THE IMAGINATION GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-13 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£20M
+6.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
-3.8% vs 2023
Employees
392
-7.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£490K
-40.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE IMAGINATION GROUP LIMITED 2002-06-26 → present
- THE IMAGINATION GROUP LTD. 1995-03-06 → 2002-06-26
- IMAGINATION LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1995-03-06
- TOPDATA LIMITED 1978-08-24 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £190,184,000 | £164,534,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,358,000 | -£604,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £827,000 | £490,000 | |
| Net profit | -£4,510,000 | £551,000 | |
| Cash | £19,047,000 | £20,322,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,735,000 | £18,989,000 | |
| Net assets | £19,735,000 | £18,989,000 | |
| Equity | £19,735,000 | £18,989,000 | |
| Average employees | 425 | 392 | |
| Wages | £37,395,000 | £33,091,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.7% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.9% | -3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.0% | 63.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | -4.35x | -0.93x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors do not consider there to be any material uncertainties over the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE IMAGINATION GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Imagination Europe Limited 100%
- Imagination Asia Limited 100%
- Imagination The Americas Inc. 100%
- Imagination (Australia) Pty Ltd 100%
- Imagination Middle East and North Africa Regional Headquarters Company LLC 100%
- Imagination EMEA Limited 100%
- Imagination Global Limited 100%
- Imagination Limited 100%
- Imagination Academy Limited 100%
- Virgile and Partners Limited 100%
- Imagination Campus Limited 100%
- Imagination Gallery Limited 100%
- Imagination Makers Limited 100%
- Imagination Ventures Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY, Henry Peter | Secretary | 2024-08-29 | — | — |
| CHAPPELL, Mark Stephen | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jun 1972 | British |
| GRAY, Thomas Robert | Director | 2021-11-02 | Jun 1976 | British |
| KENNEDY, Henry Peter | Director | 2019-08-20 | Feb 1982 | British |
| REID, Patrick Scott Parkinson | Director | 2011-07-26 | Mar 1976 | British |
| WITHERS, Gary John | Director | — | Nov 1948 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Robert Frederick | Secretary | 2000-02-14 | 2024-08-29 |
| POWELL, Joyce | Secretary | — | 2000-02-14 |
| ADAMS, Richard Michael | Director | — | 2021-06-21 |
| BAKER, Julian Rupert | Director | 2021-11-02 | 2024-08-31 |
| BANKS, Ernest John | Director | 2006-09-19 | 2009-08-31 |
| BARRETT, Mark Terence | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2015-05-13 |
| BRANIFF, Eduardo Antonio | Director | 2011-05-19 | 2014-03-31 |
| BRANIFF, Eduardo Antonio | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2011-03-16 |
| BROADLEY, Douglas John | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2017-04-27 |
| BRUXNER-RANDALL, Simon Richard | Director | 2002-02-21 | 2024-08-31 |
| GIRLING, David Charles | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2017-01-26 |
| GRAY, Philomena Theresa | Director | 2021-11-02 | 2024-08-31 |
| HEATH, Leonard Edwin William | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| HERRON, Ronald James | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| HIDER, Kenneth Mark | Director | 2002-02-21 | 2005-12-20 |
| HOWARD, Michael Colin | Director | — | 1992-06-30 |
| KING, Robert Frederick | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2021-06-21 |
| MACKAY, Paul Christopher | Director | 1994-01-17 | 2021-06-21 |
| MURPHY, Matthew | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2021-08-31 |
| POWELL, Joyce | Director | — | 2000-08-31 |
| SHEPHERD, Brian George | Director | — | 1995-07-25 |
| WATERS, Mark Steven | Director | — | 1999-02-28 |
| ZUCKER, Richard | Director | — | 1995-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrick Scott Parkinson Reid | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-10-09 | Active |
| South Crescent Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2019-03-11 | Active |
| Mr Gary John Withers | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 272 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-17 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-10-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-10-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-08-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 4
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-13.5%
£190,184,000 £164,534,000
-
Cash
+6.7%
£19,047,000 £20,322,000
-
Net assets
-3.8%
£19,735,000 £18,989,000
-
Employees
-7.8%
425 392
-
Operating profit
+55.5%
-£1,358,000 -£604,000
-
Profit before tax
-40.7%
£827,000 £490,000
-
Wages
-11.5%
£37,395,000 £33,091,000
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