SOCOTEC ADVISORY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-10 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£351K
-85.2% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£9M
+1.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
82
+3.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£210K
-80% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £9,389,175 | £9,949,036 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £867,088 | £70,694 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3,740,871 | — | £738,576 | — | £1,049,369 | £209,925 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,016,622 | — | £2,990,980 | — | £586,417 | — | £813,927 | £163,192 | |
| Cash | — | £1,823,500 | — | £1,893,549 | — | £663,162 | — | £2,362,672 | £350,709 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,673,547 | — | — | — | £7,931,860 | — | £9,279,092 | £9,438,308 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,658,400 | — | — | — | £7,735,762 | — | £9,202,382 | £9,365,574 | |
| Equity | £4,790,646 | £5,658,400 | £5,658,400 | £7,149,345 | £7,149,345 | £7,735,762 | £7,735,762 | £9,202,382 | £9,365,574 | |
| Average employees | — | 63 | — | 72 | — | 70 | — | 79 | 82 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £4,299,824 | — | £3,402,752 | — | £4,704,289 | £5,294,957 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £177,377 | — | £266,273 | — | £367,414 | £369,471 |
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
+6%
£9,389,175 £9,949,036
-
Cash
-85.2%
£2,362,672 £350,709
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+1.8%
£9,202,382 £9,365,574
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+3.8%
79 82
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-91.8%
£867,088 £70,694
-
Profit before tax
-80%
£1,049,369 £209,925
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+12.6%
£4,704,289 £5,294,957
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.2% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.7% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.3% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.4% | 11.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.53x | 8.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.22x |
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
- SOCOTEC ADVISORY LIMITED 2022-10-14 → present
- BASE QUANTUM LIMITED 2019-01-03 → 2022-10-14
- BASE (QUANTUM) LIMITED 2012-03-27 → 2019-01-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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.”
Group structure
- SOCOTEC ADVISORY LIMITED · parent
- Base Quantum Ireland Limited 0.85%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Jason Richard | Director | 2022-05-10 | Sep 1974 | British |
| HUGHES-PHILLIPS, Duncan Peter | Director | 2012-03-27 | Dec 1972 | British |
| LANDRY, Jean-Francois Pierre Louis | Director | 2023-06-02 | Jul 1965 | French |
| MARRIOTT, Matthew Giles Thomas | Director | 2024-10-14 | Aug 1971 | British |
| TAYLOR, Thomas Mathew | Director | 2020-12-16 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLENGER, Tara Linda | Director | 2020-12-16 | 2022-05-10 |
| DETCHEPARE, Nicolas Louis | Director | 2022-05-10 | 2024-10-14 |
| FROST, Danny | Director | 2020-12-16 | 2022-05-10 |
| SORET, Bastien | Director | 2022-05-10 | 2023-06-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socotec Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-05-10 | Active |
| Mr Duncan Peter Hughes-Phillips | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-01 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-08 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.