DEFENCE HOLDINGS PLC
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Cash
£886k
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.7m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
9
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.6m
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,525,000 | £4,334,000 | £0 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£4,254,000 | -£2,967,000 | -£4,562,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,497,000 | -£1,042,000 | -£4,562,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£4,497,000 | -£1,277,000 | -£4,327,000 | — | |
| Cash | £459,000 | £69,000 | £886,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,896,000 | -£652,000 | £2,730,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£231,000 | -£652,000 | £2,730,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£231,000 | — | £2,730,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 32 | 37 | 9 | — | |
| Wages | £1,605,000 | £1,523,000 | £29,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £316,000 | £559,000 | £1,264,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,000 | £2,000 | £1,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £137,050 | £214,615 | £768,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 18 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -77.0% | -68.5% | — | |
| Net margin | -81.4% | -29.5% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -146.9% | — | -167.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 104.2% | 946.8% | 16.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 0.11x | 6.08x | |
| Interest cover | -17.51x | -12.26x | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- DEFENCE HOLDINGS PLC 2025-05-19 → present
- CASSEL CAPITAL PLC 2025-01-28 → 2025-05-19
- GUILD ESPORTS PLC 2020-04-17 → 2025-01-28
- THE LORDS ESPORTS PLC 2019-09-03 → 2020-04-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Parker Russell UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“no material uncertainty related to going concern exists at the date of approval, and the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, Fortified Securities raised additional gross proceeds of £123,400 under the Company's at-the-market facility for the period ending 18 May 2026, bringing total gross proceeds raised under the facility to £877,967.”
- “On 25 June 2026, the Company completed an accelerated bookbuild placing of 400,000,000 new ordinary shares of £0.001 nominal value at an issue price of £0.01 per share, raising gross proceeds of £4 million.”
- “On 3 July 2026, the Company announced that it had secured and commenced its first revenue-generating contract with the UK Ministry of Defence. The contract has a value of approximately £226,000 over a three-month period and relates to the testing and deployment of an integrated intelligence, decision-support and operational effects capability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOCKBRIDGE, Brian | Secretary | 2025-03-17 | — | — |
| HOUGHTON, John Nicholas Reynolds, General | Director | 2025-10-01 | Oct 1954 | British |
| LEW, Franklin Derek | Director | 2019-12-03 | Jul 1969 | Canadian |
| MCCARTNEY, Andrew David | Director | 2025-07-28 | Aug 1976 | British,Irish |
| NORWOOD, James Kenneth | Director | 2025-07-28 | Nov 1978 | British |
| ROUGHAN, Andrew Vincent | Director | 2026-03-30 | Jan 1980 | British |
| STAZICKER, Anthony James | Director | 2025-07-28 | Jan 1984 | British |
| STOCKBRIDGE, Brian | Director | 2022-03-31 | Aug 1973 | British |
| YARWOOD-LOVETT, Ian James | Director | 2025-07-28 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JARVIS, Clare | Secretary | 2023-04-01 | 2023-12-20 |
| KINGSLEY, Paul | Secretary | 2024-01-08 | 2024-02-15 |
| LE DRUILLENEC, Timothy Vincent | Secretary | 2019-09-03 | 2020-03-30 |
| LYTH, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2022-12-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| SAVAGE, James | Secretary | 2020-03-30 | 2022-03-15 |
| WESTEND CORPORATE LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2024-03-20 | 2025-03-17 |
| BIXBY, Jonathan Franklin | Director | 2019-09-03 | 2019-12-03 |
| CALDWELL, Jocelin | Director | 2022-11-17 | 2023-11-30 |
| CALDWELL, Jocelin | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2020-03-30 |
| CURTIS, Carleton John | Director | 2020-06-18 | 2021-07-14 |
| DRAKE, Andrew Dale | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2022-03-31 |
| EDWARDS, Michael Scott | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2022-11-17 |
| GARDNER, David Scott | Director | 2020-06-18 | 2022-06-30 |
| HOURD, Kalum Lee | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2023-01-01 |
| LE DRUILLENEC, Timothy Vincent | Director | 2019-09-03 | 2020-03-30 |
| SAVAGE, James | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2022-03-20 |
| SKEE, Jasmine | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2024-10-16 |
| SULLIVAN, Christopher Paul | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| WALTERS, Simon Howard | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toro Consulting Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2019-09-13 | Ceased 2020-06-12 |
| Mr Timothy Vincent Le Druillenec | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-03 | Ceased 2019-09-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 8
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.