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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-04-30

Overdue

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

£63K

+215% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

+13.4% vs 2023

Employees

71

-4.1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£424K

-23% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 10 times since incorporation

  1. LIONBRIDGE (UK) LIMITED 2005-09-20 → present
  2. BOWNE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2001-12-19 → 2005-09-20
  3. MENDEZ LIMITED 2001-01-11 → 2001-12-19
  4. LERNOUT & HAUSPIE LIMITED 1999-04-16 → 2001-01-11
  5. HEITMANN S.A.C. LTD 1997-07-02 → 1999-04-16
  6. SAC TECHNOGRAPHIC LIMITED 1993-07-01 → 1997-07-02
  7. RICARDO TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1992-01-20 → 1993-07-01
  8. SAC TECHNOGRAPHIC LIMITED 1987-09-30 → 1992-01-20
  9. S.A.C. CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1987-09-30
  10. SMEDLEY & CROWSON ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1981-12-31
  11. YORKMILES LIMITED 1977-01-21 → 1977-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £4,146,000£3,648,000
Operating profit £551,000£424,000
Profit before tax £551,000£424,000
Net profit £429,000£325,000
Cash £20,000£63,000
Total assets less current liabilities £2,422,000£2,747,000
Net assets £2,422,000£2,747,000
Equity £2,422,000£2,747,000
Average employees 7471
Wages £4,218,000£3,852,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 13.3%11.6%
Net margin 10.3%8.9%
Return on capital employed 22.7%15.4%
Current ratio 1.27x2.33x

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
BDO
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Material uncertainty disclosed

“The Group is currently engaged with a number of lenders to raise additional capital through equity or debt offerings or to restructure its existing debt. However, the Board recognises that the timing of the maturity of its debt, represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt as to its ability to continue as a going concern. Nevertheless, based on the funding plans described above, the directors have a reasonable expectation, there is adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements and the financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result if the Company was unable to continue as a going concern.”

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

People

4 active · 45 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
TOBIN, Richard Patrick Secretary 2023-08-15
DE VILLIERS, Camilla Director 2021-09-09 Oct 1972 British
KENNEDY, Phillip Robert Director 2022-09-16 Feb 1981 British
TOBIN, Richard Patrick Director 2023-08-15 Aug 1971 American
Show 45 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COHEN, Clemente Claudio Secretary 2019-03-29 2023-08-15
DAWES, Peter Graham Secretary 1996-02-01 1997-05-07
JENKINS, Sarah Elizabeth Secretary 1992-12-18
LAW, Graham Secretary 2016-03-18 2019-03-29
MIDDLEMISS, Ian Secretary 1997-12-20 2012-02-28
SHEARS, Stewart David Secretary 1993-06-21 1996-02-01
VOISEY, Christopher Secretary 2012-04-18 2016-03-18
WILD, Alan Richard Secretary 1997-05-07 1997-12-20
WILKINSON, Terry Secretary 1992-12-18 1993-06-21
ANDERSON, Michael Director 1992-10-05
BOTHY, Jean Marc Director 2001-01-05 2002-03-15
CAMERON, George Winston Director 1993-06-21 1995-03-01
CHILDS, Graham Jon Director 2016-03-18 2019-10-25
COHEN, Clemente Claudio Director 2017-10-24 2023-08-15
COWAN, Rory John Director 2005-09-01 2017-10-24
DOHERTY, Paul Director 2003-04-01 2011-05-03
EPSTEIN, Melvin Director 2002-03-15 2002-09-17
FAGAN JR, James Director 2003-03-12 2005-09-01
FENNELLY, John Sullivan Director 2019-03-29 2026-05-04
GIRLING, Christopher Francis Gregory Director 1995-03-01 1997-05-07
GLAESER, Carl Director 2002-03-15 2003-03-12
GREENSHIELDS, Alan George Director 1997-11-17 2001-02-12
HEAMAN, Jennifer Anne Director 1992-10-05 1993-06-21
HEITMANN, Gerhard Director 1997-05-07 1997-11-17
HEITMANN, Ulrich Director 1997-11-17 1998-08-19
JOHNSON, Robert Director 2002-03-15 2004-05-14
JOHNSTON, Alexander Norman Director 1992-10-05
JOHNSTON, William James Ian, Dr Director 1995-03-01 1996-07-19
KELLY, Brian Director 2003-04-01 2006-09-28
LAMMAR, Christophe Guy Director 1999-02-23 2001-01-05
LAW, Graham Director 2016-03-18 2019-03-29
MENDEZ, Florita Director 2001-04-11 2002-03-15
MIDDLEMISS, Ian Director 1993-06-21 2012-02-28
NAVASCUES, Pablo Director 2022-01-03 2022-09-16
O'CONNELL, Rochelle Director 2019-12-02 2022-01-03
PIERSON, Roy James Director 1993-06-21 1998-06-25
SCHENK VON STAUFFENBERG, Phillipe, Graf Director 1997-05-07 1997-11-17
SPITZER, Scott Lloyd Director 2004-05-14 2005-09-01
STEVENS, David Mark Director 1998-11-01 2001-01-05
VOISEY, Christopher Director 2012-04-18 2016-03-18
WALTERS, Timothy Mark Director 2002-03-15 2003-05-31
WEDGWOOD, Christopher John Director 1998-11-01 2018-12-21
WILKINSON, Terry Director 1992-10-05 1993-06-21
WOOLLIAMS, Robert Gareth Director 1998-11-01 1999-07-23
YOUNG, Bernard John Director 1993-06-21 1995-03-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

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

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 246 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-08-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-17 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-08-17 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-03-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-03-28 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2023-03-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-10-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-07 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2022-09-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2022-09-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-04-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-02 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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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