SPECIALISED RESEARCH (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
Cash
£76K
-62.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£329K
0% vs 2023
Employees
5
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£719
+59.8% vs 2023
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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £403,922 | £156,047 | |
| Operating profit | £450 | -£12,573 | |
| Profit before tax | £450 | £719 | |
| Net profit | £450 | £96 | |
| Cash | £201,373 | £75,928 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £329,219 | £329,315 | |
| Net assets | £329,219 | £329,315 | |
| Equity | £329,219 | £329,315 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | £157,211 | £134,250 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £28,692 | £14,583 |
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
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Turnover
-61.4%
£403,922 £156,047
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Cash
-62.3%
£201,373 £75,928
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Net assets
0%
£329,219 £329,315
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Employees
0%
5 5
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Operating profit
-2,894%
£450 -£12,573
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Profit before tax
+59.8%
£450 £719
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Wages
-14.6%
£157,211 £134,250
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | -8.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | -3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.99x | 4.95x |
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
- SPECIALISED RESEARCH (UK) LIMITED 2022-05-20 → present
- HALCYON RESEARCH LIMITED 2021-07-02 → 2022-05-20
- SPECIALISED RESEARCH (UK) LIMITED 2012-07-04 → 2021-07-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We consider that the company has sufficient financial resources to meet its obligations as and when they fall due and can continue for the foreseeable future, despite the current crisis. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Due to the political situation in Russia the Company has changed its investment strategy and concentrates now on the geographic region which primarily includes the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Central Asia, commonly referred to as "Emerging Eurasia".”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HERNE, David Alexander | Director | 2019-11-27 | Jul 1971 | British |
| LENNON, Mark Alexander | Director | 2024-02-29 | Jan 1954 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHERNYSHOVA, Natalia | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2024-05-01 |
| KLAPTSOV, Alexey | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2019-11-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes Stephanaus De Jager | Individual | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-01 |
| David Herne | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-20 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-07 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.