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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-23 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-09

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£179K

-17.5% vs 2024

Net assets

-£2M

-6.5% vs 2024

Employees

66

+10% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£65K

-142.9% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. DODS GROUP LIMITED 2021-04-22 → present
  2. DODS PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2004-12-02 → 2021-04-22
  3. PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 2004-12-02
  4. T. S. PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1976-06-10 → 1976-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £7,027,889£6,717,517
Operating profit £152,156-£65,190
Profit before tax £151,930-£65,190
Net profit £61,400-£115,622
Cash £217,177£179,251
Total assets less current liabilities -£1,770,271-£1,885,893
Net assets -£1,770,271-£1,885,893
Equity -£1,770,271-£1,885,893
Average employees 6066
Wages £2,710,885£2,929,549

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 2.2%-1.0%
Net margin 0.9%-1.7%
Return on capital employed -8.6%3.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 155.8%155.7%
Current ratio 0.35x0.35x
Interest cover 673.26x

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
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The director has received confirmation that the ultimate parent company will continue to support the Company and provide it with adequate funds when necessary to enable it to meet its debts as they fall due over the next 12 months. At the date of approving these financial statements, the director therefore has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

  1. DODS GROUP LIMITED · parent
    1. European Parliamentary Communications Services SPRL 100% · Belgium · Dormant

Significant events

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

People

2 active · 41 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2020-02-12
MACHRAY, Philip James Director 2021-11-30 Nov 1970 British
Show 41 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ARNAOUTI, Michael Secretary 2006-01-01 2007-12-31
DE CESARE, Sue Secretary 2008-01-01 2008-11-25
HARRINGTON, Michael Secretary 1993-11-22
HORNE, David Bowen Secretary 2004-06-02 2005-12-31
JEAVONS, Colin Secretary 2004-05-28 2004-06-02
LEVY, Rupert James Secretary 2008-11-25 2012-04-20
ROBINSON, Delia Secretary 1999-06-15 2004-05-28
SADLER, Keith Secretary 2012-04-20 2015-03-31
SPARSHATT, Alison Gail Secretary 1997-09-25 1999-06-15
STUBBS, Stephen Alan Secretary 1993-11-22 1997-09-25
BRABNERS LLP Corporate Secretary 2016-12-22 2018-07-31
REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2018-07-31 2019-06-06
ANTELL, Robert Edward Director 2002-06-11 2004-02-26
BECK, David Clive Director 2021-11-30 2024-01-31
BECK, Martin Director 2013-11-29 2016-03-31
BULLOCK, Simon Charles Director 2020-03-31 2021-11-30
CLEAVER, Edward Guy Director 2013-11-29 2017-11-29
CONLON, Cornelius Anthony Director 2020-02-12 2025-03-31
DE BLOCQ VAN KUFFELER, John Philip Director 2004-06-02 2008-11-05
DOHERTY, Brian Director 2018-11-08 2020-01-31
HEATHER, Andrew Director 2013-11-29 2015-03-31
HEPBURN, Michael William Director 2007-01-01 2008-12-19
HORNE, David Bowen Director 2004-06-02 2005-12-31
HUGHES, Michael Edward Director 2020-02-12 2020-06-30
IBRAHIM, Munira Director 2020-02-12 2022-12-01
JEAVONS, Colin Director 2001-01-02 2004-06-02
LEVY, Rupert James Director 2008-04-22 2012-04-20
MITCHELL, Alan Patrick Director 2015-09-10 2016-07-14
MURRAY, Gerard Director 2009-05-19 2012-06-28
O'BRIEN, Daniel Philip Director 2006-01-01 2008-03-26
PATEL, Nitil Director 2016-09-05 2020-03-31
PRESSWELL, Simon Paul Thomas Director 2018-11-09 2020-01-22
QUIXLEY, Richard Jan Michael Director 2017-11-29 2019-05-14
ROBINSON, Delia Director 1999-11-05 2004-05-28
SADLER, Keith John Director 2012-04-20 2014-09-25
SAMS, Allan Conan Director 2015-09-10 2016-03-31
SPARSHATT, Alison Gail Director 1997-09-25 1999-05-26
STEWART, Neil Director 2001-07-24 2001-11-20
WILKINSON, Peter Henry Director 2002-04-01 2004-03-01
YOUNG, Keith Director 2004-06-02
ZETTER, Lionel David Director 2007-01-01 2007-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Merit Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 254 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-11-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-27 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-08-27 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-08-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-08-06 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-23 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-08-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-08-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-08-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-19 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-04-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-08-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-01-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

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.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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

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