4TH UTILITY HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-25 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-28% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2M
-115.1% vs 2024
Employees
40
-31% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£13M
+17.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,944,558 | £4,749,297 | |
| Operating profit | -£13,729,785 | -£10,304,745 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,412,442 | -£12,701,108 | |
| Net profit | -£15,365,019 | -£12,701,108 | |
| Cash | £1,675,956 | £1,206,129 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,733,637 | £31,632,529 | |
| Net assets | £11,033,637 | -£1,667,471 | |
| Equity | £11,033,637 | -£1,667,471 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 40 | |
| Wages | £3,387,070 | £2,886,193 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £226,186 | £666,172 |
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 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+144.2%
£1,944,558 £4,749,297
-
Cash
-28%
£1,675,956 £1,206,129
-
Net assets
-115.1%
£11,033,637 -£1,667,471
-
Employees
-31%
58 40
-
Operating profit
+24.9%
-£13,729,785 -£10,304,745
-
Profit before tax
+17.6%
-£15,412,442 -£12,701,108
-
Wages
-14.8%
£3,387,070 £2,886,193
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -706.1% | -217.0% | |
| Net margin | -790.2% | -267.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -36.4% | -32.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | -8.16x | -4.30x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- 4TH UTILITY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2022-01-17 → present
- LIBERATIS LIMITED 2017-10-12 → 2022-01-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- 4TH UTILITY HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Liberatis Retro Ltd 100%
- Vision Fibre Media Ltd 100%
- 4th Utility ISP Limited 100%
- 4th Utility ISP 2 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The 2024-25 financial year was another of significant growth for the Company in several key performance indicating areas, signified by recurring revenues increasing by £1.9m (+103%) thanks to a doubling of monthly subscriptions sold through the year.”
- “£2.8m of capital expenditure was invested into the Company's infrastructure and systems to provide the foundations for further growth. This year's progression was supplemented by draws from the principal investor loan fund of £6.6m through the year.”
- “Current year exceptional expenditure primarily pertains to the settlement of a legal dispute regarding introductory fees and the associated costs. Prior year exceptional expenditure included legal and professional fees incurred in relation to employment settlements, as well as charges arising from changes to the capital funding provider.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEES, Stuart | Director | 2021-09-30 | Apr 1956 | British |
| MARVELL, Neil Philip | Director | 2020-08-18 | Aug 1982 | British |
| PRODAN, Laurentiu Florin | Director | 2023-10-27 | Apr 1988 | British |
| WILSON, Stephen Robert | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jul 1980 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTON, James Andrew | Director | 2020-01-22 | 2020-08-18 |
| BEAMISH, Nicola Jayne | Director | 2020-01-22 | 2024-01-31 |
| DARDI, Marissa Ann | Director | 2021-12-16 | 2023-04-12 |
| DAVIDS, Jan | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2023-10-27 |
| GOOSSENS, Tom | Director | 2020-08-18 | 2021-12-16 |
| HUGHES, Anthony Stephen | Director | 2017-10-12 | 2023-04-03 |
| JOSHI, Amit | Director | 2020-08-18 | 2021-02-01 |
| MURPHY, Helen Mary | Director | 2023-04-12 | 2025-03-25 |
| TIMBRELL, Andrew Vaughan | Director | 2017-10-12 | 2020-08-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th Utility Holdings Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-03-29 | Active |
| Liberatis Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-18 | Ceased 2023-03-29 |
| Mr Andrew Vaughan Timbrell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-06-11 | Ceased 2020-08-18 |
| Mr Anthony Stephen Hughes | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-10-12 | Ceased 2020-08-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.