PURDICOM LIMITED
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Cash
£3.8m
-16.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£15m
+8.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
58
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2m
+15.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,642,991 | £41,468,781 | £43,866,953 | £43,952,076 | £38,372,273 | £45,370,675 | +18.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,962,281 | £1,689,367 | £1,898,478 | +12.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,586,651 | £3,273,273 | £3,305,790 | £2,963,851 | £1,708,804 | £1,967,714 | +15.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,349,448 | £2,732,143 | £2,683,218 | £2,254,318 | £1,253,635 | £1,452,788 | +15.9% | |
| Cash | £944,916 | £4,333,229 | £1,905,907 | £472,299 | £4,591,900 | £3,832,493 | -16.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,779,050 | £9,231,380 | £11,324,818 | £13,014,227 | £13,756,996 | £14,928,413 | +8.5% | |
| Net assets | £6,642,596 | £9,074,739 | £11,211,529 | £12,914,159 | £13,671,239 | £14,812,911 | +8.4% | |
| Equity | £6,642,596 | £9,074,739 | £11,211,529 | £12,914,159 | £13,671,239 | £14,812,911 | +8.4% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 51 | 56 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,461,839 | £2,644,660 | £2,837,663 | £3,426,006 | £3,331,425 | £3,437,153 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £269,951 | £310,301 | £317,822 | £438,315 | £437,058 | £470,740 | +7.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £29,846 | £30,131 | £30,618 | +1.6% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £225,218 | £235,321 | £233,840 | -0.6% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 6.7% | 4.4% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 22.8% | 12.3% | 12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.6% | 47.3% | 58.6% | 42.8% | 31.7% | 39.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.33x | 3.18x | 2.56x |
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
- PURDICOM LIMITED 2013-07-29 → present
- SELCOMS LIMITED 2005-02-11 → 2013-07-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Ross Brooke
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- PURDICOM LIMITED · parent
- Selcoms Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Matthew James | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | — | — |
| BLACK, Andrew Donald Russell | Director | 2012-05-01 | Jun 1957 | British |
| GARROD, Hugh Charles Gordon | Director | 2005-10-31 | Mar 1960 | British |
| MCNULTY, Helen | Director | 2022-10-27 | Oct 1974 | British |
| SMITH, Matthew James | Director | 2017-07-19 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORTIMER, Robert | Secretary | 2006-06-19 | 2009-08-12 |
| WHEELER, Rachael | Secretary | 2009-08-12 | 2014-08-31 |
| ACI SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-02-11 | 2005-02-11 |
| CH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-02-11 | 2006-06-19 |
| BATEMAN, Colin David | Director | 2006-02-22 | 2006-09-29 |
| JENNINGS, Christopher | Director | 2009-09-29 | 2016-02-16 |
| MORTIMER, Robert | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| MORTIMER, Robert | Director | 2005-02-11 | 2006-02-15 |
| ACI DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-02-11 | 2005-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hugh Charles Garrod | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-26 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2019-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2019-07-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
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
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