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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-30 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-16

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

£477K

-49.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£346K

-72.1% first positive since 2019

Employees

152

-10.1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£648K

-195.9% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £10,642,310£13,626,386
Operating profit £708,746-£568,697
Profit before tax £675,973-£648,118
Net profit £587,717-£894,680
Cash £49,069£643,698£776,134£949,094£477,172
Total assets less current liabilities -£49,529£455,159£801,656£1,582,549£447,033
Net assets -£49,529£205,159£630,823£1,240,880£346,200
Equity -£49,529£205,159£630,823£397,262£1,240,880£346,200
Average employees 17169152
Wages £5,385,733£7,566,038
Directors' remuneration £457,809£476,707

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

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 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 6.7%-4.2%
Net margin 5.5%-6.6%
Return on capital employed 44.8%-127.2%
Current ratio 0.96x0.73x
Interest cover 20.68x-7.04x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. RIDE SHOTGUN LTD 2022-01-10 → present
  2. CRY HAVOC CONTENT LTD 2018-05-26 → 2022-01-10
  3. VC TEN LTD 2018-01-24 → 2018-05-26

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
Audit opinion
Qualified
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 group's and parent 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

  1. RIDE SHOTGUN LTD · parent
    1. Born and Raised Creative Ltd 100% · England and Wales
    2. Set Visions Limited 100% · England and Wales
    3. Creative Content Works Limited 54% · England and Wales
    4. Volume (Reading) Limited "in liquidation" 100% · England and Wales
    5. Ride Shotgun US 100% · USA
    6. Volume Technologies (Private) Limited 100% · Sri Lanka
    7. Volume inc. 100% · USA

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 2 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DARK, Jonathan James Director 2019-05-01 Jun 1974 British
MALLINDER, Mark John Director 2023-01-01 May 1973 British
WEIR, Andrew Russell Director 2022-01-10 Mar 1976 British
Show 2 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Steven James Secretary 2024-06-01 2025-09-15
LITTLEWOOD, Andrew Director 2018-01-24 2024-08-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Andrew Martin Littlewood Individual Significant influence 2023-01-01 Ceased 2024-10-15
Mr Andrew Russell Weir Individual Significant influence 2023-01-01 Ceased 2023-01-01
Mr Mark John Mallinder Individual Significant influence 2023-01-01 Ceased 2023-01-01
Mr Jonathan James Dark Individual Significant influence 2023-01-01 Ceased 2023-01-01
Mr Andrew Littlewood Individual Significant influence 2018-01-24 Ceased 2023-01-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 65 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2026-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-11-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-02-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-02-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2026-02-13 SH20 capital Legacy
2026-02-13 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2026-02-13 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2026-02-13 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2026-02-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-11-19 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-11-18 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-11-17 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares
2025-11-17 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2025-09-26 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-02-18 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-02-18 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-01-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-01-29 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-01-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2025-01-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-01-17 PSC08 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control statement PDF
2025-01-17 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-17 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
11

last 12 months

Capital events
6

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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