THE FINANCIAL TIMES (BULGARIA) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
BGN 5,122,000
+226.2% vs 2023
Net assets
BGN 6,297,000
+40.4% vs 2023
Employees
176
+10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
BGN 2,226,000
+12% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | BGN 24,752,000 | BGN 27,417,000 | |
| Operating profit | BGN 2,105,000 | BGN 2,387,000 | |
| Profit before tax | BGN 1,988,000 | BGN 2,226,000 | |
| Net profit | BGN 1,799,000 | BGN 1,834,000 | |
| Cash | BGN 1,570,000 | BGN 5,122,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | BGN 7,545,000 | BGN 8,678,000 | |
| Net assets | BGN 4,486,000 | BGN 6,297,000 | |
| Equity | BGN 4,486,000 | BGN 6,297,000 | |
| Average employees | 160 | 176 | |
| Wages | BGN 18,790,000 | BGN 21,019,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from BGN at spot per BGN (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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
-
Turnover
+10.8%
BGN 24,752,000 BGN 27,417,000
-
Cash
+226.2%
BGN 1,570,000 BGN 5,122,000
-
Net assets
+40.4%
BGN 4,486,000 BGN 6,297,000
-
Employees
+10%
160 176
-
Operating profit
+13.4%
BGN 2,105,000 BGN 2,387,000
-
Profit before tax
+12%
BGN 1,988,000 BGN 2,226,000
-
Wages
+11.9%
BGN 18,790,000 BGN 21,019,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.9% | 27.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | 17.99x | 13.96x |
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
- THE FINANCIAL TIMES (BULGARIA) LIMITED 2020-07-02 → present
- XOOMWORKS OUTSOURCING (SOFIA) LIMITED 2018-03-22 → 2020-07-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As detailed below and within Note 1 to the accounts, the directors have made a thorough assessment of the Company's ability to continue operating as a going concern. During 2024 the Company recorded a profit, and at the balance sheet date was in a net assets position. The Company operates under a transfer pricing agreement, and as such it will continue to generate a profit as there is no planned change in the Company's operations in the foreseeable future. Management has a clear expectation that we will have adequate resources to meet our commitments as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. In addition, a letter of support has been received from a parent company which commits to support the Company for at least one year beyond the date these financial statements are signed. As such, we continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGNEW, Mark | Secretary | 2020-07-01 | — | — |
| FORTESCUE, Alison Mary | Secretary | 2020-07-01 | — | — |
| MARTIN, Sophia Warren | Director | 2020-11-20 | May 1982 | British |
| SALSBURY, Rebecca Marie | Director | 2025-12-31 | Sep 1971 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARING, Anthony Shaun | Director | 2018-03-22 | 2020-07-01 |
| KUNDERT, John Manuel | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2025-12-31 |
| O'RIORDAN, Kathleen Mary | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-10-29 |
| ROSENBERG, Richard | Director | 2021-10-29 | 2022-09-03 |
| STRATHEARN, Daniel Mark | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2020-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Financial Times Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-01 | Active |
| Xoomworks Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-03-22 | Ceased 2020-07-01 |
| Mr Malcolm Ian Clark | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2018-03-22 | Ceased 2018-03-22 |
| Mr Stephen Charles Eric Jackson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2018-03-22 | Ceased 2018-03-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 42 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.