QUILL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-18 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-04
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
+8.6% vs 2023
Employees
8
-11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£232K
+71.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £1,145,079 | £1,194,426 | |
| Operating profit | — | £33,712 | £111,692 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £135,467 | £231,933 | |
| Net profit | — | £133,143 | £175,019 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,046,297 | £2,221,316 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,046,297 | £2,221,316 | |
| Equity | £1,911,841 | £2,046,297 | £2,221,316 | |
| Average employees | — | 9 | 8 | |
| Wages | — | £682,714 | £642,161 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £66,213 | £100,186 |
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
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Turnover
+4.3%
£1,145,079 £1,194,426
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+8.6%
£2,046,297 £2,221,316
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Employees
-11.1%
9 8
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Operating profit
+231.3%
£33,712 £111,692
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Profit before tax
+71.2%
£135,467 £231,933
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Wages
-5.9%
£682,714 £642,161
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.9% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.6% | 14.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.6% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | -62573.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | 13.38x | 11.16x |
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
- Kingswood Allotts Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the ongoing business activities and the potential impact that general global economic conditions may have on the liquidity, performance and financial position of the Company for at least the next 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. In line with the Group approach, the Company's forecasts and projections take account of i) reasonably possible declines in revenue less pass-through costs; and ii) remote declines in revenue less pass-through costs for stress-testing purposes compared to 2024. As at 31 December 2024, the Company had net current assets of £2,207,550 and net assets of £2,221,316 and can meet its short and long-term obligations as they fall due. As disclosed in note 2 and 17 to these financial statements, the Company has been sold to a Director after the year end. The Director intends to continue current operations for the foreseeable future. The Directors have considered the Company's financial position, including its funding arrangements at the balance sheet date and the expected funding arrangements under the new ownership, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Based on this assessment, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “From 5 December 2025 the shareholding of Quill Communications Limited was sold to a director and the company left the WPP Group.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company was sold to a Director of the company. The transaction took place after the reporting date and therefore has not been reflected in these financial statements.”
- “Subsequent to the year ended 31 December 2024, WPP plc completed the sale of the Company to a Director. Following the transaction, the Director considers that the Company is expected to continue its operations as normal for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMERY, Samuel Hamish Down | Director | 2024-09-09 | Aug 1977 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STONIER, Joanne Carolyne | Secretary | 2007-03-13 | 2011-05-27 |
| STONIER, Joanne Carolyne | Secretary | 2000-01-17 | 2005-03-17 |
| CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-01-17 | 2000-01-17 |
| SECRETARIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-03-17 | 2007-03-13 |
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-05-27 | 2025-12-05 |
| HAQUE, Golam Mohammed Saiful | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2025-11-24 |
| HARRIS, Fiona Jane | Director | 2000-01-17 | 2024-08-31 |
| MITCHELL, Eleanor | Director | 2008-09-29 | 2012-01-04 |
| MORTIMER-HARVEY, Hugo | Director | 2008-09-29 | 2017-12-18 |
| OLDWORTH, Richard Anthony | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2025-11-24 |
| PUCKEY, Gordon | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2005-05-21 |
| STONIER, Joanne Carolyne | Director | 2002-09-02 | 2017-08-22 |
| CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-01-17 | 2000-01-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Samuel Hamish Down Emery | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-18 | Active |
| Wpp Group (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-03-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.