FIRSTCOM EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-19 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£679K
+149.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+17.2% vs 2023
Employees
90
+11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+196.3% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £16,481,610 | £17,873,402 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £603,876 | £2,349,615 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £609,761 | £1,806,613 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £269,046 | £1,788,170 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £272,133 | £679,096 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £10,450,125 | £12,239,846 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £10,379,622 | £12,167,792 | |
| Equity | £4,384,230 | £6,217,945 | £8,546,530 | £10,110,576 | £10,379,622 | £12,167,792 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 81 | 90 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,127,892 | £3,534,323 | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.4%
£16,481,610 £17,873,402
-
Cash
+149.5%
£272,133 £679,096
-
Net assets
+17.2%
£10,379,622 £12,167,792
-
Employees
+11.1%
81 90
-
Operating profit
+289.1%
£603,876 £2,349,615
-
Profit before tax
+196.3%
£609,761 £1,806,613
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Wages
+13%
£3,127,892 £3,534,323
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 3.7% | 13.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.6% | 10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 5.8% | 19.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.53x | 0.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.14x | 4.33x |
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
- FIRSTCOM EUROPE LIMITED 2021-01-20 → present
- TELESIS LIMITED 2009-09-21 → 2021-01-20
- BRITANNIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2009-03-06 → 2009-09-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will continue in business for the foreseeable future being for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. On this basis, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have sufficient cashflows and resources available to continue operating for at least 12 months from the approval date of these financial statements and therefore consider the going concern basis appropriate in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FIRSTCOM EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Firstcom Europe CLQ Limited 100%
- Raspberry Beret Group Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 16th December 2024 the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the customer base of approximately 200 customers in the UK for £1.575m, which included initial consideration payable on the acquisition date of £1.2m and deferred consideration of £0.375m payable 9 months following the acquisition date.”
- “Raspberry Beret Group Ltd was dissolved on 7 January 2025.”
- “On 22nd April 2025 the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire a customer base of approximately 130 customers for GBP £0.54m, which included initial consideration payable on the acquisition date of £0.15m and deferred consideration of £0.28m payable on 31 July 2025 and £0.11m payable 9 months following the acquisition date.”
- “Firstcom Europe Limited is part of a group guarantor scheme for loans totalling €43.9m (£36.3m) (2023: €41.9m (£36.6 m)) held within Firstcom Europe Group Midco Limited and secured on the Company by way of a registered Debentures dated 29th November 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLEAKLEY, Erica | Secretary | 2018-10-25 | — | — |
| BLEAKLEY, Carl Christian | Director | 2009-08-06 | Jan 1974 | British |
| WILD, Anthony | Director | 2021-02-24 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANGAN, Kerry Anne | Secretary | 2009-10-31 | 2010-11-16 |
| CRISP, Adam Alexander | Director | 2018-12-21 | 2021-02-24 |
| KING, Daniel John | Director | 2014-06-15 | 2021-02-24 |
| MANGAN, Kerry Anne | Director | 2009-10-31 | 2010-11-16 |
| SHAW, Erica | Director | 2009-03-06 | 2009-10-31 |
| ST BARBE, Benjamin | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2018-12-21 |
| VANDROMME, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2018-12-21 | 2020-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firstcom Europe Group Midco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-01-26 | Active |
| Mr Christian Carl Bleakley | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2018-01-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.