TOUCHSTONE GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£7.4m
-9.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£43m
+89.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
144
-26.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£25m
+996.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Early considerations of such an orderly closure may therefore cast significant doubt over the Group entity's ability to continue as a going concern. As the outcome is currently uncertain this gives rise to a material uncertainty over the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,272,000 | £30,410,000 | £28,508,000 | -6.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,584,000 | £1,626,000 | £2,883,000 | +77.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,289,000 | £2,321,000 | £25,454,000 | +996.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,640,000 | £1,721,000 | £24,542,000 | +1,326% | |
| Cash | £7,434,000 | £8,215,000 | £7,427,000 | -9.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,370,000 | £22,636,000 | £42,853,000 | +89.3% | |
| Net assets | £23,370,000 | £22,636,000 | £42,853,000 | +89.3% | |
| Equity | £23,370,000 | £22,636,000 | £42,853,000 | +89.3% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 196 | 144 | -26.5% | |
| Wages | £11,961,000 | £13,289,000 | £10,733,000 | -19.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £697,017 | £682,947 | £899,341 | +31.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £65,534 | £69,905 | £61,005 | -12.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £249,223 | £271,374 | £313,485 | +15.5% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 5.3% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 5.7% | 86.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 7.2% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.7% | 33.5% | 15.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.83x | 2.68x | 5.89x | |
| Interest cover | 93.18x | — | — |
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
- TOUCHSTONE GROUP LIMITED 2020-10-14 → present
- TOUCHSTONE GROUP PLC 1998-06-09 → 2020-10-14
- LAW 949 LIMITED 1998-03-30 → 1998-06-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Early considerations of such an orderly closure may therefore cast significant doubt over the Group entity's ability to continue as a going concern. As the outcome is currently uncertain this gives rise to a material uncertainty over the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- TOUCHSTONE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Touchstone FMS Limited 100%
- FMS BI Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24th October 2025, the Group disposed of its entire shareholding in Xpedition Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCH, David Philip | Secretary | 1998-06-04 | — | British |
| BIRCH, David Philip | Director | 1998-06-04 | Apr 1955 | British |
| BIRCH, Keith Gerard Joseph | Director | 1998-06-04 | Aug 1956 | British |
| BUTLER, Christian | Director | 1999-02-04 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TJG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-03-30 | 1998-06-04 |
| BIRCH, Philip | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2003-08-07 |
| DE CARLE, David Donald | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2003-08-07 |
| MCNAY, Adrian Joseph | Director | 2007-04-18 | 2011-04-06 |
| THOMPSON, David Ronald Tiplady | Director | 1998-06-08 | 2021-09-02 |
| WHITE, Paul | Director | 2004-05-14 | 2005-06-06 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-03-30 | 1998-06-04 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-03-30 | 1998-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Keith Gerard Joseph Birch | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-04-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-18 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-04-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-08-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
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.