MERATIVE UK LTD
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Cash
£1.9m
+129.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£675k
-13.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
52
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.5k
+97.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,487,945 | £11,928,958 | £10,191,933 | -14.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£81,959 | £78,882 | £212,659 | +169.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£381,246 | -£153,751 | -£3,507 | +97.7% | |
| Net profit | -£429,903 | -£170,284 | -£89,862 | +47.2% | |
| Cash | £1,002,598 | £823,480 | £1,889,504 | +129.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,231,334 | £3,840,260 | £3,383,894 | -11.9% | |
| Net assets | -£425,988 | -£592,917 | -£675,053 | -13.9% | |
| Equity | -£425,988 | -£592,917 | -£675,053 | -13.9% | |
| Average employees | 47 | 50 | 52 | +4% | |
| Wages | £5,649,205 | £5,538,978 | £5,325,994 | -3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.5% | 0.7% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -1.4% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.9% | 2.1% | 6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 105.6% | 107.9% | 109.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.13x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | -0.26x | 0.32x | 0.88x |
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 Ireland Business Advisory Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the company’s shareholders have pledged to provide the necessary funding to support the company for a period not less than twelve months after the date of approval of Merative UK LTD’s financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-08-05 | — | — |
| MCCARTHY, Gerry | Director | 2022-08-05 | May 1969 | American |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 11 of 11 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-08-05 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.