CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
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Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£13m
-135.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£9.8m
-187.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,056,000 | £13,655,000 | £15,036,000 | +10.1% | |
| Operating profit | £309,000 | -£3,580,000 | -£9,935,000 | -177.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £358,000 | -£3,404,000 | -£9,796,000 | -187.8% | |
| Net profit | £565,000 | -£2,695,000 | -£7,359,000 | -173.1% | |
| Cash | £5,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£4,297,000 | -£11,779,000 | -174.1% | |
| Net assets | -£2,747,000 | -£5,442,000 | -£12,801,000 | -135.2% | |
| Equity | -£2,747,000 | -£5,442,000 | -£12,801,000 | -135.2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £352,000 | £77,000 | -78.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £26,000 | £25,000 | £3,000 | -88% | |
| Highest paid director | £221,000 | £292,000 | £35,000 | -88% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | -26.2% | -66.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | -19.7% | -48.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 104.8% | 110.6% | 124.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.32x | 0.14x | 0.20x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have confirmed that the Company has the financial support of its parent company and that Benchmark Capital Limited and its subsidiaries will not demand repayment of the Company's outstanding obligations unless and until the Company has sufficient resources to meet these liabilities.”
Significant events
- “On the 12th February, the Board of Schroders plc, the ultimate parent undertaking of the Company, reached a preliminary agreement with Pantheon LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen, LLC, on the financial terms of a possible offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Elizabeth May | Secretary | 2026-09-23 | — | — |
| CHALLANDS, Tony Christopher | Director | 2021-04-01 | Jul 1963 | British |
| DYMOTT, Edward | Director | 2023-10-09 | Jan 1979 | British |
| FITZGERALD, Helen Louise | Director | 2024-11-18 | Jun 1981 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIANTONAS, Andrew | Secretary | 2009-05-28 | 2021-04-01 |
| NOMINEE SECRETARY LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-26 | 2009-05-28 |
| SCHRODER CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-09-15 | 2026-09-23 |
| COALES, Edwina | Director | 2009-01-26 | 2009-05-28 |
| COOKE, Ian Robert | Director | 2009-05-28 | 2021-04-01 |
| DAVIES, Carl | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| FITZSIMONS, Craig | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2024-11-20 |
| FRENCH, Jo | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| HARE, Keith Samuel | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2021-04-01 |
| SIANTONAS, Andrew | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2021-04-01 |
| WHITE, David Jason | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-10-09 |
| NOMINEE DIRECTOR LTD | Corporate Director | 2009-01-26 | 2009-05-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-06-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-10-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-06-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.