09
BRADLEY, Carolyn Jane Director 2009-04-29 2013-04-15
BRADLEY, Richard Edmund Director — 1999-07-06
BRADLEY-JONES, Luke Director 2018-05-01 2019-08-01
BRADSHAW-ZANGER, Lucien Alexis Director 2020-08-17 2023-04-21
BRIGHT, Kerris Elizabeth, Dr. Director 2017-09-22 2018-04-30
BRISTOW, Rachel Helen Director 2010-03-29 2012-02-02
BRITTAIN, Bobby Director 2015-04-14 2016-07-29
BROWNE, John Colin Clarke Director — 1994-03-30
BULLIMORE, Simon Director 1994-07-05 1998-07-07
BUNKER, Nicholas Robert Director 2008-04-28 2010-09-20
BURR, Gwyn Director 2007-02-06 2010-07-14
CAFFERKY, Ian Patrick Director 2015-09-02 2019-01-31
CASLEY, Henry Roberts Director — 1993-07-06
CATON, Andrew Graham Glenn Director 2013-10-04 2017-11-30
CATTLE, Larry Alan Director 1993-05-11 1994-10-05
CAVANAUGH, Kerry Director 2020-12-01 2025-10-20
CHADBOURNE, Brian Douglas Director — 1993-01-27
CHALLOUMA, Soterakis Director 2021-05-03 2022-07-01
CHEESE, John Graham Director — 1994-07-05
CLAPP, Zoe Nicola Director 2018-05-02 2020-06-17
CLARE, John Charles Director 2005-07-05 2009-01-01
CLARKE, Benedict Robert Director 2006-06-26 2008-03-07
CLARKE, John Milne Director 1993-10-19 1996-10-04
CLIFT, Jeremy Paul Director 2010-03-29 2012-04-17
CLOSE, Matthew Jonathan Director 2007-02-28 2011-06-01
COTTON-BETTERIDGE, James Alan Director 1996-10-15 2000-02-22
CROFT, Roy Allen Director — 1934-07-05
CUNNINGHAM, John Gary Director 1998-03-28 2015-02-10
CURTIS, Paul Francis Director — 1997-03-27
DAVIES, Michael Roy Director 2001-07-10 2004-01-29
DAVIES, Paul Director 2013-10-15 2020-07-07
DAWSON, Fiona Eleanor Director 2005-10-03 2010-02-09
DAY, Judson Graham, Sir Director — 1993-07-06
DAY, Samuel Lee Director 2021-06-16 2025-10-20
DEAR, Derek Edward Director — 1996-02-23
DEARDEN, Matthew Peter Director 2008-09-05 2010-07-14
DERKACH, John Director 1999-01-04 2000-02-08
DITCHBURN, John Blackett Dennison Director — 1994-03-30
DONOVAN, Paul Michael Director 2001-05-15 2001-09-13
DOUGLAS HOME, Sholto Director 2006-07-04 2021-01-13
DUFFY, Peter Bernard Director 2020-07-07 2022-08-19
DUVAUD, Alain Director 2015-04-20 2022-08-19
EARNSHAW, Malcolm Terry Director 2006-07-04 2007-04-13
EARNSHAW, Malcolm Terry Director — 2000-10-13
EDGE, Andrew Director 2002-07-02 2003-06-24
EDWARDS, Ralph Bernard Director — 1994-07-05
EIKENBOOM, Marnix Director 2009-02-23 2010-10-26
ELLIS, Bryan John Director 1999-01-04 2008-02-13
ENNALS, Ford David Director 2004-07-06 2005-03-17
ENNALS, Ford David Director 1999-01-04 2002-02-19
EVANS, John Director 2000-10-10 2003-06-30
EVANS, Timothy David Director 2005-05-17 2008-10-07
FAGAN, Elizabeth Director 2017-11-01 2020-07-07
FAGAN, Elizabeth Director 2002-07-02 2005-07-05
FERGUSON, Anne Director — 1993-07-06
FISHER, Carol Ann Director 2000-02-08 2003-06-30
FLEET, Peter David Director 2002-05-14 2004-02-27
FRANCKE, Ann Director 2004-10-05 2007-01-12
GANCZAKOWSKI, Helena Louise, Dr Director 2003-07-01 2004-05-13
GEORGE, Martin Peter Director 2001-05-15 2004-09-20
GIBB, Richard Alexander Director 1999-10-12 2001-03-21
