ACCURATE BACKGROUND UK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
+3.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£39m
-10.8% first positive since 2021
Employees
191
-11.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.4m
+46.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £19,792,114 | £23,961,276 | £26,276,506 | +9.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,410,315 | -£2,687,495 | -£1,380,801 | +48.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£3,335,287 | -£2,637,743 | -£1,399,858 | +46.9% | |
| Net profit | — | -£3,708,885 | -£3,226,742 | -£2,391,958 | +25.9% | |
| Cash | £103,631 | £2,341,849 | £2,313,102 | £2,396,918 | +3.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£45,725 | £48,220,533 | £43,593,237 | £38,959,775 | -10.6% | |
| Net assets | — | £48,186,533 | £43,575,594 | £38,883,636 | -10.8% | |
| Equity | -£45,725 | £48,186,533 | £43,575,594 | £38,883,636 | -10.8% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 281 | 216 | 191 | -11.6% | |
| Wages | — | £8,392,307 | £8,125,861 | £7,594,965 | -6.5% | |
| 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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -17.2% | -11.2% | -5.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -18.7% | -13.5% | -9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -7.1% | -6.2% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 5.9% | 6.4% | 8.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.38x | 2.64x | 2.36x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -36.68x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider the going concern basis appropriate despite the negative reserves. The company and group meets its working capital requirements by way of support from its parent company.”
Group structure
- ACCURATE BACKGROUND UK LIMITED · parent
- Vero Screening Ltd 100%
- VerifyNow Pty Ltd 100%
- Vero Screening pte Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWENS, Sylvie | Secretary | 2025-07-03 | — | — |
| DOWD, Timothy | Director | 2019-04-18 | Mar 1963 | American |
| ISMAIL, Rashid | Director | 2025-07-03 | Apr 1976 | American |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKERSON, David | Director | 2019-04-18 | 2024-04-23 |
| DOLL, Russell Allen | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2021-11-30 |
| FUJIOKA, Bryan Kazumasa | Director | 2022-06-17 | 2026-09-30 |
| HARKER, Peter | Director | 2019-04-18 | 2020-12-31 |
| TAGG, Gavin Kenneth | Director | 2024-04-23 | 2025-07-11 |
| WHEELER, David Mark | Director | 2022-06-17 | 2024-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Dickerson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-04-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.