KINETIC WORLDWIDE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
+39.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£216m
+11.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£22m
-16.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,015,000 | £28,623,000 | £28,351,000 | -1% | |
| Operating profit | £20,704,000 | £13,608,000 | £10,596,000 | -22.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £30,898,000 | £26,174,000 | £21,799,000 | -16.7% | |
| Net profit | £30,936,000 | £26,177,000 | £21,792,000 | -16.8% | |
| Cash | £529,000 | £1,211,000 | £1,691,000 | +39.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £170,288,000 | £194,902,000 | £216,587,000 | +11.1% | |
| Net assets | £168,476,000 | £194,653,000 | £216,445,000 | +11.2% | |
| Equity | £168,476,000 | £194,653,000 | £216,445,000 | +11.2% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £7,275,000 | £4,140,000 | £3,568,000 | -13.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £501,000 | £0 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,000 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £271,000 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 46.0% | 47.5% | 37.4% | |
| Net margin | 68.7% | 91.5% | 76.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.2% | 7.0% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.8% | 39.8% | 38.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 2.51x | — | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 77.91x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- KINETIC WORLDWIDE LIMITED 2005-08-01 → present
- POSTER PUBLICITY LIMITED 1985-08-23 → 2005-08-01
- HIVERSON LIMITED 1984-06-25 → 1985-08-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONSDALE, Nicole Ella | Director | 2025-08-21 | Jun 1974 | British |
| NICHOLS, Michael John | Director | 2024-05-30 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLEASE, Jacqueline Anne Chapple | Secretary | 1993-08-01 | 2025-03-12 |
| HUGHES, Brian | Secretary | — | 1993-07-31 |
| CLARK, Scott Michael | Director | 2023-09-11 | 2024-04-23 |
| CRISP, Simon | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2011-10-05 |
| DAVIDSON, John Joseph | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| DELANEY, Paul | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2013-08-29 |
| DUNTON, Nicholas James | Director | 2016-11-07 | 2018-02-16 |
| ELLERY, Timothy John | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2005-02-23 |
| HIRD, Rachael | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2022-12-16 |
| HUGHES, Brian | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| MCKINNON, Colin Peter | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2004-07-26 |
| MCSHARRY, Gerrard | Director | — | 2002-06-19 |
| NEWNHAM, Eric Robert | Director | 1992-11-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| NORTON, Mark Andrew | Director | 1993-11-20 | 1994-09-23 |
| PARKER, Nicholas James | Director | 2023-01-27 | 2023-09-11 |
| PUGH, Brian Roger | Director | — | 1995-02-27 |
| SEGRUE, Michael Walter | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2009-10-28 |
| SHEARRING, Paul | Director | 1997-03-18 | 2010-06-30 |
| SIMPSON, John Owen | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| STOTT, Rachel Caroline | Director | 1992-07-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| TALLIS, David John | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2011-01-31 |
| TAYLOR, Michael James | Director | — | 1994-03-07 |
| TAYLOR, Stuart Michael | Director | 2018-02-27 | 2019-06-30 |
| TOWNSHEND, Brian | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2016-11-07 |
| WADE JONES, David | Director | — | 1998-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poster Publicity Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.