SIGHT AND SOUND TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+488.8% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£9M
+34.1% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
63
+21.2% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£10M
+634.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SIGHT AND SOUND TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2004-10-18 → present
- JOHN BRADBURN (COMPUTER SYSTEMS) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 2004-10-18
- HITCHGLADE LIMITED 1979-01-10 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-11-01 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2021-11-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2022-11-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £11,977,923 | — | £24,104,745 | £33,979,538 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £389,598 | — | £1,407,002 | £7,365,931 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £379,480 | — | £1,413,261 | £10,378,564 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £309,418 | — | £1,099,031 | £8,591,011 | |
| Cash | — | £1,111,118 | £968,108 | £968,108 | £587,216 | — | £952,795 | £5,610,264 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,454,713 | £5,960,813 | — | £6,159,462 | — | £7,134,170 | £9,427,357 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,909,222 | £5,512,531 | — | £5,821,949 | — | £6,920,980 | £9,281,991 | |
| Equity | — | £4,909,222 | £5,512,531 | — | £5,821,949 | — | £6,920,980 | £9,281,991 | |
| Average employees | — | 37 | 40 | — | 44 | — | 52 | 63 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,214,651 | — | £2,190,370 | £2,048,281 |
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 | 2019-11-01 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2021-11-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2022-11-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 3.3% | — | 5.8% | 21.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 2.6% | — | 4.6% | 25.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 6.3% | — | 19.7% | 78.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.65x | 3.30x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 35.55x | — | 121.40x | 4592.23x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “On 6 April 2025 the company voted a dividend of £5,000,000 in respect of the year ended 31 March 2025, payable on 7 April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENNING, Roland John | Director | 2018-09-20 | Sep 1946 | British |
| TOOKEY, Glenn Vincent | Director | 2008-08-29 | Dec 1957 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSHALL, Suzanne Elizabeth | Secretary | 2004-08-31 | 2008-08-29 |
| ROBERTSON, Mervyn Douglas | Secretary | — | 2004-08-31 |
| BRADBURN, John Andrew George | Director | — | 2004-08-31 |
| GILLETT, Richard Mark | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2008-08-29 |
| MARSHALL, Suzanne Elizabeth | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2008-08-29 |
| ROBERTSON, Mervyn Douglas | Director | — | 2019-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seckloe 402 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2025-07-04 | Active |
| Mr Glenn Vincent Tookey | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-08-30 | Ceased 2025-07-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-11-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-11-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+41%
£24,104,745 £33,979,538
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+488.8%
£952,795 £5,610,264
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+34.1%
£6,920,980 £9,281,991
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+21.2%
52 63
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+423.5%
£1,407,002 £7,365,931
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+634.4%
£1,413,261 £10,378,564
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-6.5%
£2,190,370 £2,048,281
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