NOVATIA PLC
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Cash
£282
-85.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£53k
-13.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£0
+100% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The directors have commenced the winding-down of the company. As part of this process, the directors have concluded that it is no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
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Audit opinion: Adverse
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,367,333 | £841,571 | £1,073,429 | £745,737 | £477,865 | £0 | -100% | |
| Operating profit | £95,388 | £18,724 | -£24,670 | £17,617 | £20,521 | £0 | -100% | |
| Profit before tax | £63,836 | £147 | -£46,522 | -£2,275 | -£5,172 | £0 | +100% | |
| Net profit | £64,439 | -£8,693 | -£25,431 | -£14,102 | -£5,286 | -£6,540 | -23.7% | |
| Cash | £4,713 | £19,468 | £24,601 | £18,938 | £1,966 | £282 | -85.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £102,293 | £48,457 | -£5,184 | -£28,584 | -£44,712 | -£53,462 | -19.6% | |
| Net assets | £6,590 | -£2,103 | -£27,534 | -£41,636 | -£46,922 | -£53,462 | -13.9% | |
| Equity | £6,590 | -£2,103 | -£27,534 | -£41,636 | -£46,922 | -£53,462 | -13.9% | |
| Average employees | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0% | |
| Wages | £473,910 | £399,360 | £331,482 | £316,712 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £151,435 | £65,167 | £23,632 | £24,000 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 2.2% | -2.3% | 2.4% | 4.3% | — | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | -1.0% | -2.4% | -1.9% | -1.1% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 93.2% | 38.6% | — | — | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.5% | 101.5% | — | 108.2% | 147.1% | 157.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.95x | 0.69x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | 3.02x | 1.01x | -1.13x | 0.89x | 0.80x | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hardy & Company (Hyde) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Adverse
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The directors have commenced the winding-down of the company. As part of this process, the directors have concluded that it is no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONBOY, Mark | Secretary | 2017-10-23 | — | — |
| PROCTOR WOOD, Alexandra Louise | Director | 2011-08-22 | Mar 1973 | American |
| SAMBROOK SMITH, Richard John | Director | 2003-06-01 | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Keith | Secretary | 2003-02-05 | 2015-07-22 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-02-05 | 2003-02-05 |
| CONBOY, Mark | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2012-10-12 |
| JONES, Keith | Director | 2003-02-05 | 2015-07-22 |
| MEEK, Paul William | Director | 2004-05-07 | 2006-09-26 |
| TORR, Richard Peter | Director | 2003-02-05 | 2011-01-11 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-02-05 | 2003-02-05 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-02-05 | 2003-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle 8 Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-17 | CVA4 | insolvency | Liquidation voluntary arrangement completion | |
| 2021-05-20 | CVA3 | insolvency | Liquidation cva supervisors abstract of receipts payments with brought down date | |
| 2021-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-22 | CVA3 | insolvency | Liquidation cva supervisors abstract of receipts payments with brought down date | |
| 2020-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-24 | CVA3 | insolvency | Liquidation cva supervisors abstract of receipts payments with brought down date | |
| 2019-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.