GILBERT, Nigel Richard Director 2011-01-12 2017-10-04
GILBERT, Nigel Richard Director 2007-04-17 2010-09-20
GILMOUR, Alan George Director 2002-05-14 2006-02-09
GLADMAN, Philip Andrew Director 2010-09-01 2013-02-01
GODBEER, Roger Director 1994-04-05 1997-05-13
GOLDIN, Julia, Ms. Director 2005-02-14 2005-09-29
GONZALEZ, Juan Jose Director 2010-04-21 2013-04-15
GREEN, Susan Director 1994-07-05 1996-07-02
GROUNSELL, Dominic Peter Director 2020-07-07 2024-03-21
GROUNSELL, Dominic Peter Director 2020-07-07 2024-03-21
GROUNSELL, Dominic Director 2012-05-02 2015-02-10
GROVES, Simon Keith Director 2021-06-18 2025-10-20
GUAJARDO VITE, Taide Director 2024-01-04 2026-07-07
HALL, Janet Margaret Director 1997-07-01 1998-02-28
HAMILTON, Bruce Ian Director 1994-05-10 1997-07-01
HANCOCK, Richard Timothy Director 1994-05-10 1998-06-16
HANNAH, Ian Wilson Director 1997-07-01 1999-10-12
HARRISON-CHURCH, Claire Director 2014-02-18 2017-02-10
HARRISON-CHURCH, Claire Director 2010-12-23 2012-04-17
HAWKES, John Ivor Director 1995-07-14 2005-02-07
HEARN, David Lovat Director 1993-05-11 1995-07-04
HERBERT, Oliver Director 1994-05-10 1994-09-26
HICK, Paul Arney Director 1997-02-04 2014-07-01
HILL, Anna Director 2013-10-15 2019-05-02
HILLS, David Alexander Director 2023-10-30 2025-10-20
HIPKISS, Linda Jane Director 2007-04-16 2008-10-24
HOLLOWAY, Keith Director — 1995-07-04
HOLMES, Richard John Director 2007-09-03 2018-05-08
HOOD, Stephen Glen Director 2004-08-09 2006-05-16
HOPE, Peter Thomas Director 2011-04-26 2018-05-01
HORTON, Phil Director 2002-07-02 2004-08-16
HOSFORD, Adrian Joseph Director 1994-07-05 1996-03-29
HOWELL, Daniel Robert Director 2022-07-01 2026-07-23
HUDSON, David Charles Director 1995-07-04 2005-10-11
HUGHES, Michael John Director 2007-04-16 2017-02-01
HUMES, William Thomas Findlay Director 2001-07-10 2004-10-04
HUNTER, Mark Roderick Director 2009-01-01 2011-07-05
HYTNER, Jim Director 2005-12-07 2007-09-17
IGNATOVA, Yana Director 2016-04-21 2017-02-01
JACKSON, Edward John Wycliffe Director — 1993-07-06
JANSEN, Christopher Trevor Peter Director 2008-07-01 2010-10-20
JAY, Sylvia, Lady Director 2005-10-25 2013-06-27
JENSEN, Peter Sinclair Director — 1993-10-19
JOHNSON, Richard Wolseley Director — 1997-12-31
JONES, Brenda Director 1999-10-12 2001-02-13
KALOTIS, Patrick Ilias Director 2008-02-05 2009-02-23
KEHOE, Catherine Director 2012-03-06 2022-11-10
KINSEY, Jon Robert Director 1999-01-04 2000-02-03
KIRK, Simon Robert Director — 1993-07-06
LAMBERT, Jon Director 2011-12-05 2015-02-10
LAVENDER, Michael James Director 1998-07-07 2000-07-04
LEBEL, Jean-Jacques Jacques Director 2014-02-18 2015-03-31
LITHERLAND, Peter Simon Director 2015-02-01 2017-11-03
LOCK, Chris Director 2014-02-18 2016-07-08
LUND, Mark Director 2009-07-09 2011-07-05
MACKENZIE, Amanda Felicity Director 2003-10-14 2008-01-31
MAIR, Anthony Christopher Director 2005-01-12 2006-03-31
MARKEY, Peter David Director 2011-12-05 2025-11-26
MARSDEN, Andrew Charles Director 2003-07-01 2009-07-07
