FOURTH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£152K
-82% vs 2023
Net assets
£52M
+2.1% vs 2023
Employees
310
-5.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£19M
+46.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,844,000 | £56,909,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,452,000 | £18,106,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,987,000 | £18,995,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,961,000 | £16,014,000 | |
| Cash | £846,000 | £152,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,050,000 | £54,365,000 | |
| Net assets | £51,362,000 | £52,432,000 | |
| Equity | £51,362,000 | £52,432,000 | |
| Average employees | 327 | 310 | |
| Wages | £15,479,000 | £14,659,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £346,000 | £370,000 |
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
-
Turnover
+3.8%
£54,844,000 £56,909,000
-
Cash
-82%
£846,000 £152,000
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£51,362,000 £52,432,000
-
Employees
-5.2%
327 310
-
Operating profit
+45.4%
£12,452,000 £18,106,000
-
Profit before tax
+46.3%
£12,987,000 £18,995,000
-
Wages
-5.3%
£15,479,000 £14,659,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.7% | 31.8% | |
| Net margin | 20.0% | 28.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.5% | 33.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.9% | 30.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.04x | 3.10x | |
| Interest cover | 197.65x | 24.67x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- FOURTH LIMITED 2012-11-22 → present
- FOURTH HOSPITALITY LIMITED 2005-10-20 → 2012-11-22
- THE RESTAURANTGAME.COM LIMITED 2000-02-14 → 2005-10-20
- HALLCO 373 LIMITED 1999-12-01 → 2000-02-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- FOURTH LIMITED · parent
- Team Hours Limited 100%
- Fourth Bulgaria EOOD 100%
- Fourth Software Trading LLC 49%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Clinton | Director | 2019-12-02 | Sep 1970 | American |
| BERTHELSEN, Christian Groth | Director | 2008-01-09 | Aug 1973 | Danish |
| WHITMARSH, John | Director | 2019-10-05 | Jul 1970 | American |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARRITY, Stephen John | Secretary | 2000-07-10 | 2004-02-29 |
| LOVELADY, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 2004-02-29 | 2011-03-18 |
| HALLIWELLS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-01 | 2000-07-10 |
| BOCCA, Simon George | Director | 2008-01-09 | 2020-01-15 |
| ENGLAND, James Edward | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2020-10-09 |
| GARRITY, Stephen John | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2004-02-29 |
| GOLDBLATT, Stuart Mark | Director | 2011-11-14 | 2019-07-09 |
| HOOD, Benjamin William | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2019-12-31 |
| LAYZELL, Stuart Paul | Director | 2011-11-14 | 2013-08-02 |
| LILLEY, Derek | Director | 2003-08-03 | 2011-03-18 |
| LILLEY, Sharon Edwina | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2011-03-18 |
| LOVELADY, Andrew Robert | Director | 2008-01-09 | 2011-03-18 |
| NEWMAN, Anthony Ian | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2000-10-05 |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY, Anthony | Director | 2008-01-09 | 2011-03-18 |
| PATEL, Bijal Mahendra | Director | 2019-07-09 | 2019-08-19 |
| HALLIWELLS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-12-01 | 2000-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth Holdings U.K. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-12-28 | Active |
| Fourth Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.