MA EXHIBITIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-04 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-8.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£697K
+309.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
78
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£991K
+26.3% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £15,038,774 | £15,759,615 | £19,758,945 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £789,823 | £990,613 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,021,522 | £784,033 | £990,613 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £762,502 | £329,712 | £526,547 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,015,271 | £2,496,957 | £2,290,519 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £170,311 | £696,858 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £103,418 | £170,311 | £696,858 | |
| Equity | -£531,676 | -£659,084 | £103,418 | £170,311 | £696,858 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 66 | 75 | 78 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,935,360 | £4,271,293 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £399,858 | £428,367 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+25.4%
£15,759,615 £19,758,945
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-8.3%
£2,496,957 £2,290,519
-
Net assets
+309.2%
£170,311 £696,858
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+4%
75 78
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+25.4%
£789,823 £990,613
-
Profit before tax
+26.3%
£784,033 £990,613
-
Wages
+8.5%
£3,935,360 £4,271,293
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 5.0% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 5.1% | 2.1% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 463.8% | 142.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.77x | 0.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 136.41x | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- MA EXHIBITIONS LIMITED 2015-04-25 → present
- MARK ALLEN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1997-09-17 → 2015-04-25
- MARK ALLEN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES LIMITED 1987-08-27 → 1997-09-17
- MARK ALLEN CONFERENCES LIMITED 1987-03-26 → 1987-08-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sterlings Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the company s forecasts latest results and cash reserves, and after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved Accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basıs in preparing the financial statements”
Group structure
- MA EXHIBITIONS LIMITED · parent
- Heelec Limited 100%
- Sterling Events Limited 100%
- Sixth Continent Holdings Limited 100%
- Sixth Continent Intelligence Limited 100%
- MA Travel Retail Limited 100%
- Moodie Davitt Asia Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 19 September 2024, the company acquired Sixth Continent Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries Sixth Continent Intelligence Limited and MA Travel Retail Limited. Moodie Davitt Asia Limited, a Hong Kong company that was under the common control of the previous owners of Sixth Continent Holdings Limited, was also acquired on the same day”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOUMBA, Katina | Secretary | 1996-11-05 | — | British |
| ALLEN, Benjamin Mark | Director | 2017-02-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| ALLEN, Mark Charles | Director | — | Oct 1944 | British |
| ALLEN, Susan Margaret | Director | — | Aug 1945 | British |
| BENSON, Jonathan | Director | 2017-02-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| GOODRIDGE, Brian William | Director | 2017-02-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
| LONGHURST, Helen | Director | 2022-10-28 | Apr 1977 | British |
| RIGBY, Peter Stephen | Director | 2020-02-17 | Jul 1955 | British |
| TOUMBA, Katina | Director | 1995-01-18 | Jan 1957 | British |
| WILLOUGHBY, Tim Michael | Director | 2020-07-13 | Jun 1977 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Susan Margaret | Secretary | — | 1993-06-29 |
| DE SILVA, Rukmal Deepani | Secretary | 1995-10-01 | 1996-11-05 |
| TOUMBA, Katina | Secretary | 1993-06-29 | 1995-10-01 |
| FREEMAN, Lisa Marie | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-06-14 |
| FREEMAN, Mark David Stephen | Director | 1999-10-18 | 2006-06-19 |
| GOSNEY, Max | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2026-02-01 |
| GOVETT, Matthew Keith | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2021-11-26 |
| HILL, Bernadette Michele | Director | 1995-10-01 | 1998-03-31 |
| JOHNSON, Nigel | Director | 1992-10-16 | 1993-08-12 |
| KIRK, Gordon | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| KNUTTON, Peter Charles | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| POPAT, Ashvinkumar Chunilal | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, Stuart David | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| TINKER, Jack | Director | — | 2010-04-26 |
| TRANTER, Edward John | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Allen Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Mark Charles Allen | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-31 |
| Mr Mark Charles Allen | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.