CAMBRIDGE COGNITION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-26 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-12
Watchouts
Cash
£802K
+47.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£8M
-1.2% vs 2023
Employees
49
-24.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£325K
+76.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Director has assessed the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern through to 31 May 2026. This relies upon the going concern assessment performed by the wider Cambridge Cognition group, as headed by the Company's parent company Cambridge Cognition Holdings plc ('the Group'). The going concern assessment performed by Cambridge Cognition Holdings plc and its directors ('the Group Directors') was published in the Group's 2024 Annual Report, which was prepared on the going concern basis but with material uncertainties identified consistent with the below. ... This represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt upon the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,108,000 | £10,197,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£716,000 | £286,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,366,000 | -£325,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,242,000 | -£290,000 | |
| Cash | £544,000 | £802,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£7,792,000 | -£7,882,000 | |
| Net assets | -£7,792,000 | -£7,882,000 | |
| Equity | -£7,792,000 | -£7,882,000 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 49 | |
| Wages | £3,771,000 | £2,973,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £615,000 | £487,000 |
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
-22.2%
£13,108,000 £10,197,000
-
Cash
+47.4%
£544,000 £802,000
-
Net assets
-1.2%
-£7,792,000 -£7,882,000
-
Employees
-24.6%
65 49
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Operating profit
+139.9%
-£716,000 £286,000
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Profit before tax
+76.2%
-£1,366,000 -£325,000
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Wages
-21.2%
£3,771,000 £2,973,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.5% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | -9.5% | -2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | -3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 254.6% | 230.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.19x | 0.20x | |
| Interest cover | -1.10x | 0.44x |
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
- CAMBRIDGE COGNITION LIMITED 2002-06-05 → present
- M&R 850 LIMITED 2001-12-12 → 2002-06-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Director has assessed the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern through to 31 May 2026. This relies upon the going concern assessment performed by the wider Cambridge Cognition group, as headed by the Company's parent company Cambridge Cognition Holdings plc ('the Group'). The going concern assessment performed by Cambridge Cognition Holdings plc and its directors ('the Group Directors') was published in the Group's 2024 Annual Report, which was prepared on the going concern basis but with material uncertainties identified consistent with the below. ... This represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt upon the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- CAMBRIDGE COGNITION LIMITED · parent
- Cambridge Cognition Trustees Ltd 100%
- Cambridge Cognition LLC 100%
- Cognition Kit Ltd 50%
Significant events
- “In 2024 a restructuring and cost reduction exercise was completed, generating significant cost savings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOLPHIN, Richard Peter | Director | 2016-01-28 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAIR, David Mckay | Secretary | 2010-08-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| HAMMOND, Ernest John, Doctor | Secretary | 2003-02-07 | 2004-03-19 |
| HOLTON, Michael | Secretary | 2021-05-27 | 2021-11-01 |
| JONES, Alun Huw | Secretary | 2002-04-09 | 2003-02-07 |
| MOBED, Julie | Secretary | 2001-12-12 | 2002-04-09 |
| SYMONDS, Stephen Daniel | Secretary | 2022-11-11 | 2024-07-26 |
| DBA SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2010-08-01 |
| EVERSECRETARY (NO 2) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-03-19 | 2005-01-11 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-01-11 | 2008-04-01 |
| ASHCROFT, John Railton | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2002-12-20 |
| BAUER, Michael | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2013-02-08 |
| BLACKWELL, Andrew Damian, Dr | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| BLAIR, David Mckay | Director | 2004-06-04 | 2013-08-31 |
| FRAY, Martha | Director | 2002-12-20 | 2004-05-14 |
| HAINLEIN, Niklas Johannes | Director | 2011-03-03 | 2013-02-08 |
| HAMMOND, Ernest John, Doctor | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2004-03-19 |
| HAMMOND, Jean Christine, Doctor | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2003-09-09 |
| HARRIS, Ian Michael | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2010-04-09 |
| HAYTON, Edwin Charles | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2013-02-08 |
| HOLTON, Michael Damien | Director | 2021-05-27 | 2021-11-01 |
| JONES, Alun Huw | Director | 2002-04-09 | 2003-02-07 |
| KEIR, Ruth Frances | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| KERTON, Nicholas Anthony, Dr | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-04-22 |
| LIVESLEY, David John | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2002-12-20 |
| MILLER, Hamish Edward Shearer | Director | 2002-04-09 | 2002-11-01 |
| PICKTHORN, Thomas David Alexander | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2002-04-09 |
| POWELL, Steven John, Dr | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2019-05-23 |
| RAYNER, Mark Anthony | Director | 2004-05-14 | 2012-01-13 |
| RAYNER, Mark Anthony | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2002-12-20 |
| STORK, Matthew William | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2024-10-14 |
| SYMONDS, Stephen Daniel | Director | 2022-08-19 | 2024-07-26 |
| WALTERS, Nicholas John Cordeaux | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2021-05-27 |
| WOOD-GUSH, Guy Henry, Dr | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2009-08-21 |
| WORLOCK, Jane Ann, Dr | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2014-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 234 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-16 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.