FLANAME 8 LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£145K
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£194K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £233,109 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £193,824 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £145,368 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1 | — | £23,530,051 | £23,005,879 | |
| Net assets | £1 | — | £1 | £145,369 | |
| Equity | £1 | £1 | £1 | £145,369 | |
| Average employees | 0 | — | 0 | 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-04-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 100.0% | 99.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 6.03x | 5.35x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 0.25x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Company's current trading performance, the sensitivity and reverse stress testing scenarios performed, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of no less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 11 April 2024, in agreement with the landlord, the leases of the ground floor, mezzanine level and floors 1 to 7 of Embassy Gardens were assigned to Flaname 8 Limited from group companies ('the Flanames'). On the same date, licences to occupy Embassy Gardens were granted to The Random House Group Limited ('RHG'), by the Company, replacing the licenses previously granted to RHG, PBL and DK by the Flanames. On 3rd July 2024 the Company entered into a lease contract for the 9th floor of Embassy Gardens and granted a licence to occupy to RHG. on 1 August 2024 the licences to occupy floors 3 to 7 of Embassy Gardens were transferred to RHG.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Sinead Mary | Secretary | 2017-11-17 | — | — |
| GARDINER, Mark William | Director | 2017-11-17 | Apr 1961 | British |
| WADDINGTON, Robert Angus | Director | 2017-11-17 | Apr 1970 | British |
| WELDON, Thomas Daryl | Director | 2017-11-17 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGKINSON, Shaun David | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2024-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penguin Random House Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-11-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 28 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-01-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-10 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2020-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-03 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2020-07-03 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2019-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no 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.