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Next accounts due

2027-09-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-14 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-31

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£254K

-86.9% vs 2024

Net assets

£14M

+11.8% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

79

-8.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2M

+4.6% highest in 6 filed years

Watchouts

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

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-01-012021-12-312022-01-012022-12-312023-01-012023-12-312024-01-012024-12-312025-12-31
Turnover £2,201,478£3,823,386£7,270,868£7,829,615£7,833,460£8,296,128
Operating profit -£1,010,385-£420,011£1,253,566£1,641,659£1,716,803£1,801,538
Profit before tax -£856,837-£324,607£1,359,717£1,821,954£1,924,810£2,012,475
Net profit -£695,684-£282,940£1,055,029£1,455,371£1,443,008£1,508,624
Cash £1,326,347£1,317,076£762,653£740,899£252,168£206,797£846,206£839,715£1,948,475£254,306
Total assets less current liabilities £10,182,285£8,892,868£10,141,221£11,567,853£12,986,469£14,479,908
Net assets £9,127,833£8,844,893£9,896,107£11,351,478£12,794,486£14,303,110
Equity £9,127,833£9,127,833£8,844,893£8,841,078£9,896,107£9,896,107£11,351,478£11,351,478£12,794,486£14,303,110
Average employees 1086983838679
Wages £1,443,132£1,360,642£1,756,820£2,049,967£2,027,683£2,075,565
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

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 2020-12-312021-01-012021-12-312022-01-012022-12-312023-01-012023-12-312024-01-012024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -45.9%-11.0%17.2%21.0%21.9%21.7%
Net margin -31.6%-7.4%14.5%18.6%18.4%18.2%
Return on capital employed -9.9%-4.7%12.4%14.2%13.2%12.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 11.1%8.7%
Current ratio 9.16x12.02x
Interest cover -28066.25x-1909.14x220.10x268.61x

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
James Cowper Kreston Audit
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. 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 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.”

Significant events

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

People

2 active · 2 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
KOVACS, Demeter Peter Director 2026-04-20 Dec 1984 Hungarian
SHAW, Ashley Edward Director 2026-04-20 Jun 1993 British
Show 2 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BROULIDAKIS, Christina Secretary 2007-11-06 2026-04-20
JANMOHAMED, Moez Director 2007-11-06 2026-04-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Triton Reading Bidco Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2026-04-20 Active
Mr Moez Janmohamed Individual Significant influence 2025-11-11 Ceased 2026-04-20

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 60 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-22 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-04-22 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2026-04-21 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-21 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2026-04-21 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-03-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-11-11 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-11 PSC09 persons-with-significant-control Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement PDF
2025-11-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-11-04 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-06-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-10-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-11-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-11-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
14

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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