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ASIAN ONLINE PLC

#03724300 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1999-03-02 (27y 7m) · Last filing 2026-09-29 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 82990 · N Administrative & Support Service Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-11-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-03-16 (in 5 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£974k

+139.6% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£1.5m

+1.9% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

—

Average over period

Profit before tax

£36k

-87.7% first positive since 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-05-31

Metric Trend 2024-05-312025-05-312026-05-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £112,755£125,872£122,631 -2.6%
Operating profit -£211,247£59,664£51,845 -13.1%
Profit before tax -£204,546£292,590£36,114 -87.7%
Net profit -£208,348£223,270£27,471 -87.7%
Cash £324,246£406,478£973,865 +139.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £1,275,150£1,554,670£1,504,501 -3.2%
Net assets £1,253,760£1,477,030£1,504,501 +1.9%
Equity £1,253,760£1,477,030£1,504,501 +1.9%
Average employees ——— —
Wages ——— —
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. 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 2024-05-312025-05-312026-05-31
Operating margin -187.4%47.4%42.3%
Net margin -184.8%177.4%22.4%
Return on capital employed -16.6%3.8%3.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 23.2%23.9%21.8%
Current ratio 1.14x1.26x2.50x
Interest cover ——81.26x

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. ASIAN ONLINE PLC 1999-05-07 → present
  2. ASIAN ONLINE GROUP PLC 1999-04-29 → 1999-05-07
  3. YPCS 81 PLC 1999-03-02 → 1999-04-29

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
UHY Affinia
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operation for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparing these financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. ASIAN ONLINE PLC · parent
    1. Prime Global Limited 100% · England and Wales
    2. Asian Intouch Limited 50% · England and Wales · considered to be a subsidiary undertaking as the company has the ability to direct the operating and financial policies of these companies with a view to gaining economic benefits from their activities.
    3. Rapidcom (2017) Limited 100% · England and Wales
    4. National Properties Limited 50% · England and Wales
    5. Seize The Day Limited 100% · England and Wales

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 12 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
UD-DIN, Zaeem Secretary 2020-10-13 — —
KARIM, Arif Akberali Director 2020-10-13 Jul 1968 British
VIRANI, Karim Director 2009-06-25 Jan 1981 British
VIRANI, Shaila Director 1999-06-18 Aug 1971 British
Show 12 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DAVIS, Paul Malcolm Secretary 2014-11-30 2020-10-13
JOHAL, Resh Secretary 1999-05-17 1999-06-18
KALSI, Jasvinder Singh Secretary 1999-06-18 2014-11-30
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1999-03-02 1999-05-17
HACKETT, Kathryn Director 1999-05-17 1999-06-18
JOHAL, Resh Director 1999-05-17 1999-06-18
KALSI, Jasvinder Singh Director 1999-06-18 2014-11-30
THOMAS, Maureen Elizabeth Director 1999-06-18 2002-07-01
TYRELL, Terry Alan Director 1999-06-18 2000-11-15
VIRANI, Nazmu Director 1999-06-18 2009-06-25
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1999-03-02 1999-05-17
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Director 1999-03-02 1999-06-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Shaila Virani Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Karim Virani Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 113 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-04-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates
2025-10-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-03-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates
2024-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates
2023-11-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-03-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates
2023-02-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-03-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates
2021-11-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates
2021-03-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-03-23 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2020-11-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-10-27 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2020-10-27 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2020-10-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-05-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates
2019-11-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

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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