FREEAGENT CENTRAL LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-03 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+54.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+32.8% vs 2023
Employees
293
+2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+291.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,882,000 | £28,997,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,083,000 | £2,729,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,300,000 | £2,494,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,065,000 | £3,294,000 | |
| Cash | £1,770,000 | £2,738,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,666,000 | £14,485,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,056,000 | £13,350,000 | |
| Equity | £10,056,000 | £13,350,000 | |
| Average employees | 287 | 293 | |
| Wages | £14,748,000 | £15,717,000 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+21.4%
£23,882,000 £28,997,000
-
Cash
+54.7%
£1,770,000 £2,738,000
-
Net assets
+32.8%
£10,056,000 £13,350,000
-
Employees
+2.1%
287 293
-
Operating profit
+352%
-£1,083,000 £2,729,000
-
Profit before tax
+291.8%
-£1,300,000 £2,494,000
-
Wages
+6.6%
£14,748,000 £15,717,000
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 | -4.5% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | -4.5% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.3% | 18.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.1% | 28.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | -4.99x | 11.61x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- FREEAGENT CENTRAL LTD 2011-06-02 → present
- FREE AGENT CENTRAL LIMITED 2007-02-19 → 2011-06-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to meet regulatory capital requirements and continue in operational existence for twelve months from the date the financial statements are approved and therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. This conclusion is based on the director's assessment of the Company's financial position.”
Significant events
- “The next phase of Making Tax Digital to cover self-employed business owners and landlords was originally mandated for April 2024 but will now be mandated for April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATWEST GROUP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-03-25 | — | — |
| HEPWORTH, Nicholas Alexander | Director | 2020-08-25 | Aug 1986 | British |
| HILLIER, Miles William | Director | 2022-03-25 | Apr 1981 | British |
| HOLIAN, James Patrick | Director | 2023-06-02 | Oct 1977 | British |
| LAVERY, Roan James | Director | 2021-07-16 | Dec 1975 | British |
| PRANCE, Michelle Dianne | Director | 2024-09-02 | Jun 1972 | British |
| SCOTT, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2023-03-01 | Aug 1975 | Irish |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADEY, Oliver William Richard | Secretary | 2007-08-13 | 2012-03-02 |
| THOMAS, Chris | Secretary | 2007-02-19 | 2007-08-13 |
| BERNER, Chiara | Director | 2022-03-25 | 2023-03-01 |
| COOREVITS, Frederic | Director | 2011-08-12 | 2016-12-19 |
| ELLIS, Andrew | Director | 2022-03-25 | 2023-03-01 |
| HARRISON, Andrew James | Director | 2022-03-25 | 2023-08-21 |
| HEADEY, Oliver William Richard | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2017-01-18 |
| HOWLETT, Dennis | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2008-03-14 |
| JANZ, Christoph | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| JANZ, Christoph | Director | 2009-09-17 | 2016-12-20 |
| JOHNSTONE, Kenneth Forbes, Mr. | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| LAVERY, Roan James, Dr | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2017-01-12 |
| MITCHELL, Guy James | Director | 2017-07-24 | 2018-04-03 |
| MOLYNEUX, Edward Thomas Uswin | Director | 2007-02-19 | 2021-07-16 |
| ROBINSON, Phillip David | Director | 2010-03-26 | 2013-07-18 |
| TENNER, Katherine Jean | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2021-12-21 |
| CHRISTOPH JANZ | Corporate Director | 2009-09-17 | 2009-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeagent Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-03 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2023-03-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-03 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-03-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.