FORBES DIGITAL MARKETING LIMITED
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Cash
£49M
+87.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£316M
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
97
-4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£883K
-91.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-06-21.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £67,184,656 | £69,201,882 | £59,198,972 | -14.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £21,671,991 | £11,279,919 | £204,398 | -98.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £20,271,048 | £10,296,824 | £883,455 | -91.4% | |
| Net profit | — | £33,617 | -£2,905,004 | £16,137,767 | £7,194,262 | £1,477,345 | -79.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £31,624,809 | £25,988,453 | £48,810,389 | +87.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,528 | £66,145 | £356,831,134 | £370,293,936 | £334,779,167 | £315,541,194 | -5.7% | |
| Net assets | £32,528 | £66,145 | £290,731,820 | £306,869,587 | £314,063,849 | £315,541,194 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £32,528 | £66,145 | £290,731,820 | £306,869,587 | £314,063,849 | £315,541,194 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 15 | 34 | 63 | 102 | 97 | -4.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,376,331 | £10,871,303 | £13,157,937 | +21% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £295,690 | £330,044 | £404,579 | +22.6% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 32.3% | 16.3% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 24.0% | 10.4% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 5.9% | 3.4% | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 7.6% | 1.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 10.68x | 17.97x | 23.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 13.49x | 9.26x | 6.99x |
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
- FORBES DIGITAL MARKETING LIMITED 2025-02-25 → present
- MARKETPLACE PLATFORMS LIMITED 2022-09-28 → 2025-02-25
- FORBES MARKETPLACE OPERATIONS LIMITED 2020-06-08 → 2022-09-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the parent undertaking, Forbes Marketplace Holdings Limited, has indicated that it will continue to support the company financially for at least twelve months from the date of the audit report.”
Significant events
- “The company changed its name from Marketplace Platforms Limited to Forbes Digital Marketing Limited on 25th February 2025.”
- “The amounts owed to group undertakings is a loan from a group company of US$Nil, (2024: US$260,000,000). This carries interest at the rate of 2.5% and repayable within 4 years. This was repaid early on 27 January 2025.”
- “The company had secured a debenture by giving fixed and floating charges including negative pledges over its assets to HSBC UK Bank Plc on 14 March 2023. These charges have been satisfied on 7 August 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALLAHAN, Thomas John | Director | 2023-05-22 | Jan 1973 | American |
| THERMISTOCLEOUS, Christodoulos Antony | Director | 2022-06-01 | Dec 1977 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KALRA, Achir | Director | 2020-06-08 | 2023-05-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 23 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-08-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-10-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-28 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.