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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-25 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-02-11

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£6M

-34.9% vs 2023

Net assets

-£60M

-72.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

356

-15% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£25M

-7% vs 2023

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2021-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £60,145,621£55,624,397
Operating profit -£15,872,700-£15,173,420
Profit before tax -£23,502,591-£25,140,262
Net profit -£999,036-£23,979,908-£25,432,106
Cash £8,567,497£5,573,426
Total assets less current liabilities £17,624,586£42,529,173
Net assets £182,041-£35,082,299-£60,364,816
Equity £182,041-£35,082,299-£60,364,816
Average employees 0419356
Wages £0£28,844,707£24,713,913
Directors' remuneration £705,185£733,249

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

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 2021-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -26.4%-27.3%
Net margin -39.9%-45.7%
Return on capital employed -90.1%-35.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 137.1%179.8%
Current ratio 0.36x0.63x
Interest cover -2.04x-1.51x

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
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“management enjoyed strong support from both shareholders and lenders to identify inefficiencies within the business and review financial covenants in support of these strategic objectives. An amendment deed to our existing loan agreement with HSBC was successfully completed and signed in September 2024, with revised minimum liquidity and gross leverage tests in line with managements' transformation initiatives. There was no breach in covenants at 31 December 2024 and therefore all bank debt has not been classified as current at the year-end.”

Group structure

  1. SIMBA TOPCO LIMITED · parent
    1. Simba Midco Limited 100%
    2. Simba Bidco Limited 100%
    3. McNamara Marketing Holdings Limited 100%
    4. The Marketing Practice (UK) Limited 100%
    5. TMP Germany GmbH 100% · Germany
    6. The Marketing Practice, Inc 100% · USA
    7. The Marketing Practice AU Ltd 100% · Australia
    8. Omobono Limited 100%
    9. Omobono Inc. 100% · USA
    10. Kingpin Holdings Limited 100%
    11. Kingpin Communications Limited 100%
    12. Kingpin Communications, Inc. 100% · USA
    13. 90octane Holdings LLC 100% · USA
    14. 90octane LLC 100% · USA
    15. Campaign Stars Inc. 100% · USA
    16. Rombii Pty Limited 100% · Australia
    17. Rombii Marketing Services Pty Limited 100% · Australia
    18. Rombii Asia Pacific Pte Limited 100% · Singapore

Significant events

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

People

7 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CLIFTON, James Spencer Director 2025-01-02 Jun 1972 British
COBURN, Dawn Director 2025-03-06 May 1979 Irish
EVERETT, Paul Richard Director 2021-03-23 Aug 1981 British
KINGSTON, Luke Anthony Director 2021-02-12 Jul 1978 British
MCNAMARA, Clive David Director 2021-03-23 Sep 1964 British
MORRIS, Matthew David Andrew Director 2021-02-12 Apr 1992 British
ROLLS, Trevor Andrew Director 2021-03-23 Dec 1972 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FARMER, Rachael Anne Director 2023-12-31 2025-02-14
HARPER, Matthew David Director 2021-03-23 2024-10-16
SCANLAN, William Director 2021-09-27 2023-12-31
VAN SCHAICK, David George Director 2021-03-23 2023-07-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Horizon Capital Ii Gp Llp Corporate entity Voting 25–50% 2021-05-28 Active
Horizon Capital 2018 Limited Partnership Corporate entity Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2021-02-12 Ceased 2021-05-28

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 66 total filings

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

  • 2023-06-02 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2023-06-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-03-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-22 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2025-06-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-16 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2025-03-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-02-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-02-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-02-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-01-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-03-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-26 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-01-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-01-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-08-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-02 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2023-06-02 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-02-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-02-09 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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