PROLIFIC ACADEMIC LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-24 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-10
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
-8.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£85K
+111.5% first positive since 2023
Employees
145
+42.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£5M
-168.4% vs 2023
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.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £14,090,205 | £19,382,431 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,686,425 | -£4,525,911 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£1,686,425 | -£4,525,911 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,337,202 | -£4,278,336 | |
| Cash | £4,400,866 | £8,509,001 | £13,794,564 | £13,833,495 | £6,313,100 | £5,768,137 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | -£738,699 | £84,965 | |
| Net assets | £484,968 | £1,275,216 | — | — | -£738,699 | £84,965 | |
| Equity | £484,968 | £1,275,216 | — | — | £827,661 | £84,965 | |
| Average employees | 20 | 30 | — | — | 102 | 145 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £7,226,173 | £11,627,522 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £204,300 | £240,950 |
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
+37.6%
£14,090,205 £19,382,431
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Cash
-8.6%
£6,313,100 £5,768,137
-
Net assets
+111.5%
-£738,699 £84,965
first positive since 2023
-
Employees
+42.2%
102 145
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-168.4%
-£1,686,425 -£4,525,911
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Profit before tax
-168.4%
-£1,686,425 -£4,525,911
-
Wages
+60.9%
£7,226,173 £11,627,522
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -12.0% | -23.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -9.5% | -22.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 228.3% | -5326.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 109.1% | 99.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.90x | 0.99x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Moore NHC Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Significant events
- “2024 saw a number of significant changes in the global political landscape, which in turn brings uncertainty over the macro-environment. There is also uncertainty around the new governments' approaches to funding research, which particularly impacts our academic customers.”
- “In 2024, we saw especially strong growth in the Al sector, and it is clear that there is currently high demand in this segment, however the future of this market is largely uncertain.”
- “The most significant increase in overheads was caused by increasing the team size with average headcount going from 102 in 2023 to 145 in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Phelim | Director | 2014-04-10 | Feb 1990 | Irish |
| WHITE, Jemma | Director | 2025-01-17 | May 1980 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAMER, Ekaterina, Dr | Secretary | 2022-02-17 | 2022-02-17 |
| BANERJEE, Siddhartha | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-01-17 |
| D'ANGELO, Enrico, The Executors Of The Estate Of | Director | 2022-02-17 | 2024-07-01 |
| D'ANGELO, Enrico, The Executors Of The Estate Of | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2022-02-17 |
| DAMER, Ekaterina, Dr | Director | 2022-02-17 | 2022-02-17 |
| DAMER, Ekaterina | Director | 2014-04-10 | 2021-09-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Omri Benayoun | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2023-04-24 | Ceased 2024-06-05 |
| Mr Bruno Cremel | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2023-04-24 | Ceased 2024-06-05 |
| Ms Ekaterina Damer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-24 | Ceased 2023-04-24 |
| Prolific Technologies Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-24 | Ceased 2019-07-24 |
| Mr Phelim Bradley | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-07-24 | Active |
| Prolific Technologies Inc. | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2019-05-31 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Phelim Bradley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-24 |
| Ms Ekaterina Damer | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.