WORKBOOKS ONLINE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£736K
-52.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2M
-84.7% vs 2024
Employees
53
+12.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
-14.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,716,449 | £6,062,967 | |
| Operating profit | -£780,113 | -£791,825 | |
| Profit before tax | -£986,029 | -£1,124,854 | |
| Net profit | -£749,115 | -£1,125,113 | |
| Cash | £1,551,454 | £735,995 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,827,165 | £361,161 | |
| Net assets | -£1,274,569 | -£2,353,581 | |
| Equity | -£1,274,569 | -£2,353,581 | |
| Average employees | 47 | 53 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+6.1%
£5,716,449 £6,062,967
-
Cash
-52.6%
£1,551,454 £735,995
-
Net assets
-84.7%
-£1,274,569 -£2,353,581
-
Employees
+12.8%
47 53
-
Operating profit
-1.5%
-£780,113 -£791,825
-
Profit before tax
-14.1%
-£986,029 -£1,124,854
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -13.6% | -13.1% | |
| Net margin | -13.1% | -18.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -42.7% | -219.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 120.5% | 145.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.59x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | -3.70x | -2.28x |
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
- WORKBOOKS ONLINE LIMITED 2008-02-18 → present
- CODEX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2007-10-09 → 2008-02-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has prepared forecasts, covering a period of at least twelve months from the date of the signing of these financial statements, which have been reviewed and approved by the Board of directors, who have a reasonable expectation that the group and the company have adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- WORKBOOKS ONLINE LIMITED · parent
- Workbooks Online Inc 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-10-09 | — | — |
| CHENEY, John David | Director | 2007-10-09 | Mar 1971 | British |
| KAY, James Robert Thornton | Director | 2018-12-20 | Nov 1965 | British |
| WRAY, Philip Michael | Director | 2025-12-10 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCUTT, Ian Michael | Director | 2008-09-04 | 2016-11-10 |
| COLLINS, Daniel | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2026-03-24 |
| HOWELL, Christopher James | Director | 2010-01-13 | 2023-07-20 |
| LAWLER, Philip James | Director | 2016-11-10 | 2025-12-10 |
| ROBB, Jennifer Lynn Houston | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2017-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catena Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-28 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-21 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.