CATALYST BY DESIGN LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+281.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£98k
+100.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£21m
+1,841.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to the disclosure in note 2.3 to the financial statements which explains that the financial statements have not been prepared on the going concern basis for the reason set out in that note.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,475,000 | £8,186,000 | £68,397,000 | +735.5% | |
| Operating profit | £634,000 | £1,562,000 | £22,538,000 | +1,342.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,470,000 | £1,098,000 | £21,317,000 | +1,841.4% | |
| Net profit | -£2,470,000 | £2,609,000 | £18,748,000 | +618.6% | |
| Cash | £1,034,000 | £3,803,000 | £14,520,000 | +281.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,416,000 | £10,266,000 | £22,721,000 | +121.3% | |
| Net assets | -£14,874,000 | -£12,265,000 | £98,000 | +100.8% | |
| Equity | -£14,874,000 | -£12,265,000 | £98,000 | +100.8% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.6% | 19.1% | 33.0% | |
| Net margin | -99.8% | 31.9% | 27.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.7% | 15.2% | 99.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 122.0% | 111.4% | 99.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.94x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | 0.20x | 3.26x | 17.77x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to the disclosure in note 2.3 to the financial statements which explains that the financial statements have not been prepared on the going concern basis for the reason set out in that note.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYKES, Louise | Secretary | 2024-05-01 | — | — |
| HOULT, Eleanor Case | Director | 2023-04-01 | Apr 1980 | British |
| JENKINS, Philip | Director | 2019-07-29 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Sophie | Secretary | 2018-01-15 | 2021-06-17 |
| CAMERON, Sarah | Secretary | 2023-12-01 | 2024-05-01 |
| GILES, Brenda | Secretary | 2022-06-01 | 2023-12-01 |
| HARDYSMITH, Catherine | Secretary | 2017-10-02 | 2018-01-15 |
| KING, Margaret | Secretary | 2007-08-16 | 2016-07-15 |
| MAGUIRE, Emma Suzanne | Secretary | 2021-06-17 | 2022-05-31 |
| MCBRIDE, Susan | Secretary | 2016-07-15 | 2017-10-02 |
| BARNES, Edwin | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2019-07-29 |
| BROWN, Richard Howard | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2017-09-13 |
| CAHILL, Roderick Nicholas | Director | 2007-08-16 | 2018-12-31 |
| CARLTON SMITH, Jane Mary | Director | 2007-09-05 | 2014-09-10 |
| CHAMBERS, Joseph Paul | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2019-07-29 |
| DENNIS, Rachael | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2019-04-05 |
| ERWIN, James | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2011-10-25 |
| HODSON, Justin Timothy | Director | 2007-09-05 | 2010-04-30 |
| HUGHES, Eamonn | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| JENNINGS, Timothy Michael | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2022-04-01 |
| MACKENZIE, Gerard Joseph | Director | 2007-09-05 | 2012-10-09 |
| MARKEY, Anne Carmel | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2017-09-13 |
| MCDERMOTT, Ian Jeffrey | Director | 2019-01-03 | 2021-09-30 |
| MCDONALD, Mavis, Dame | Director | 2007-09-05 | 2011-07-27 |
| PARSONAGE, Susan Karen | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2016-06-08 |
| SKUSE, Stephen | Director | 2019-08-06 | 2020-04-08 |
| SMITH, Richard Buchanan | Director | 2020-04-08 | 2023-03-31 |
| STEVENSON, Heneage John | Director | 2011-07-27 | 2017-09-13 |
| THOMAS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2023-03-31 |
| TITHERINGTON, Tom | Director | 2011-10-25 | 2018-09-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst Housing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2023-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-14 | 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.