COGNITO LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-17 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-03

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£207K

-76.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£8M

+62% vs 2023

Employees

-12.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

+21.9% vs 2023

Watchouts

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

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median

COGNITO LIMITED·Telecommunications median · n=592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£11,294,116	£10,471,899
Operating profit	£2,619,985	£3,193,969
Profit before tax	£2,617,343	£3,191,066
Net profit	£2,886,165	£3,299,075
Cash	£874,328	£206,890
Total assets less current liabilities	£5,189,288	£8,367,391
Net assets	£5,106,168	£8,272,218
Equity	£5,106,168	£8,272,218
Average employees	56	49
Wages	£3,780,214	£3,273,228
Directors' remuneration	£97,331	£108,748

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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-7.3%

£11,294,116 £10,471,899
Cash

-76.3%

£874,328 £206,890
Net assets

+62%

£5,106,168 £8,272,218
Employees

-12.5%

56 49
Operating profit

+21.9%

£2,619,985 £3,193,969
Profit before tax

+21.9%

£2,617,343 £3,191,066
Wages

-13.4%

£3,780,214 £3,273,228

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	23.2%	30.5%
Net margin	25.6%	31.5%
Return on capital employed	50.5%	38.2%
Current ratio	1.64x	2.45x
Interest cover	991.67x	1100.23x

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 1 time since incorporation

COGNITO LIMITED 1992-09-29 → present
WACKO 8 LIMITED 1992-06-15 → 1992-09-29

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: KPMG
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the future financing requirements of the Company for the foreseeable future, including projected cash flows and funding requirements, and have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have sufficient resources available to meet all of its liabilities as they fall due for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements.”

Significant events

“There were no events since the balance sheet date that would require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.”

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

People

3 active · 39 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CRITCHLEY, David James	Director	2025-07-09	Sep 1982	British
RACE, Phil	Director	2024-02-20	Feb 1966	English
WEBB, David Martyn	Director	2011-12-01	Oct 1972	British

Show 39 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BUTTERWORTH, Mark	Secretary	1995-11-13	1997-07-17
GILL, Paul Howard	Secretary	1992-09-28	1995-11-10
GRANT, Fiona Helen	Secretary	1997-07-17	2000-01-11
MCGREGOR, Lindsay Helen	Nominee Secretary	1992-06-15	1992-09-21
MEWIES, Sally Ann	Secretary	1992-09-21	1992-09-28
ROLFE, Clare	Secretary	2000-01-11	2018-04-01
ADAMS, Gary	Director	2021-03-18	2023-08-31
ALDERSON, Stephen Mark	Director	2000-10-31	2015-11-19
BOCHENSKI, David Michael	Director	2019-03-26	2020-06-30
BUTTERWORTH, Mark	Director	1995-11-13	1997-07-17
CAMILLERI, John Michael	Director	2007-11-30	2008-07-18
CHEVALLIER, Jonathan Nigel Mayne	Director	2011-01-31	2013-06-20
CHOI, Yiu Leung Bosco	Director	1998-06-16	1999-04-28
COMER, Mark	Director	2018-06-01	2021-03-18
DARRAGH, James	Director	2021-03-18	2024-02-20
GILL, Paul Howard	Director	1992-09-28	1995-11-10
GRANT, Fiona Helen	Director	1998-11-27	2000-01-11
GRENDER, Gordon David	Director	1997-01-01	2015-12-18
HAINE, John Leslie, Dr	Director	1993-07-27	1996-09-19
HARRIS, Richard Alan	Director	1993-07-27	2002-06-21
HAYDEN, Harry Hilliard Laurence	Director	2004-11-01	2005-07-07
HORNUNG, Christopher	Director	2021-03-18	2026-04-30
LAWSON, David Christopher	Director	1992-09-28	1995-03-31
LEVINE, Peter Michael	Nominee Director	1992-06-15	1992-09-21
LOMAX, Peter	Director	1996-04-01	1996-05-01
LONSDALE, Tony	Director	2002-05-07	2018-08-01
MACADAM, Colin Alexander, Dr	Director	2006-02-14	2007-11-30
MACADAM, Colin Alexander, Dr	Director	2001-09-05	2002-07-05
MAXWELL, John Hunter	Director	2001-07-26	2001-12-31
MELOTTE, John Louis Rushton	Director	2018-01-01	2020-07-27
MILES, Graeme Victor	Director	2005-08-10	2014-12-31
MURRELL, Andrew John	Director	2023-08-31	2025-05-28
OTHACEHE, Laurent	Director	2014-04-24	2021-03-18
PEARCH, Nicholas Keith	Director	2002-07-25	2002-11-18
POCOCK, John David William	Director	2007-03-29	2021-03-18
ROLFE, Clare	Director	2001-04-03	2018-04-01
STAFFORD-DEITSCH, Andrew	Director	1996-09-19	2021-03-18
WARD, Ashley	Director	1992-09-21	1994-07-11
SONNAIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED	Corporate Director	1996-09-18	2002-05-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Totalmobile Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-12-31	Active
Cognito Iq Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-12-21	Ceased 2024-12-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 353 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-11-10	RP01CS01	confirmation-statement	Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date	PDF
2025-09-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-06-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates
2025-06-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-02	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-01-02	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-11-28	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-09-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-02-29	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-02-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-09-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-08-31	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-06-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 2

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

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