MACRO 4 LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+9.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£75M
+7.6% vs 2023
Employees
153
-6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£31M
-35.6% 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 | £71,090,000 | £50,070,000 | |
| Operating profit | £49,696,000 | £30,759,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £47,885,000 | £30,849,000 | |
| Net profit | £35,923,000 | £23,100,000 | |
| Cash | £7,361,000 | £8,054,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,638,000 | £78,458,000 | |
| Net assets | £69,910,000 | £75,255,000 | |
| Equity | £69,910,000 | £75,255,000 | |
| Average employees | 164 | 153 | |
| Wages | £10,931,000 | £10,262,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 69.9% | 61.4% | |
| Net margin | 50.5% | 46.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 67.5% | 39.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.46x | 6.02x | |
| Interest cover | 104.62x | 125.55x |
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
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- MACRO 4 LIMITED · parent
- Macro 4 Open Systems Limited 100%
- Viewpoint Systems Limited 100%
- Image Systems Integrator Limited 100%
- iET Solutions, LLC 100%
- iET Solutions GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “Dividends were declared and paid during the year of £17,480,000 (2023: £17,998,000).”
- “The loss on disposal of subsidiary undertakings of £2,064,000 during the year ended 31 December 2023 related to the transfer of Macro 4 Inc on 30 December 2023 to another entity within the wider group.”
- “On 13 February 2024 the company disposed of its investments in Macro 4 Open Systems Limited, Viewpoint Systems Limited and Image Systems Integrator Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONG, Corry Sungsoo | Secretary | 2009-02-10 | — | American |
| HONG, Christine Huikyong | Director | 2009-02-20 | Aug 1965 | American |
| HONG, Corry Sungsoo | Director | 2009-02-10 | Apr 1956 | American |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, John Laurence | Secretary | 2003-04-17 | 2003-05-14 |
| GORDON, Graeme | Secretary | 2003-05-14 | 2007-11-15 |
| MCCARTHY, Julie Ann | Secretary | 2000-07-21 | 2003-04-17 |
| SMITH, Michael Richard | Secretary | — | 2000-07-21 |
| SMYTH, David Alastair | Secretary | 2007-12-01 | 2009-02-10 |
| BERNS, Laurent Hugues Gilbert | Director | 2006-12-19 | 2008-12-04 |
| BRAND, Michael Franz Maria | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2006-07-21 |
| BURNS, Richard | Director | 2007-07-05 | 2008-05-19 |
| COUSSENS, Philip Arthur | Director | 1998-07-01 | 1999-08-27 |
| COWIE, David Sutherland | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2009-02-04 |
| FEENEY, James Melvin | Director | — | 1991-12-04 |
| FOSTER, John Laurence | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2003-05-12 |
| GALLAGHER, Patrick Terence | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2009-02-04 |
| GORDON, Graeme | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2007-11-15 |
| HALLE, John Charles | Director | 2008-07-18 | 2009-02-04 |
| KELLY, Terence Peter | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| LEVEY JNR, John Carroll | Director | 1999-11-22 | 2002-07-20 |
| MADDISON, Michael John | Director | 1998-10-07 | 2005-03-01 |
| MEADER, Peter John | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2006-06-22 |
| MORRIS, Albert | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2008-01-09 |
| MURRAY, Gerard Thomas | Director | 2008-05-28 | 2009-02-04 |
| PINCUS, Alexander | Director | — | 1998-11-09 |
| PIPER, Keith Edward | Director | — | 2000-08-16 |
| SLOAN, Alan Matthew | Director | 1998-10-12 | 2009-03-23 |
| SMITH, Michael Richard | Director | — | 2000-07-21 |
| SMYTH, David Alastair | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2009-03-23 |
| STAPLES, Anthony James | Director | — | 1998-12-18 |
| TURNDAL, Lars | Director | 1997-07-02 | 1999-12-28 |
| WARHAFTIG, Charles Herrick | Director | — | 1995-11-06 |
| WILSON, Ronnie | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2009-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Corry Sungsoo Hong | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Christine Huikyong Hong | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 457 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-29.6%
£71,090,000 £50,070,000
-
Cash
+9.4%
£7,361,000 £8,054,000
-
Net assets
+7.6%
£69,910,000 £75,255,000
-
Employees
-6.7%
164 153
-
Operating profit
-38.1%
£49,696,000 £30,759,000
-
Profit before tax
-35.6%
£47,885,000 £30,849,000
-
Wages
-6.1%
£10,931,000 £10,262,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers