4COM GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£54M
Equity attributable
Employees
88
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£14M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,407,000 | £9,686,000 | |
| Operating profit | £274,000 | -£3,113,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,718,000 | -£14,175,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,984,000 | -£13,997,000 | |
| Cash | £6,390,000 | £1,301,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£4,695,000 | £151,138,000 | |
| Net assets | -£4,795,000 | £53,667,000 | |
| Equity | -£4,795,000 | £53,667,000 | |
| Average employees | 89 | 88 | |
| Wages | £5,786,000 | £6,680,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,263,000 | £4,405,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-06-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | -32.1% | |
| Net margin | -51.8% | -144.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.8% | -2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 4.52x | |
| Interest cover | 0.03x | -0.28x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- 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.”
Group structure
- 4COM GROUP LIMITED · parent
- 4Com Capital Limited 100%
- 4Com Customer Services Ltd 100%
- 4Com Network Services Limited 100%
- Hihi Ltd 100%
- Pioneer Business Systems Limited 100%
- Campfire Equipment Rentals Limited 100%
- Midshire Business Systems (Communications) Limited 100%
- Eastern Telephones Limited 100%
- Reach Digital Telecoms Limited 100%
- Southern Business Communications Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year on 23 September 2024, Daisy Midco Limited acquired the Company's ultimate parent undertaking, 4Com Technologies Limited and its subsidiaries ("4Com Group").”
- “Subsequent to the period end in May 2025, VMED O2 and Daisy Group announced the creation of a company, combining their complementary direct B2B operations to create a major new force in the UK business communications and IT sector. The transaction completed on 1 August 2025 with creation of O2 Daisy Limited, the parent of the group (O2 Daisy). The ownership of O2 Daisy is split 70% VMED O2 and 30% Daisy Group. Also on this date, the debt facilities of the Company were repaid in full.”
- “On 19 September 2024 a fixed and floating charge with negative pledge clause was registered by Glas Trust Corporation Limited over the assets of the Company.”
- “Subsequent to the period end on 1 August 2025, as part of the VMED O2 and Daisy Group joint venture transaction, VMED O2 UK Limited became the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party.”
- “On 30 September 2025, the Company became a guarantor to intercompany loans totalling £1,351 million which are secured by a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the Company and certain fellow group undertakings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMED O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-08-01 | — | — |
| IRVING, Roland | Director | 2017-08-17 | Sep 1977 | British |
| JAWINSKA, Agnieszka | Director | 2018-05-29 | Jun 1986 | Polish |
| SCUTT, Gary | Director | 2017-06-30 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTREE, Lloyd | Director | 2017-08-17 | 2017-11-28 |
| BRADDON, Russell Kingdon | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2024-09-23 |
| BURGESS, Mark | Director | 2017-10-19 | 2021-07-08 |
| BURLEY, Dean | Director | 2023-06-19 | 2024-09-23 |
| CARTLEDGE, Dean | Director | 2017-08-17 | 2025-12-18 |
| CARTLEDGE, Lynda Terry | Director | 2017-08-17 | 2023-07-06 |
| CLEMENTS, Kathleen | Director | 2018-03-20 | 2020-12-14 |
| DEVEREUX, Chloe | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2024-09-23 |
| DICKSON, Karen Lilian | Director | 2023-04-19 | 2024-09-23 |
| DUNNE, Martin | Director | 2017-08-17 | 2018-01-25 |
| HAM, Anika Patricia | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2024-09-23 |
| HUTT, Daron Grenville | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2024-09-23 |
| JONES, Jeffrey Paul | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2020-12-31 |
| KING, Harriet Louis | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2019-12-20 |
| KIRK, James | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2024-09-23 |
| LEE, David | Director | 2022-07-11 | 2024-09-23 |
| MILBURN, Christopher | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2024-09-23 |
| OAKLEY, Julian David | Director | 2017-08-17 | 2024-09-23 |
| OWSNETT, Neil | Director | 2022-06-06 | 2022-07-05 |
| PARKER, Lee | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2024-09-23 |
| POPPLETON, Natalie | Director | 2023-09-10 | 2024-09-23 |
| REID, Darren | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2022-10-03 |
| SHAKOOR, Abdus Sattar | Director | 2021-04-13 | 2021-06-30 |
| SMITH, Campbell Mclean | Director | 2022-09-05 | 2023-03-30 |
| TAYLOR, Lee | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2023-02-27 |
| TAYLOR, Steven Christopher | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2017-08-03 |
| WATTS, Matthew | Director | 2023-03-29 | 2024-09-23 |
| WHEELER, Christopher John | Director | 2018-01-25 | 2025-08-29 |
| WHITTAKER, Andrew John | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2025-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4com Technologies Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-08-05 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.