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Cash

£38K

-99.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£2.7M

-54.9% vs 2024

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£3.8M

-21.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £6,813,000£4,831,000
Operating profit £6,858,000£4,895,000£3,838,000 -21.6%
Profit before tax £6,858,000£4,895,000£3,838,000 -21.6%
Net profit £5,245,000£3,671,000£2,879,000 -21.6%
Cash £2,495,000£5,080,000£38,000 -99.3%
Total assets less current liabilities £2,377,000£6,048,000
Net assets £2,377,000£6,048,000
Equity £2,377,000£6,048,000£2,727,000 -54.9%
Average employees 00
Wages
Directors' remuneration £0£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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 100.7%101.3%
Net margin 77.0%76.0%
Return on capital employed 288.5%80.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 40.6%17.0%
Current ratio 2.46x5.86x3.76x

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

  1. THE ONE ACCOUNT LIMITED 2003-01-09 → present
  2. VIRGIN DIRECT PERSONAL FINANCE LIMITED 1997-10-13 → 2003-01-09
  3. CIRCLEMICRO LIMITED 1997-08-05 → 1997-10-13

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

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
NATWEST GROUP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2015-12-04
FORDHAM, Bradley Director 2024-10-10 Feb 1969 British
NIMMO, Stuart Robert Director 2021-12-31 Mar 1983 British
Show 39 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BLAIR, Lorraine May Secretary 2006-12-20 2007-11-01
CUNNINGHAM, Angela Mary Secretary 2004-04-21 2006-12-19
LEA, John Albert Secretary 2000-11-20 2004-04-21
LEWIS, Derek John Secretary 2007-11-02 2008-06-30
MACARTHUR, Neil Clark Secretary 2008-08-11 2010-09-17
MCINTYRE, Gillian Lawson Secretary 2013-06-21 2015-12-04
MCKEAN, Alan Wallace Secretary 1997-08-27 2000-11-20
PUTNAM, Daniel John Secretary 2010-09-17 2013-06-21
THOMAS, Marina Louise Secretary 2004-04-20 2004-04-21
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1997-08-05 1997-08-27
BAIRD, Marie Claire, Director Director 2018-05-31 2019-09-27
DAVIS, Fiona Lesley Director 2009-08-17 2014-06-30
DONALDSON, Craig Francis Director 2007-09-21 2009-04-05
DYER, David Norman Director 2001-08-06 2007-04-12
DYER, David Norman Director 1997-10-02 1999-01-26
EVANS, Darrell Paul Director 2007-04-13 2010-02-15
FIELDING, Joanna Claire Director 2020-02-03 2021-12-31
GADHIA, Jayne-Anne Director 2001-08-06 2007-01-10
GORMAN, William Richard Director 1999-07-27 2001-07-27
HALEY, Roderick Albert Director 2019-09-27 2020-02-03
HODKINSON, Keith George Director 1998-03-18 2004-08-04
JOHNSON, Peter Thomas Director 1999-07-27 2000-09-09
JOHNSON, Peter Thomas Director 1998-07-22 1999-07-27
LARKIN, Michael Director 2014-08-12 2018-05-31
MATHESON, Leslie Durno Director 2010-07-16 2020-08-01
MCCALLUM, Gordon Douglas Director 2000-07-31 2001-07-27
MCCALLUM, Gordon Douglas Director 1997-10-17 1997-11-24
MCLUSKIE, Norman Cardie Director 1999-01-26 2004-08-25
MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew Director 1997-08-27 2000-07-31
SARD BAUZA, Miguel Director 2020-08-01 2024-08-31
SCHOFIELD, George Anthony Director 1997-08-27 1999-01-26
SCHWARTZ, Jonathan Eliot Director 1997-08-27 1997-10-16
SHAW, Peter Anderson Director 2004-08-09 2010-07-16
SINCLAIR, Stuart William Director 1997-08-27 1998-02-26
SULLIVAN, Christopher Paul Director 2004-01-13 2007-06-18
THOMPSON, Trevor James Director 1998-07-22 1999-07-27
WADE, Timothy Cardwell Director 2001-01-01 2001-07-27
WILLIAMSON, Finlay Ferguson Director 2001-12-18 2006-03-17
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1997-08-05 1997-08-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 221 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2022-01-25 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2022-01-25 CC04 Statement of companys objects
  • 2022-01-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-06-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-01-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-10-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-18 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-01-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-06-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-07-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-25 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-01-25 CC04 change-of-constitution Statement of companys objects
2022-01-25 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-01-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-12-31 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-12-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-09-14 CH04 officers Change corporate secretary company with change date PDF
2021-09-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-09-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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