LEAD FORENSICS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.2M
+111.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£1.7M
+46.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
368
-4.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8M
+607.3% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £29,068,543 | £30,782,135 | £34,752,164 | +12.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,080,483 | £211,460 | £1,718,838 | +712.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,052,069 | £251,898 | £1,781,762 | +607.3% | |
| Net profit | -£1,669,190 | £334,946 | £1,723,227 | +414.5% | |
| Cash | £822,291 | £2,457,285 | £5,195,875 | +111.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£3,537,212 | -£3,144,252 | -£1,668,434 | +46.9% | |
| Net assets | -£3,537,212 | -£3,144,252 | -£1,668,434 | +46.9% | |
| Equity | -£3,537,212 | -£3,144,252 | -£1,668,434 | +46.9% | |
| Average employees | 413 | 384 | 368 | -4.2% | |
| Wages | £22,029,068 | £21,296,874 | £22,894,759 | +7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £549,497 | £411,275 | £380,360 | -7.5% |
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 | -7.2% | 0.7% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | -5.7% | 1.1% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 177.1% | 147.0% | 116.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.50x | 0.64x | 0.83x |
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
- LEAD FORENSICS LIMITED 2011-01-26 → present
- WEB FORENSICS LIMITED 2010-02-15 → 2011-01-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- LEAD FORENSICS LIMITED · parent
- Lead Forensics Inc 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2026, 100% of the shareholding of Lead Forensics Limited was acquired by Lead Forensics Holdings Limited. On 2 January 2026, 100% of the shareholding of Lead Forensics Inc was transferred to Lead Forensics Holdings Limited. The controlling party remains unchanged.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Paul | Secretary | 2010-02-15 | — | — |
| BRAITHWAITE, Henry Richard Crossland | Director | 2010-02-15 | Jan 1982 | British |
| THOMAS, Paul | Director | 2010-02-15 | Feb 1982 | British |
| YONGE, Alan | Director | 2012-07-23 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, David | Director | 2013-08-12 | 2014-09-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Forensics Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Henry Richard Crossland Braithwaite | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-01 |
| Mr Paul Thomas | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-02-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-15 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.