BORN LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-25 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-11
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+8.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+667.3% first positive since 2021
Employees
144
+15.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£346K
+105.3% highest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
On the 1st January 2025, the director transferred the trading business, assets and liabilities to the ultimate parent company Tech Mahindra Limited and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 1.3.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2017-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £15,940,274 | £29,632,669 | £34,277,107 | £24,109,031 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£1,944,617 | £77,938 | £1,892,905 | -£6,819,737 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£1,944,617 | £61,169 | -£6,574,229 | £346,184 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£1,944,617 | £390,225 | -£6,876,700 | £346,184 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £440,299 | £1,280,391 | £1,591,642 | £1,729,923 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | -£2,524,875 | £10,924,895 | £2,101,820 | £2,721,496 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | -£2,524,875 | £7,198,310 | £321,610 | £2,467,796 | |
| Equity | — | -£2,115,763 | -£1,582,489 | -£2,524,875 | £7,198,310 | £321,610 | £2,467,796 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 92 | 105 | 125 | 144 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £7,156,469 | £8,888,795 | £10,950,623 | £10,352,742 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £197,504 | £172,998 | £123,807 | £126,199 |
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 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
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Turnover
-29.7%
£34,277,107 £24,109,031
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Cash
+8.7%
£1,591,642 £1,729,923
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+667.3%
£321,610 £2,467,796
first positive since 2021
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Employees
+15.2%
125 144
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-460.3%
£1,892,905 -£6,819,737
lowest in 4 filed years
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Profit before tax
+105.3%
-£6,574,229 £346,184
highest in 4 filed years
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Wages
-5.5%
£10,950,623 £10,352,742
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 | 2017-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -12.2% | 0.3% | 5.5% | -28.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -12.2% | 1.3% | -20.1% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 77.0% | 0.7% | 90.1% | -250.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.90x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 4.65x | 44.86x | -25.57x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BORN LONDON LIMITED 2014-11-03 → present
- FRESHMEDIA GROUP SERVICES LIMITED 2007-11-30 → 2014-11-03
- SHELFCO (NO. 3493) LIMITED 2007-09-17 → 2007-11-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“On the 1st January 2025, the director transferred the trading business, assets and liabilities to the ultimate parent company Tech Mahindra Limited and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 1.3.”
Significant events
- “Acquisition of We Make Websites Limited on 1 August 2023.”
- “Dissolution of We Make Websites Limited on 25 June 2024.”
- “Transfer of trading business, assets and liabilities to Tech Mahindra Limited on 1 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALLER, Stephen | Director | 2013-12-16 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERG, Simon James | Secretary | 2007-12-07 | 2011-12-07 |
| BHINDI, Nayan | Secretary | 2013-01-21 | 2016-07-29 |
| MURPHY, Sebastian | Secretary | 2016-07-29 | 2023-07-16 |
| RODRIGUES, Lyndon | Secretary | 2011-12-08 | 2013-01-20 |
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-09-17 | 2007-12-07 |
| AGARWAL, Vivek Satish | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2024-05-09 |
| BERG, Andrew George | Director | 2014-02-14 | 2016-09-13 |
| BERG, Andrew George | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2011-04-18 |
| BERG, George Lawrence | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2011-04-18 |
| BERG, Simon James | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2011-12-07 |
| BHARGAVA, Ashish | Director | 2011-04-19 | 2019-11-26 |
| HUGKULSTONE, Paul William | Director | 2008-02-08 | 2011-04-18 |
| IDNANI, Ritesh Mohan | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2021-09-07 |
| INSKIP, Mark Steven | Director | 2013-02-11 | 2013-11-30 |
| KARKERA, Sunil Ramesh | Director | 2024-05-09 | 2025-03-18 |
| NAIR, Vikram Narayanan | Director | 2021-09-09 | 2024-09-19 |
| PATEL, Ramesh | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2011-04-18 |
| SHAH, Amar Ashok | Director | 2011-04-19 | 2013-02-11 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-09-17 | 2007-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Louis Emmanuel Ng Cheong Tin | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-17 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-07 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-05-27 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-30 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2022-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.