COMMUNITY FIBRE LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9.7m
Equity attributable
Employees
930
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£135m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,734,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£81,966,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£134,563,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£134,563,000 | — | |
| Cash | £14,881,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £588,320,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £9,677,000 | — | |
| Equity | £9,677,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 930 | — | |
| Wages | £23,342,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,181,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -196.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | -1.71x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements the directors have reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements”
Group structure
- COMMUNITY FIBRE LIMITED · parent
- Oval (2307) Limited 100%
- Wondernet Limited 100%
- Community Fibre Infrastructure Partners Limited 100%
- Community Fibre Holdings Limited 100%
- Box Broadband Limited 85.29%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end, in February 2026, the Group exceeded 73,000 five-star Trustpilot reviews, was ranked 18th in The Sunday Times' list of the UK's fastest-growing private technology companies, and was recognised for delivering London's most reliable broadband experience, achieving the highest ratings for consistent quality, upload and download speed, reliability experience and video experience”
- “During 2025, the group benefited from £31 4m of equity investment from its major shareholders a number of Warburg Pincus-managed investment funds, Digital Transformation Capital Partners, NDIF Investments Limited, and Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited”
- “The group drew £9 9m of term debt under its senior debt facilities on 31 March 2026”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTINGER, Maximilian | Director | 2023-01-25 | Mar 1993 | Austrian |
| FOWINKEL, Max | Director | 2020-08-18 | Mar 1980 | German |
| HARRIMAN, Martin | Director | 2019-07-15 | Mar 1962 | British |
| MAUR, Josef Anselm Benedikt Wilhelm | Director | 2025-04-25 | Feb 1992 | German |
| MILLER, Neil Eldridge | Director | 2024-07-31 | Jun 1967 | British |
| OXBY, Graeme Ashley | Director | 2019-08-28 | Nov 1962 | British |
| SWANTEE, Olaf Klaus Meijer | Director | 2020-08-18 | Jan 1966 | Swiss |
| TERRY, Benjamin James | Director | 2023-05-22 | May 1976 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPS, Jonathan Michael Charles | Director | 2020-02-26 | 2022-08-31 |
| BOSCH, Vicente Vento | Director | 2020-08-18 | 2025-04-25 |
| CHELOT, Jeremy | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2019-03-26 |
| DICK, Callum Andrew John | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2020-08-18 |
| GERSCHEFSKI, Jan-Ole | Director | 2020-08-18 | 2023-01-25 |
| HOGG, Christopher Charles | Director | 2020-01-22 | 2023-05-22 |
| HOWLING, Ilse Robin Charis | Director | 2018-06-13 | 2018-09-10 |
| HOWLING, Ilse Robin Charis | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-06-13 |
| HUSTER, Sven Lars | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2017-06-29 |
| MARTIN, Peter John | Director | 2018-06-15 | 2019-10-17 |
| MARTIN, Peter John | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-06-15 |
| MCFADYEN, Kenneth William | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2020-08-18 |
| MOONEY, Anthony James | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2020-08-18 |
| NAQIB, Khalid Isam | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2020-01-22 |
| O'CONNOR, David | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2017-06-29 |
| SELLERS, Chris | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2019-12-31 |
| SMITH, Geoff | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2015-12-16 |
| SPARROW, Douglas William | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2015-10-07 |
| STRANACK, Timothy John | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2017-06-29 |
| SURREY, Michael Francis Patrick | Director | 2017-11-06 | 2018-08-31 |
| WHITE, Peter Ashby | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2024-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey David Perlman | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-10-04 | Active |
| Charles Robert Kaye | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-18 | Ceased 2024-10-04 |
| Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2019-01-22 | Ceased 2020-08-18 |
| Ndif Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2018-04-23 | Ceased 2020-08-18 |
| Railway Pension Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-29 | Ceased 2019-01-22 |
| Mr Peter John Martin | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-25 | Ceased 2020-08-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-28 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.