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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-07 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-08-24

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£394K

+154.9% vs 2024

Net assets

-£3M

-90.2% lowest in 4 filed years

Employees

125

-16.1% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

-£1M

-7.9% lowest in 4 filed years

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric Trend 2021-04-302022-04-302024-04-302025-04-30
Turnover £10,716,410£11,963,516£11,062,884£8,898,239
Operating profit £2,060,223£113,448-£1,375,751-£1,487,329
Profit before tax £2,059,286£112,442-£1,377,331-£1,485,968
Net profit -£1,321,644-£1,485,968
Cash £1,501,587£506,008£154,607£394,031
Total assets less current liabilities £122,426£234,868-£1,648,071-£3,078,352
Net assets £23,710£187,572-£1,648,071-£3,134,039
Equity £23,710£187,572-£1,648,071-£3,134,039
Average employees 127127149125
Wages £9,231,230£6,823,976
Directors' remuneration £454,716£237,982

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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30

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 2021-04-302022-04-302024-04-302025-04-30
Operating margin 19.2%0.9%-12.4%-16.7%
Net margin -11.9%-16.7%
Return on capital employed 1682.8%48.3%83.5%48.3%
Current ratio 0.65x0.59x
Interest cover 2198.74x112.77x-870.73x

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
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Despite uncertain macroeconomic conditions, increased liquidity support from investors, the company is in a strong position to continue to meet its working capital requirements and credit obligations. The trading projections of the business indicate ongoing profitable growth and cashflow generation and on this basis the directors are satisfied that the financial statements should continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 9 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BOORMAN, Nicholas Director 2025-07-18 Jun 1975 British
POULTER, Adam Willis George Director 2021-05-10 Apr 1964 British
Show 9 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
PASTERFIELD, Roger Mark James Secretary 2009-01-01 2019-11-07
PASTERFIELD, Roger Mark Secretary 2004-02-10 2006-11-10
WHALE, Matthew Ron Secretary 2006-11-10 2009-01-01
ALLAN, William Macdonald Director 2019-12-10 2021-05-19
LYONS, Timothy James Director 2021-09-02 2024-06-14
NICHOLLS, Kate Ella Director 2011-01-22 2017-03-31
PASTERFIELD, Kate Ella Director 2009-01-01 2010-07-01
PASTERFIELD, Louise Director 2004-02-10 2021-08-31
WHALE, Matthew Ron Director 2019-11-07 2019-12-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Sponge Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2019-11-07 Active
Louise Pasterfield Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-11-07

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 104 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-25 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-02 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-11-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-31 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-09-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-04 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type full
2023-04-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2023-02-13 RP04CS01 confirmation-statement Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date PDF
2022-11-02 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2022-09-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement
2022-01-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2021-09-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-09-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-05-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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