SUBSTANTIAL GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10K
-95.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£2M
-4.5% vs 2023
Employees
49
+40% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£67K
+86.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,018,269 | £6,993,380 | |
| Operating profit | -£300,548 | £135,797 | |
| Profit before tax | -£501,795 | -£66,513 | |
| Net profit | -£501,795 | -£66,513 | |
| Cash | £209,278 | £10,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,525,488 | £4,350,258 | |
| Net assets | -£1,477,676 | -£1,544,189 | |
| Equity | -£1,477,676 | -£1,544,189 | |
| Average employees | 35 | 49 | |
| Wages | £2,480,145 | £3,600,878 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £688,123 | £701,262 |
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
-
Turnover
+39.4%
£5,018,269 £6,993,380
-
Cash
-95.2%
£209,278 £10,000
-
Net assets
-4.5%
-£1,477,676 -£1,544,189
-
Employees
+40%
35 49
-
Operating profit
+145.2%
-£300,548 £135,797
-
Profit before tax
+86.7%
-£501,795 -£66,513
-
Wages
+45.2%
£2,480,145 £3,600,878
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 | -6.0% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | -10.0% | -1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.5% | 3.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.26x | 1.65x | |
| Interest cover | -1.49x | 0.67x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the group of which the company is a member ("the Group") have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a minimum period of 12 months from date of signature. Thus, the business has considered the Company's ongoing ability to fund its network roll out plan and continued operational expenditure and is satisfied that the Company can meet its obligations with the cash on hand and further loan notes and funding available.”
Group structure
- SUBSTANTIAL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Netomnia Limited 100%
- YouFibre Limited 100%
- Netxco Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Investment in the network deployment continues to grow, requiring significant funding. Following on from successfully securing £147.5m of senior debt financing through the accordion facility in February 2024, the Group raised a further £147m in May 2024 and £25m in October 2024. The business also merged with Saltco II Limited in August 2024, which was accompanied by additional equity commitments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DICK, Callum Andrew John | Director | 2020-10-06 | Jan 1963 | British |
| FAKHRY, Walid Khalil | Director | 2020-10-06 | Jun 1968 | British |
| SCHOEMAN, Abel Daniel | Director | 2021-06-04 | Jun 1971 | British |
| WADSWORTH, Wil Imran | Director | 2020-10-06 | Feb 1989 | British |
| WALSH, Kirk | Director | 2026-04-10 | Apr 1980 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHELOT, Jeremy Jules Robert | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2025-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Substantial Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-10-06 | Active |
| Mr Jeremy Chelot | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-14 | Ceased 2020-10-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.