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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

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31 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 6167 +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 2024-12-312025-12-31
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 1.34x1.31x
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

  1. ASCENT DIGITAL SERVICES UK LIMITED 2022-03-04 → present
  2. 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

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 PDF
2026-01-15 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2025-10-13 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-10-13 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-10-13 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-10-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2023-11-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
14

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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