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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-30 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-16

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£498K

+92,157% vs 2023

Net assets

£12M

-25.3% vs 2023

Employees

95

-7.8% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£4M

-412.2% lowest in 6 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-01-012020-12-312021-01-012021-12-312022-01-012022-12-312023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £8,058,588£7,874,344£7,837,687£7,515,373£7,445,203£7,226,491
Operating profit £2,294,168£2,747,163£2,391,173£387,470-£278,904-£3,837,875
Profit before tax £2,314,551£10,763,441£2,296,554£327,112-£809,632-£4,147,064
Net profit £1,936,678£10,207,564£1,920,076£56,475-£779,478-£4,184,069
Cash £7,610£15,986£2,723,084£437,732£540£498,188
Total assets less current liabilities £5,157,850£16,446,983£21,951,785£22,138,337£21,426,390£14,397,113
Net assets £5,151,479£15,359,043£17,279,119£17,335,594£16,556,116£12,372,047
Equity £5,151,479£5,151,479£15,359,043£15,359,043£17,279,119£17,279,119£17,335,594£17,335,594£16,556,116£12,372,047
Average employees 126109869110395
Wages £2,732,662£2,585,308£2,512,172£2,954,618£3,768,863£2,884,881
Directors' remuneration £586,477£642,467£755,843£961,743£1,373,775£456,593

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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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 2019-12-312020-01-012020-12-312021-01-012021-12-312022-01-012022-12-312023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 28.5%34.9%30.5%5.2%-3.7%-53.1%
Net margin 24.0%129.6%24.5%0.8%-10.5%-57.9%
Return on capital employed 44.5%16.7%10.9%1.8%-1.3%-26.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 30.3%36.7%
Current ratio 10.22x3.78x
Interest cover 61.90x55.54x13.11x1.46x-0.63x-8.76x

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. UNION INCOME BENEFIT HOLDINGS LIMITED 2007-02-20 → present
  2. UNION INCOME BENEFIT HOLDINGS PLC 2000-02-29 → 2007-02-20
  3. BARBEX PLC 1999-11-16 → 2000-02-29

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Sumer Auditco Limited
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 at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

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

People

6 active · 32 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BAXANDALL, Catherine Secretary 2025-12-17
BLUNDELL, John Giles Director 2025-03-25 Nov 1963 British
HANNETT OF EVERTON, Lord John Director 2024-12-17 Jun 1953 British
HAYES, Pat Director 2025-06-10 Apr 1968 Irish
KENNY, Marcus William Director 2024-12-18 Jan 1971 British
THILO, Paul Edward Director 2024-12-18 Jun 1968 British
Show 32 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ECHALIER, Fiona Secretary 2013-10-25 2025-12-17
GOLD, Andrew Paul Secretary 2005-12-15 2010-08-12
HEARNE, Richard Arthur Secretary 2001-08-08 2003-09-16
RATZEMORE, Shneier Zalman Secretary 2004-05-17 2005-12-15
SMETHURST, Ryan Melvyn Secretary 2010-08-12 2013-10-25
STONES, Murt Secretary 2003-10-01 2004-05-17
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1999-11-16 2000-01-13
LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2000-01-13 2001-08-08
CHAUDHURI, Saleheen Director 2014-03-18 2021-02-12
CHEEMA, Anmol Director 2008-04-30 2015-06-02
COLLINS OF HIGHBURY, Lord Raymond Edward Harry Director 2022-10-01 2024-07-31
ECHALIER, Fiona Director 2019-12-01 2025-06-10
EVANS, David Charles, Lord Evans Of Watford Director 2000-03-06 2007-03-12
GOLD, Andrew Paul Director 2007-03-09 2013-04-22
HARRISON, Daniel Lee Director 2010-04-14 2026-04-10
ISAACS, Robert Paul Director 2000-03-06 2024-12-18
JACOBS, Sharon Claire Director 2014-03-18 2015-12-18
MOUNTFORD, Shona Anne Director 2007-05-02 2024-09-30
RATZEMORE, Shneier Zalman Director 2004-05-17 2005-12-15
SAWYER, Lawrence, Lord Director 2007-05-02 2022-09-30
SHINEROCK, Simon Michael Director 2000-05-02 2001-02-02
SILBERSHATZ, Shahar Director 2008-07-14 2010-02-26
SINCLAIR, Michael Jeffrey, Dr Director 2000-03-06 2007-03-12
SMITH, Caroline Margaret Director 2003-03-17 2007-03-12
STACEY, Paul Quentin Cullum Director 2000-03-06 2002-06-24
STONES, Murt Director 2003-09-12 2004-05-17
TRUEMAN, Paul Roland Director 2007-05-02 2008-03-28
TRUEMAN, Paul Roland Director 2003-09-12 2007-03-12
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1999-11-16 2000-01-13
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1999-11-16 2000-01-13
LAWGRAM DIRECTORS LIMITED Corporate Director 2000-01-13 2000-03-06
LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Director 2000-01-13 2000-03-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Embignell Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 202 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-01-17 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-01-14 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-01-14 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-01-08 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-01-07 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-06-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2025-05-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2024-12-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-07-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
14

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

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

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