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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-15 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-01

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£11M

-11.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

-36.3% vs 2023

Employees

69

+6.2% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£4M

+148.2% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £18,067,020£22,576,352
Operating profit £1,240,955£2,960,879
Profit before tax £1,455,927£3,613,907
Net profit £710,000£10,000£1,108,833£2,694,190
Cash £12,358,622£10,900,143
Total assets less current liabilities £180,540£180,540£8,057,009£5,145,747
Net assets £8,006,214£5,100,404
Equity £180,540£180,540£6,660,227£7,413,360£8,006,214£5,100,404
Average employees 226569
Wages £0£0£3,376,780£4,074,884
Directors' remuneration £444,228£453,888

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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 6.9%13.1%
Net margin 6.1%11.9%
Return on capital employed 15.4%57.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 52.7%71.5%
Current ratio 1.88x1.36x
Interest cover 11939.03x

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. NOVA MARKETING LIMITED 2006-03-31 → present
  2. CROSSCO (928) LIMITED 2006-02-23 → 2006-03-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Sumer Auditco Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. NOVA MARKETING LIMITED · parent
    1. FilmNova Scotland Limited 100% · Scotland · Events marketing, promotion and TV and film production
    2. Nova Holdings Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
    3. The Great Run Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · Events organisation and management
    4. FilmNova Limited 100% · England and Wales · Events marketing, promotion, and TV and film production

Significant events

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

People

5 active · 8 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BAKER, Lisa Secretary 2023-12-07
FOSTER, Brendan Director 2006-03-24 Jan 1948 British
FOSTER, Paul Brendan Director 2023-04-20 Mar 1977 British
MATHER, Peter James Director 2022-08-01 Jul 1960 British
WILKINS, Eric Malcolm Director 2006-03-24 Dec 1952 British
Show 8 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CLARK, Lindsey Secretary 2023-04-20 2023-12-07
MARSHALL, Stuart Secretary 2010-09-01 2014-03-31
RUTHERFORD, Mark Andrew Secretary 2014-03-31 2016-10-28
SHELDON, Christopher Edward Secretary 2016-10-28 2017-08-14
WILKINS, Eric Malcolm Secretary 2006-03-24 2010-09-01
WRIGHT, Gary Secretary 2017-08-03 2023-04-20
PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2006-02-23 2006-03-24
PRIMA DIRECTOR LIMITED Corporate Director 2006-02-23 2006-03-24

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mrs Susan Margaret Foster Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2017-02-23 Ceased 2024-10-28
Mr Brendan Foster Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2017-02-23 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 91 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2024-10-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-04-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-03-21 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-11-14 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares
2024-10-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-10-09 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2024-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-04-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-07 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-12-07 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2023-04-28 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-04-28 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-04-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2022-08-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-08-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-04-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

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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