WASTED TALENT LTD
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
Cash
£145K
-10.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£503K
-2.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
43
-17.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£18K
+102% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Material uncertainty exists over financial forecasts & future fundraising. The directors recognise a short call period for facilities, though not expected to be exercised. If forecasts prove incorrect or further fundraising is not secured, significant doubt would be cast on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £6,927,257 | £6,308,478 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£873,069 | £55,918 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£874,230 | £17,705 | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,957,700 | — | -£765,784 | -£874,230 | £17,705 | |
| Cash | — | £634,163 | — | £167,892 | £161,922 | £145,283 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,180,643 | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £1,180,643 | — | £414,957 | -£490,679 | -£502,971 | |
| Equity | £148,879 | £1,180,643 | £1,180,643 | £414,957 | -£490,679 | -£502,971 | |
| Average employees | — | 52 | — | 52 | 52 | 43 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
-8.9%
£6,927,257 £6,308,478
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Cash
-10.3%
£161,922 £145,283
lowest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
-2.5%
-£490,679 -£502,971
lowest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-17.3%
52 43
lowest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
+106.4%
-£873,069 £55,918
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Profit before tax
+102%
-£874,230 £17,705
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 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -12.6% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -12.6% | 0.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.74x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -749.42x | 1.46x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- WASTED TALENT LTD 2017-05-03 → present
- MIXMAG MEDIA LIMITED 2015-01-22 → 2017-05-03
- DEVELOPMENT HELL LIMITED 2001-12-03 → 2015-01-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Haysmacintyre LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Material uncertainty exists over financial forecasts & future fundraising. The directors recognise a short call period for facilities, though not expected to be exercised. If forecasts prove incorrect or further fundraising is not secured, significant doubt would be cast on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- WASTED TALENT LTD · parent
- Wasted Talent Inc 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 April 2024, loan notes totalling £500,000 were issued with £300,000 being drawn down prior to signing of the financial statements. These loan notes were issued at an interest rate between 7-10% plus base rates depending on the period in which the loan remains outstanding.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLOOKS, Ian Stuart | Director | 2014-01-17 | Jan 1951 | British |
| PERKINS, Jeremy William | Director | 2001-12-03 | Aug 1965 | British |
| ROBINSON, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2018-10-18 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH, David | Secretary | 2006-03-29 | 2024-11-01 |
| PERKINS, Jeremy William | Secretary | 2001-12-03 | 2006-03-29 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-12-03 | 2001-12-03 |
| BROWN, Iain Mitchell | Director | 2007-05-24 | 2013-12-31 |
| FREEMAN, Adam Wayne | Director | 2004-11-22 | 2007-05-24 |
| GULLIFORD, Simon James | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2014-11-27 |
| HEPWORTH, David | Director | 2001-12-03 | 2018-10-18 |
| MEE, Matthew Ellis | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2024-03-22 |
| STEVENSON, Nick | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2018-10-18 |
| STRONG, Peter Michael | Director | 2002-07-31 | 2016-12-14 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-12-03 | 2001-12-03 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-12-03 | 2001-12-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Brian Hughes | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2026-05-05 | Active |
| Tosca Penta Media Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-10-15 | Ceased 2026-05-05 |
| Mr Ian Stuart Flooks | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2020-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2026-03-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-08-25 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-08-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-08-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.