FRIEND MTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14M
Equity attributable
Employees
117
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,568,299 | £15,649,189 | |
| Operating profit | -£144,837 | £619,424 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,555,478 | £4,282,882 | |
| Net profit | £1,509,865 | £4,102,839 | |
| Cash | £8,450,553 | £6,405,902 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,352,220 | £25,455,059 | |
| Net assets | £10,352,220 | £14,455,059 | |
| Equity | £10,352,220 | £14,455,059 | |
| Average employees | 98 | 117 | |
| Wages | £3,868,331 | £6,706,748 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £726,714 | £1,566,525 |
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 23.0% | 26.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.7% | 2.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.16x | 6.42x | |
| Interest cover | -0.99x | 0.99x |
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
- FRIEND MTS LIMITED 2013-03-25 → present
- FRIEND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS LIMITED 2011-03-29 → 2013-03-25
- FRIEND MTS LIMITED 2005-11-15 → 2011-03-29
- SOUND-TRAK LIMITED 2002-08-14 → 2005-11-15
- FRIENDCO.COM LIMITED 2000-02-17 → 2002-08-14
- FRIENDLY COMPUTERS LIMITED 1998-02-19 → 2000-02-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- JW Hinks LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the period the company assigned intellectual property rights to Friend For Media Limited, a fellow group undertaking, for a consideration of £4,183,402 (31 December 2022 - £1,846,682).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARTHY, Shane | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jan 1973 | Irish |
| PARKER, Keven David | Director | 2024-06-26 | Mar 1969 | British |
| SCOTTER, Mark | Director | 2014-06-02 | Oct 1981 | British |
| SKINNER, Andrew | Director | 2022-07-19 | May 1975 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRIEND, Denise | Secretary | 1998-02-19 | 2007-10-19 |
| MARCH, Amanda Jane | Secretary | 2016-01-18 | 2024-12-20 |
| UPTON, Frank | Secretary | 2007-10-19 | 2016-01-18 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-19 | 1998-02-19 |
| CHANG, Derek | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2021-12-06 |
| FRIEND, Denise | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2022-07-19 |
| FRIEND, Denise | Director | 1998-02-19 | 2002-01-16 |
| FRIEND, Jonathan Norman | Director | 2002-01-16 | 2024-11-22 |
| FRIEND, Malcolm David | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2022-07-19 |
| FRIEND, Malcolm David | Director | 1998-02-19 | 2002-01-16 |
| HARRIS, Daniel Bruce | Director | 2023-01-18 | 2024-06-26 |
| JOSEPH, Michael William | Director | 2022-07-19 | 2023-01-18 |
| SHINDLER, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-07-06 |
| TILLINGHAST, Charles Waring | Director | 2013-08-19 | 2014-07-25 |
| WHITE, Christopher Thomas | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2024-06-26 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-02-19 | 1998-02-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northedge Capital Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-07-19 | Active |
| Friend Media Technology Systems Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-01-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.