PHOTOBOX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-27 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£195K
-58.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£4M
-321.2% vs 2024
Employees
181
-6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£8M
-28.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,103,000 | £57,499,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,570,000 | -£5,791,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,025,000 | -£7,765,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,046,000 | -£6,109,000 | |
| Cash | £472,000 | £195,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,902,000 | -£4,207,000 | |
| Equity | £1,902,000 | -£4,207,000 | |
| Average employees | 194 | 181 | |
| Wages | £14,785,000 | £16,072,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
-
Turnover
+4.3%
£55,103,000 £57,499,000
-
Cash
-58.7%
£472,000 £195,000
-
Net assets
-321.2%
£1,902,000 -£4,207,000
-
Employees
-6.7%
194 181
-
Operating profit
-26.7%
-£4,570,000 -£5,791,000
-
Profit before tax
-28.9%
-£6,025,000 -£7,765,000
-
Wages
+8.7%
£14,785,000 £16,072,000
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -8.3% | -10.1% | |
| Net margin | -9.2% | -10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.7% | 107.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.62x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | -1.64x | -1.72x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position, the Company's Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months after the date that these financial statements are signed. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- PHOTOBOX LIMITED · parent
- Photobox Free Prints Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPO, Alessandro | Director | 2024-02-08 | Mar 1970 | Italian |
| FERNANDES NASCENTES, Adriano | Director | 2025-02-10 | Aug 1976 | Brazilian |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, Alan | Secretary | 2012-08-06 | 2019-09-30 |
| LONGLEY, James Timothy Chapman | Secretary | 2000-01-24 | 2012-08-06 |
| ROCK, Roisin Michele | Secretary | 2000-01-13 | 2000-01-24 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-01-13 | 2000-01-13 |
| APPERLEY, Nigel Anthony | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2004-03-26 |
| BEIGHTON, Nigel | Director | 2003-06-27 | 2004-11-18 |
| BOUHELIER, Jean Marc | Director | 2004-05-07 | 2006-04-06 |
| BURNS, Alan Robert | Director | 2013-10-29 | 2019-09-30 |
| CHAPMAN, Mark William | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2015-02-16 |
| DE GUILHERMIER, Michel | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2006-10-10 |
| FORD, Jody Matthew Robertson | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2019-09-30 |
| GLASS, Colin Howard | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2006-04-06 |
| HOBSON, Graham Keith | Director | 2000-01-13 | 2006-04-06 |
| KERCKHAERT, Leonardus Arthur Johannes | Director | 2023-04-19 | 2025-02-10 |
| LAURENT, Stanislas Marie | Director | 2006-10-10 | 2016-07-21 |
| LONGLEY, James Timothy Chapman | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2006-04-06 |
| MENDOZA, Pedro | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2007-07-13 |
| MITCHELL, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2019-09-12 | 2023-04-19 |
| MONEY, Bernard Tristan Washbourne | Director | 2022-09-08 | 2024-02-08 |
| MUCHA, Christopher Daniel | Director | 2020-11-19 | 2022-09-08 |
| PLUMB, Peter James | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2025-02-10 |
| WOOLFENDEN, Christian Mark | Director | 2019-09-12 | 2020-01-31 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-01-13 | 2000-01-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photo Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-28 | Active |
| Photobox Holdco Beta Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2025-01-15 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-15 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-15 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-01-06 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-06 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-06 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-05-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.