CLIENT SERVER LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
Cash
£273K
-50.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£229K
-122% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
72
-25.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1M
+24.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to the Statement of Comprehensive Income and Balance Sheet in the financial statements, which indicates that the company incurred a net loss of £1,309,728 during the year ended 30 April 2025 and, as of that date, the company's current liabilities exceeded its total assets by £228,678. As stated in note 1.2, these events or conditions, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £11,549,249 | £13,610,823 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,702,389 | -£1,196,714 | |
| Profit before tax | £566,849 | -£1,714,826 | -£1,300,584 | |
| Net profit | £427,129 | -£1,541,290 | -£1,309,728 | |
| Cash | £2,153,596 | £550,820 | £273,470 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,191,852 | £1,504,724 | -£1,472 | |
| Net assets | £2,521,053 | £1,037,518 | -£228,678 | |
| Equity | £2,521,053 | £1,037,518 | -£228,678 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 97 | 72 | |
| Wages | — | £4,397,750 | £4,407,618 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £20,207 | £19,624 | £497,663 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
+17.9%
£11,549,249 £13,610,823
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Cash
-50.4%
£550,820 £273,470
lowest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
-122%
£1,037,518 -£228,678
lowest in 3 filed years
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Employees
-25.8%
97 72
lowest in 3 filed years
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Operating profit
+29.7%
-£1,702,389 -£1,196,714
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Profit before tax
+24.2%
-£1,714,826 -£1,300,584
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Wages
+0.2%
£4,397,750 £4,407,618
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -14.7% | -8.8% | |
| Net margin | — | -13.3% | -9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -113.1% | 81298.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.80x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | — | -71.44x | -10.32x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- MGI Midgley Snelling LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to the Statement of Comprehensive Income and Balance Sheet in the financial statements, which indicates that the company incurred a net loss of £1,309,728 during the year ended 30 April 2025 and, as of that date, the company's current liabilities exceeded its total assets by £228,678. As stated in note 1.2, these events or conditions, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “FY 2025 has again been a particularly challenging year for Client Server Limited, in some respects more challenging than 2024, with the recruitment industry as a whole continuing to suffer from uncertainty both across the European/global economic market and within the UK.”
- “Towards the end of the financial year, we did start to see an improvement in trading conditions which has positively impacted the start of FY 2026. The company increased turnover from £11,549,249 in FY 2024 to £13,610,823 in FY 2025.”
- “Following the decision in mid-2024 to decrease the number of our consultants, we traded successfully with a smaller staffing level. The decision to carefully increase the number of consultants was taken towards the end of FY 2025 as we look forward to a better year ahead.”
- “Following an extensive review, we committed to a wholesale change of our commission scheme which we implemented at the start of FY 2026. The new scheme better rewards those employees who make a difference to all facets of our business.”
- “During FY 2025, we successfully implemented an ambitious project to update, strengthen, and improve our own IT infrastructure, allowing full employee flexibility whilst improving security of both candidate, client and our own data.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERR, David Lindsay | Secretary | 1999-10-13 | — | British |
| BOULTON, Nicholas Ross | Director | 2011-10-17 | Mar 1979 | British |
| KERR, David Lindsay | Director | 1999-10-13 | Oct 1961 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-10-13 | 1999-10-13 |
| COOPER, David Alan | Director | 1999-10-13 | 2011-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Client Server Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-10-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.