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Cash
£409k
-52.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£2.6m
-250.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
103
-17.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.8m
-278.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Group is reliant on the financial support of its parent company, Human8 Europe NV... These circumstances indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,547,552 | £11,261,756 | £8,777,631 | -22.1% | |
| Operating profit | £681,425 | £1,122,917 | -£1,559,415 | -238.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,793,028 | £980,216 | -£1,753,487 | -278.9% | |
| Net profit | -£3,155,336 | £649,897 | -£1,836,635 | -382.6% | |
| Cash | £747,210 | £860,644 | £409,209 | -52.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,573,690 | -£232,761 | -114.8% | |
| Net assets | -£1,412,715 | -£733,856 | -£2,570,491 | -250.3% | |
| Equity | -£1,412,715 | -£733,856 | -£2,570,491 | -250.3% | |
| Average employees | 142 | 125 | 103 | -17.6% | |
| Wages | £7,216,913 | £6,990,129 | £6,700,939 | -4.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £178,408 | £130,695 | £460,809 | +252.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £9,473 | £6,981 | £5,904 | -15.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £130,695 | £356,021 | +172.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 10.0% | -17.8% | |
| Net margin | -20.3% | 5.8% | -20.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 71.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 106.2% | 103.3% | 115.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.90x | 0.98x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 0.40x | 0.92x | -1.52x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Group is reliant on the financial support of its parent company, Human8 Europe NV... These circumstances indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- JOIN THE DOTS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
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- Insites Consultants Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2026, the Group introduced it's One UK structure, establishing the UK as a distinct region within the wider Human8 Group.”
- “On 30 June 2025, Insites Consultants Limited was hived up to its immediate parent company, Join the Dots (Research) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLOOMFIELD, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2026-06-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| CHILD, Paul Robert | Director | 2025-01-01 | May 1977 | British |
| MAYER, James Joseph | Director | 2026-06-01 | Oct 1982 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Philip Kenneth | Director | 2018-11-08 | 2019-06-26 |
| ASHBY, Quentin | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2023-06-01 |
| BUTTERFIELD, Leslie Paul | Director | 2018-02-09 | 2019-06-26 |
| DE WULF, Kristof Sven Frank | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2025-01-01 |
| DUHAMEL, Tim | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2025-01-01 |
| GODERIS, Tom | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2025-01-01 |
| LAWRENCE, Graeme Norman | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2025-01-01 |
| REEVES, Pauline | Director | 2018-02-09 | 2020-01-31 |
| SCHILLEWAERT, Niels Andre Arthur Georges | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2025-01-01 |
| SPRIET, Catherine Liesbeth Caroline | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-06-01 |
| WRAGG, Timothy | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrus Henricus Coenraad Huijboom | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-07-01 | Active |
| Camille Nicita Higley | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-06-03 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Tim Duhamel | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-26 | Ceased 2024-06-03 |
| Mc Insites Nv | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-26 | Ceased 2019-06-26 |
| Insites Compages Nv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-26 | Ceased 2019-06-26 |
| Diederick Vriend | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-26 | Active |
| Edo Pfennings | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-26 | Active |
| Kristof De Wulf | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-26 | Active |
| Insites Compages Nv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-06-26 | Active |
| Quentin Ashby | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-12 | Ceased 2019-06-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-05 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-04 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.