AUGUSTUS MARTIN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-11 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-28
Watchouts
Cash
£403K
+543.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+25.1% vs 2024
Employees
189
-1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£793K
-45.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £31,264,055 | £33,914,014 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£146,632 | £1,113,208 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,449,689 | £793,013 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,670,043 | £735,531 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £62,613 | £403,125 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £3,091,769 | £4,265,541 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £2,933,077 | £3,668,608 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | — | £2,933,077 | £3,668,608 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 191 | 189 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £7,875,926 | £7,865,318 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 5.3% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -4.7% | 26.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.90x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -0.40x | 3.46x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Goodman Jones LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, at the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During 2025 and into 2026, as part of a wider strategic business review, the company has reaffirmed its commitment to process automation, improved production process flows and site optimisation in order to enhance operational efficiency.”
- “During the year the business invested in additional digital print technology and automation, enhancing production capability, efficiency and sustainability.”
- “We have continued our investments into FUZE, Augustus Martin's leading MRM solution with and exciting roadmap of launches scheduled for 2026.”
- “In 2025 we started to see an increase in material prices coming through in many categories. Even though there are signs that the volatility has eased the situation is variable.”
- “The business continues to operate in a period of global economic and geopolitical uncertainty, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and instability in the Middle East.”
- “Billboard Posters Limited a wholly owned subsidiary was dissolved on 16 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARROW, David Lascelle | Director | 2025-02-11 | Mar 1974 | British |
| BARROW, Myrtle Melvina | Director | 2013-12-11 | Apr 1959 | British |
| HUNTER, Shaun Neville | Director | 2025-05-28 | Jun 1968 | British |
| JOHN, Michael Alan | Director | 2025-02-11 | May 1962 | British |
| WELCH, Ashley Nicholas | Director | 2025-05-28 | Feb 1985 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIX, Barrie Martin | Secretary | — | 2024-10-30 |
| BARROW, Lascelle Augustus | Director | — | 2025-05-28 |
| BARROW, Melody Sharon | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| DIX, Adele | Director | — | 2024-10-30 |
| DIX, Barrie Martin | Director | — | 2024-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Myrtle Melvina Barrow | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2025-05-23 | Active |
| Mr Lascelle Augustus Barrow | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-23 |
| Mr Barrie Martin Dix | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
+8.5%
£31,264,055 £33,914,014
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Cash
+543.8%
£62,613 £403,125
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Net assets
+25.1%
£2,933,077 £3,668,608
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Employees
-1%
191 189
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Operating profit
+859.2%
-£146,632 £1,113,208
-
Profit before tax
-45.3%
£1,449,689 £793,013
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Wages
-0.1%
£7,875,926 £7,865,318
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