MAYHEAD, John William Director 1993-07-06 1999-05-11
MCDONALD, Jill Director 2004-11-10 2010-08-19
MCDONOUGH, Christopher Andrew Director 2011-07-28 2012-12-18
MCGINN, Ambrose Director 1995-07-04 1997-03-27
MCKEOWN, John Wilson Director — 1995-05-12
MCLURE, Donald Niven Allen Director — 1995-12-27
MCNAIR, William David Ferguson Director 1995-07-04 1999-07-06
MCWALTER, Alan James Director 1999-01-04 2003-05-12
MENDEL, John Director 2000-10-10 2002-01-01
MICHAELIDES, Simon Philip Director 2020-10-12 2023-04-01
MIGGIANO, Luca Director 2010-10-05 2013-10-04
MITCHELL, Peter Director — 1997-07-01
MOBSBY, Timothy Peter Director 1999-01-04 2000-08-11
MOLLE, Andrew Hayes Director 2005-09-28 2007-06-29
MOOR, Keith Alexander Director 2010-10-05 2023-08-23
MORAN, Michael Edward Director 1999-07-06 2005-07-05
NEWBY GRANT, Katharine Joy Director 2018-10-19 2023-08-01
NOVAK, Adam Director 2000-05-09 2003-09-25
O'HARA, Christopher Scott Director 2004-02-10 2004-10-01
OADES, Jane Charlotte Director 2001-10-09 2005-02-03
ORR, William John Director 2013-02-12 2015-08-12
OWEN, Richard Anthony Director — 1993-07-06
PALMER, Alan Francis Director 2001-07-10 2003-04-09
PARTINGTON, Roger Evans Director 1999-01-04 2000-02-01
PEARSON, David Charles Director 1997-02-04 1998-06-04
PELABON, Guy Director 2004-08-25 2006-10-10
PENDER, Vincent Patrick Director 2006-01-26 2010-03-01
PILE, Hugh Director 2016-02-23 2017-08-10
PILE, Timothy Simon Devereux Director 1995-07-04 2006-10-10
PINCHIN, Terence Rodney Director 1993-07-06 1994-06-30
PINDER, Charlotte Andrea Director 1994-02-01 1996-07-02
PINNELL, Raoul Michael Director 1999-01-04 2007-03-15
POMEROY, Henry Julian Director — 1993-07-06
POMFRET, Christopher Charles Director 1999-01-04 2003-05-19
PORTER, Angus James, Doctor Director 2000-05-09 2005-03-24
PORTER, David Frederick Director 1993-07-06 1995-07-04
POTTER, Iain Alexander Director 2011-08-26 2012-12-18
POWELL, David John Director — 1993-05-11
PUGH, Jonathan Martin Director 2007-05-10 2009-01-22
RABY SMITH, Philip Anthony Director 2017-01-09 2026-01-14
RAMSAY, Daniel Kieron Director 2016-02-23 2019-03-01
RAMSAY, Ian Mcdonald Director 1996-07-02 1997-07-01
RANKIN, Gordon Thomas Director 1998-02-03 2003-12-11
RAOUST, Laetitia Director 2024-03-15 2026-07-07
REDMOND, April Director 2014-10-21 2017-02-01
REINARZ, Cichel Director 1994-02-10 1995-07-04
RHODES, Simon Henry Director 2002-07-02 2005-05-17
RICH, Paul Andrew Director 2003-10-14 2005-10-31
RIOM, Nicholas Bruno Marie Ignace Director 2011-12-05 2014-02-14
ROBINSON, Nicholas John Director 2015-10-20 2023-04-01
ROBINSON, Nicholas John Director 2011-02-08 2013-02-01
ROBSON, Graham Director — 1996-02-06
RONALD, William David Gordon Director 1999-01-04 2001-07-10
ROYCROFT, David Anthony Director — 1995-07-04
RUMBOL, Philip James Director 2006-08-14 2010-08-19
RUNNACLES, Martin Philip Director 1998-02-03 1999-05-11
RYCROFT, Timothy James Nelson Director 2006-09-19 2007-10-04
SCHOOLAR, Alexander Ian Director 1997-02-04 2009-07-07
SCOULLER, Anthony James Director 1997-07-01 1999-07-06
SEARLE, Christopher John Mackenzie Director 1993-07-06 2017-02-10
SETH, Andrew Director 1993-07-06 1995-07-04
SIMESTER, Mark Director 2015-10-20 2016-06-06
SIMPSON, Peter Charles Director 1999-01-04 2000-01-04
SIMS, David Perrott Director 1995-07-04 2004-02-27
SLEIGHT, Cathryn Fiona Director 2005-10-19 2010-07-14
SMALLCOMBE, Patrick Director 2013-10-15 2016-03-14
SMITH, Nicholas David Michael Director 2004-12-21 2008-05-29
SMITH, Philip Anthony Director 2005-07-05 2010-08-19
SNARE, Phillipa Director 2013-02-12 2015-10-13
SOMERS, Emily Sarah Mary Metcalfe Director 2016-04-12 2018-08-24
SPELMAN, Richard Director 2000-07-04 2002-07-02
STOCKWELL, Ashley William Director 2010-09-01 2010-11-30
STOCKWELL, Ashley William Director 2004-02-10 2006-02-13
SUNDERLAND, John Michael, Sir Director 2002-07-02 2005-07-05
SYMES, Ian Charles Director 1998-07-07 1999-10-12
TEASDALE, David Harry Director 2005-04-04 2005-07-18
TETHER, Colin Anthony Director 1997-05-13 2001-09-12
THOMPSON, Ila Dianne Director 1998-02-02 2006-02-16
TOMKINS, Andrew Director 2020-06-18 2023-07-01
TURNER, Simon Andrew Director 1995-07-04 1997-03-19
UNDERWOOD, Elaine Director 1994-05-10 1996-02-06
VOWLES, Stephen Eliott Director 2022-03-03 2023-11-08
VOWLES, Stephen Eliott Director 2020-07-02 2022-01-17
WALBURN, Matthew Director 2017-08-09 2018-10-26
WALKER, David Charles Brodie Director 2008-07-08 2010-04-01
WALKER, William Guy Director — 1993-05-11
WALSH, Jonathan William Director 2006-01-05 2009-07-22
WARD, Stephen Randall Director — 1997-07-01
WARREN-PIPER, Helen Elizabeth Director 2016-02-23 2018-03-29
WATERMAN, Peter N R Director — 1998-10-13
WATT, Allan Mccubbine Director 2008-09-26 2010-08-19
WAUGH, Simon John Director 2001-02-13 2004-11-24
WELLER, Sara Vivienne Director 2000-05-09 2003-01-24
WESTON, Robert James Director 2015-08-07 2018-06-26
WHITE, Jonathan Henry Director 2012-03-20 2013-07-03
WHITEHORN, William Elliott Director 2003-05-13 2004-02-03
WILBER, Patricia Director 2012-03-20 2013-10-22
WILSON, Peter Michael Director — 1994-07-05
WISE, Sarah Director 2007-11-05 2008-03-21
WOOD, David Bernard Director 2013-07-02 2017-07-10
WOODS, Jonathan Mark Director 2011-07-05 2015-02-10
WRIGHT, Jeremy Wyckham Director 2004-08-08 2008-10-07
YATES, Tim Director 2004-12-20 2008-05-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 694 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-10-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-08-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-17 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-03-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-01-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-12-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-11-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-31 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-10-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
9

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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