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Cash

£22M

-1.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£32M

+6.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

554

-6.6% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£4.4M

-55.7% first positive since 2023

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £33,337,000£66,744,000£63,286,000 -5.2%
Operating profit -£2,262,000£9,156,000£3,392,000 -63%
Profit before tax -£1,964,000£9,858,000£4,370,000 -55.7%
Net profit -£169,000£8,034,000£2,608,000 -67.5%
Cash £11,004,000£21,841,000£21,580,000 -1.2%
Total assets less current liabilities £29,754,000£31,592,000 +6.2%
Net assets £20,758,000£29,754,000£31,592,000 +6.2%
Equity £20,758,000£29,754,000£31,592,000 +6.2%
Average employees 593554 -6.6%
Wages £26,669,000£33,748,000£31,328,000 -7.2%
Directors' remuneration £1,264,000£1,949,000£1,991,000 +2.2%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -6.8%13.7%5.4%
Net margin -0.5%12.0%4.1%
Return on capital employed 30.8%10.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 32.4%30.9%19.5%
Current ratio 1.86x2.32x3.87x

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. KOOTH PLC 2020-08-24 → present
  2. KOOTH LIMITED 2020-08-24 → 2020-08-24
  3. HAMSARD 3564 LIMITED 2020-03-19 → 2020-08-24

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group as a whole has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the going concern basis continues to be adopted in the accounts.”

Group structure

  1. KOOTH PLC · parent
    1. Kooth Group Limited 100% · UK · Platform development
    2. Kooth Digital Health Limited 100% · UK · Provision of online services to children, young people and adults in the UK
    3. Kooth USA LLC 100% · US · Provision of online services to children, young people in the US
    4. Kooth Australasia Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Dormant

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

People

8 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MACMILLAN, Richard Alan Secretary 2026-07-01
BAILEY, Susan Mary, Dame Director 2020-09-02 Aug 1950 British
HUSA, Sherry Beth Director 2024-04-30 Sep 1964 American
JAWA, Sanjay Director 2020-08-06 Jun 1965 British
NEWHOUSE, Kate Director 2022-01-20 Dec 1981 British
PHILIPS, Simon Robert Maury Director 2020-09-02 Nov 1967 British
POLO, James Alan Director 2026-05-19 May 1961 American
WHITING, Peter Frederick Director 2020-09-02 Jan 1966 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ALMOND, Richard Douglas Secretary 2020-09-02 2022-11-23
JAWA, Sanjay Secretary 2020-08-24 2020-09-02
ALMOND CS LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2022-11-23 2026-07-01
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2020-03-19 2020-08-06
BARKER, Tim John Director 2020-08-06 2025-06-24
JONES, Jonathan Director 2020-03-19 2020-08-06
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS DIRECTORS LIMITED Corporate Director 2020-03-19 2020-08-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Sanjay Jawa Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2020-08-06 Ceased 2020-08-06
Root Capital Llp Corporate entity Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2020-08-06 Active
Squire Patton Boggs Directors Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2020-03-19 Ceased 2020-08-06

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 129 total filings

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

  • 2025-06-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-07-02 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2026-07-02 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-06-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-05-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-23 SH04 capital Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure
2026-03-11 SH04 capital Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure
2026-02-10 SH04 capital Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure
2025-12-29 SH04 capital Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure
2025-11-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-11-17 SH04 capital Capital sale or transfer treasury shares
2025-09-09 SH04 capital Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure
2025-08-08 SH04 capital Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure
2025-06-30 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-06-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-04-09 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-02-21 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-02-18 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2025-02-18 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2025-02-05 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
12

last 12 months

Capital events
12

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

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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