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Cash

—

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£60k

-82.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

2

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£372k

-2.2% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover ——— —
Operating profit —£1,446-£7,687 -631.6%
Profit before tax -£383,301-£363,452-£371,588 -2.2%
Net profit -£293,146-£272,589-£278,691 -2.2%
Cash ——— —
Total assets less current liabilities £6,676,257£6,403,668£6,124,977 -4.4%
Net assets £611,240£338,651£59,960 -82.3%
Equity £611,240£338,651£59,960 -82.3%
Average employees 222 0%
Wages ——— —
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. 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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Return on capital employed —0.0%-0.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 92.8%96.0%99.3%
Interest cover —0.00x-0.02x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102 §1A
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KLSA LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The company relies upon the continued financial support provided by its ultimate parent undertaking, Recorded Books Inc. and its subsidiary undertaking W F Howes Limited. ... the directors believe the company will continue to meet its obligations as they fall due for payment.”

Group structure

  1. OPUSPOND LIMITED · parent
    1. W F Howes Limited 100% · England and Wales · Publishing and distribution of audio books, large-print books

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 12 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BOOTON, Bharvi Manojkumar Ladha Secretary 2025-10-27 — —
BOOTON, Bharvi Manojkumar Ladha Director 2025-10-27 Feb 1982 British
STEVENS-HOARE, Miles Edward Director 2025-10-27 Sep 1967 British
WILSON, Daniel John Director 2026-08-04 Mar 1964 American
Show 12 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BAUER, Michael Secretary 2019-04-02 2024-11-27
PRASAD, Sanjay Secretary 2024-11-27 2025-10-27
STRUBLE, Michael Secretary 2014-01-31 2015-07-31
TRESS, Neil Secretary 2015-07-31 2019-04-02
BAGARIA, Anup Director 2014-01-16 2015-07-31
BAUER, Michael Director 2019-04-02 2024-11-27
DAVIS, Andrew Simon Director 2014-01-13 2014-01-16
MACISAAC, Thomas Director 2016-08-02 2024-01-31
PAULL, Michael Daniel Director 2024-07-15 2025-10-27
PRASAD, Sanjay Director 2024-11-27 2025-10-27
STRUBLE, Michael Director 2014-01-16 2015-07-31
TRESS, Neil Director 2014-09-11 2019-04-02

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Recorded Books Inc Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-11-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 74 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-09-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-08-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-27 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-27 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-10-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-02 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-09-02 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-04-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-01-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-03 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date
2024-12-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2024-12-03 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date
2024-12-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date
2024-09-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-07-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
4

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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