ASCENT DIGITAL SERVICES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£940K
+251.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.5M
+33% vs 2024
Employees
67
+9.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.9M
-2.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,453,022 | £14,718,576 | +40.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,919,933 | £1,863,628 | -2.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,919,933 | £1,863,541 | -2.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,919,183 | £1,848,069 | -3.7% | |
| Cash | £267,492 | £939,523 | +251.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,658,468 | £7,528,299 | +33% | |
| Net assets | £5,658,468 | £7,523,719 | +33% | |
| Equity | £5,658,468 | £7,523,719 | +33% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 67 | +9.8% | |
| Wages | £4,738,568 | £5,960,179 | +25.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £53,092 | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.4% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 18.4% | 12.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.9% | 24.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.4% | 72.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | 21421.01x |
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
- ASCENT DIGITAL SERVICES UK LIMITED 2022-03-04 → present
- MANGO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2002-10-11 → 2022-03-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have received binding commitments from Artisan Topco Limited to provide financial support to the company to allow it to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 30th September 2025, Artisan Topco Limited through one of its subsidiaries, namely Artisan Acquisitionco Limited, acquired 100% of the equity share capital of Aspire Topco Limited (previous parent of the company) pursuant to a share purchase agreement. As a result of the acquisition, Artisan Topco Limited became the ultimate parent entity of the Company.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLEN, Ian Nicholas | Director | 2025-09-30 | Mar 1969 | British |
| O'DONNELL, Jonathan | Director | 2025-09-30 | May 1970 | British |
| SMYTHE, Stewart | Director | 2020-11-16 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDRIDGE, Matthew Robert | Secretary | 2002-10-11 | 2020-11-16 |
| HARMER, Sandra | Secretary | 2002-10-11 | 2002-10-11 |
| ALDRIDGE, Matthew Robert | Director | 2002-10-11 | 2020-11-16 |
| BATES, Christopher | Director | 2023-05-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| EARP, George | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2025-09-30 |
| HUDSON, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2023-05-03 |
| LONG, Ian David | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2008-04-18 |
| PUGH, Richard John | Director | 2002-10-11 | 2020-11-16 |
| SEAR, Simon | Director | 2025-09-30 | 2026-02-28 |
| SULTANA, Joseph | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2025-09-30 |
| WHITEHOUSE, James Michael | Director | 2022-05-19 | 2024-12-01 |
| GRANGE TRUSTEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-10-11 | 2002-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-10-08 | Active |
| Mango Business Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-05-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.