CREATIVE LYNX LIMITED
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Cash
£14m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9.5m
Equity attributable
Employees
540
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9.6m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £72,354,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £9,019,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £9,571,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £7,296,000 | — | |
| Cash | £13,623,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £9,543,000 | — | |
| Equity | £9,543,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 540 | — | |
| Wages | £27,168,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x |
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
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of Havas N.V., the ultimate parent company, have confirmed that they will support the company to enable it to meet its third party liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors have assessed the ability and willingness of Havas N.V. to provide support and did not identify any issues. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSS, Allan John | Secretary | 2025-04-30 | — | — |
| MURPHY, Donna | Director | 2012-05-24 | Jan 1960 | American |
| WAELDIN, Andreas Wolfgang | Director | 2026-05-27 | Sep 1967 | German |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCARTHUR, Anna Louise Liberty | Secretary | 2020-09-23 | 2025-04-30 |
| NICHOLAS, Steven David | Secretary | 2000-07-08 | 2012-05-24 |
| ROSS, Allan John | Secretary | 2012-05-24 | 2020-09-23 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-07-07 | 2000-07-08 |
| BOOTH, Matthew Stephen | Director | 2019-09-23 | 2022-12-06 |
| CROSSLEY, Susan | Director | 2000-07-08 | 2012-05-24 |
| EGAN, Elizabeth Vivienne | Director | 2021-11-18 | 2024-08-31 |
| GEREMIA, Bruno | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2012-08-06 |
| HACKNEY, John | Director | 2019-09-23 | 2022-06-13 |
| HUNT, David Andrew | Director | 2007-09-27 | 2021-03-09 |
| LIDDELL, Gary Baxter | Director | 2024-12-06 | 2026-05-31 |
| MARTIN, Neil John | Director | 2004-10-18 | 2021-11-18 |
| MOFFATT, Ian Edward | Director | 2022-07-20 | 2024-12-06 |
| NICHOLAS, Steven David | Director | 2000-07-08 | 2012-05-24 |
| ORME, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2012-08-08 | 2022-07-20 |
| ROSS, Allan John | Director | 2020-09-23 | 2020-09-23 |
| STAPOR, Edward Joseph | Director | 2012-08-08 | 2012-12-15 |
| WHITTINGHAM, David Edward | Director | 2006-06-19 | 2012-05-24 |
| WILSON, Stuart | Director | 2000-07-08 | 2008-03-25 |
| YOUNG, Lisa | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2012-05-24 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-07-07 | 2000-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Lynx Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.