METAFOUR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£365K
-22.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£997K
-10.1% vs 2024
Employees
52
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1M
+51.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,193,806 | £3,337,864 | +4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £691,314 | £1,045,974 | +51.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £695,735 | £1,051,946 | +51.2% | |
| Net profit | £587,838 | £806,599 | +37.2% | |
| Cash | £471,775 | £365,302 | -22.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,281,065 | £1,166,837 | -8.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,108,258 | £996,582 | -10.1% | |
| Equity | £1,108,258 | £996,582 | -10.1% | |
| Average employees | 52 | 52 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.6% | 31.3% | |
| Net margin | 18.4% | 24.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.0% | 89.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 1.48x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- METAFOUR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2001-03-01 → present
- LUDGATE 245 LIMITED 2000-10-12 → 2001-03-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Rouse Partners LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a expectation that the company and group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the company and group financial statements.”
Group structure
- METAFOUR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Metafour UK Limited 100%
- Metafour (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Metafour Asia Ltd 99.99%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBRAHIM, Amr Helmy | Director | 2001-02-23 | Jan 1971 | British |
| IVE, Richard David | Director | 2017-07-01 | Apr 1988 | British |
| SIMMS, Suzanne Kelly | Director | 2024-07-01 | Dec 1985 | British |
| TORR, Kenneth Leyland | Director | 2022-06-26 | Sep 1983 | British,South African |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOFIELD, Grahame Herbert Tomes | Secretary | 2001-02-23 | 2001-03-31 |
| UDWIN, Robert Fraser | Secretary | 2001-03-31 | 2024-07-01 |
| LUDGATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2000-10-12 | 2001-02-23 |
| ROGERS, Mark Archibald Guy | Director | 2001-02-23 | 2024-07-01 |
| TORR, Kenneth Leyland | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| UDWIN, Robert Fraser | Director | 2001-02-23 | 2024-07-01 |
| LUDGATE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-10-12 | 2001-02-23 |
| LUDGATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Director | 2000-10-12 | 2001-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metafour Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-04 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
| Metafour Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2022-07-04 | Active |
| Mr Mark Archibald Guy Rogers | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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.