FOUR COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
+174.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
-8.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
85
-26.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£637k
-153.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,219,434 | £19,348,055 | £17,323,172 | -10.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,025,265 | -£291,475 | -£778,144 | -167% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,097,472 | -£251,695 | -£637,083 | -153.1% | |
| Net profit | £852,168 | -£213,188 | -£661,248 | -210.2% | |
| Cash | £2,130,087 | £1,026,739 | £2,817,618 | +174.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,056,962 | £7,943,335 | £7,182,526 | -9.6% | |
| Net assets | £8,056,962 | £7,843,774 | £7,182,526 | -8.4% | |
| Equity | £8,056,962 | £7,843,774 | £7,182,526 | -8.4% | |
| Average employees | 130 | 115 | 85 | -26.1% | |
| Wages | £7,661,743 | £6,370,007 | £4,634,206 | -27.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £303,538 | £220,295 | -27.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £29,188 | £20,555 | -29.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | -1.5% | -4.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | -1.1% | -3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | -3.7% | -10.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.0% | 36.3% | 35.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.73x | 2.48x | 2.43x |
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
- FOUR COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2014-05-02 → present
- FOUR COMMUNICATIONS PLC 2001-09-12 → 2014-05-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will be able to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and have therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FOUR COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
- BGB Communications Limited 100%
- ECCO Public Relations Limited 100%
- Kinross & Render Limited 100%
- Consolidated PR Limited 100%
- Consolidated Communications Limited 100%
- Consolidated Communications Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The reorganisation provision was in relation to staff redundancies and was fully utilised in 2025.”
- “Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP was appointed as auditor of the company for the year ended 31 December 2025 in place of Grant Thornton UK LLP, which had been the company's auditor since 2002.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Einir | Secretary | 2013-09-19 | — | — |
| EGLINGTON, Raymond James | Director | 2001-11-05 | Apr 1968 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Einir | Director | 2001-09-12 | Mar 1965 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Nan | Director | 2001-09-12 | Jun 1962 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILBOURNE, Marc Daniel | Secretary | 2007-12-21 | 2013-06-28 |
| HOOPER, David Michael | Secretary | 2006-08-30 | 2007-12-21 |
| WILLIAMS, Einir | Secretary | 2001-09-12 | 2006-08-30 |
| ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-09-12 | 2001-09-12 |
| HINDLE, Deborah Ann | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2016-12-08 |
| JACK, Andrew | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2025-07-02 |
| JOHNSON, Joanna Christine | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2016-12-08 |
| LEWIS, Timothy Nicholas Llewellyn | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2011-10-11 |
| O'DONOGHUE, Christopher | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2016-12-08 |
| RENDER, Sara Helen | Director | 2015-04-27 | 2016-12-08 |
| ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-09-12 | 2001-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Agency Worldwide Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.