BABCOCK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-25 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£67M
+9.8% vs 2024
Employees
154
+8.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+400.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,113,000 | £10,067,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,170,000 | £1,506,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,395,000 | £6,986,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,357,000 | £5,948,000 | |
| Cash | £0 | £3,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £60,718,000 | £66,600,000 | |
| Net assets | £60,652,000 | £66,600,000 | |
| Equity | £60,652,000 | £66,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 142 | 154 | |
| Wages | £6,500,000 | £6,936,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
+10.5%
£9,113,000 £10,067,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£60,652,000 £66,600,000
-
Employees
+8.5%
142 154
-
Operating profit
+28.7%
£1,170,000 £1,506,000
-
Profit before tax
+400.8%
£1,395,000 £6,986,000
-
Wages
+6.7%
£6,500,000 £6,936,000
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 14.9% | 59.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | 2.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 8.53x | |
| Interest cover | 130.00x | 36.73x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- BABCOCK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2010-07-09 → present
- VT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2006-06-30 → 2010-07-09
- VT MERLIN COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2002-07-29 → 2006-06-30
- MERLIN COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1997-04-01 → 2002-07-29
- WSCO LIMITED 1996-12-18 → 1997-04-01
- HACKREMCO (NO.1130) LIMITED 1996-05-09 → 1996-12-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework'
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is in a net current asset position of £64.0m. Directors concluded adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements. No material uncertainties identified that may cast significant doubt on ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BABCOCK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
- Babcock Communications Cyprus Limited 100%
- Babcock Integration LLP 2.56%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end (Note 22).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABCOCK CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-02-25 | — | — |
| ABBOTT, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2024-12-05 | Mar 1978 | British |
| BEALEY, Matthew Edward | Director | 2023-08-25 | Aug 1980 | British |
| MISELL, Neal Gregory | Director | 2023-08-25 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORRETT, Nicholas James William | Secretary | 2012-07-27 | 2013-02-25 |
| CROWTHER, Stephen John | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2001-12-04 |
| DAWES, Peter Graham | Secretary | 2001-12-04 | 2005-05-03 |
| HAYON, Laurence | Secretary | 1997-03-26 | 1998-10-07 |
| JOWETT, Matthew Paul | Secretary | 2005-05-03 | 2010-07-09 |
| MACLACHLAN, Rory | Secretary | 1998-10-07 | 1999-03-01 |
| TELLER, Valerie Francine Anne | Secretary | 2010-07-09 | 2012-07-27 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-05-09 | 1997-03-26 |
| BAKER BATES, Rodney Pennington | Director | 1996-12-19 | 1997-03-26 |
| CAWOOD, Kevin Roger | Director | 1997-03-26 | 2001-12-04 |
| CUNDY, Christopher John | Director | 2001-12-04 | 2007-12-13 |
| DAVIES, John Richard | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-10-01 |
| DOHERTY, Shaun, Dr | Director | 2022-05-31 | 2024-09-30 |
| DRAKE, Richard Daniel, Dr | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2023-08-25 |
| DUNGATE, Albert Norman | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2016-01-20 |
| GARVEY, Kevin John | Director | 2014-10-14 | 2016-08-24 |
| GILLESPIE, Roger Keith | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2013-08-28 |
| GORDON, Peter Robert | Director | 1997-03-26 | 1998-01-31 |
| HALL, Jonathan, Dr | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| HARRISON, Philip James | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2010-07-09 |
| HAYON, Laurence | Director | 1997-03-26 | 1998-10-07 |
| JONES, Derek Malcolm | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2023-08-25 |
| JONES, Matthew | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2019-09-06 |
| LEEMING, Graham David | Director | 2010-09-02 | 2016-07-01 |
| LEWIS, Austin Spencer | Director | 2010-09-02 | 2015-02-03 |
| LEWIS, Jeffrey | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| LOWRY, Fiona Claire | Director | 1997-03-26 | 2001-12-04 |
| MARTINELLI, Franco | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2016-01-20 |
| MCGRATH, John | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2014-12-06 |
| NEWMAN, Tom | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2018-04-30 |
| OLNEY, David Ian | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2017-03-31 |
| PHILLIS, Robert Weston, Sir | Director | 1996-12-19 | 1997-03-26 |
| TARRANT, Simon Edward | Director | 2001-12-04 | 2007-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Hewitt | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-10-01 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Hewitt | Director | 2011-08-23 | 2015-12-01 |
| THOMAS, Kevin Richard | Director | 2010-09-02 | 2015-11-02 |
| UMBERS, Douglas | Director | 2007-03-31 | 2009-06-11 |
| URQUHART, Iain Stuart | Director | 2011-08-23 | 2022-05-31 |
| WHITE, Samuel Michael | Director | 2018-04-30 | 2018-10-01 |
| WITHEY, Simon Benedict | Director | 2009-06-11 | 2010-09-02 |
| YOUNGER, James Samuel | Director | 1996-12-19 | 1997-03-26 |
| HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-05-09 | 1996-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock Support Services (Investments) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-06 | Active |
| Merlin Communications Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.