GLOBAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+156.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+7.8% vs 2023
Employees
84
+12% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+12.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- GLOBAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS LIMITED 2005-01-24 → present
- GDS INSTRUMENTS LIMITED 1985-07-18 → 2005-01-24
- GEOTECHNICAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1985-07-18
- LARACAST LIMITED 1979-11-05 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,872,701 | £15,880,625 | |
| Operating profit | £3,090,807 | £3,477,459 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,060,363 | £3,438,932 | |
| Net profit | £2,364,083 | £2,617,602 | |
| Cash | £679,053 | £1,738,877 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,743,855 | £5,036,628 | |
| Net assets | £4,186,787 | £4,513,507 | |
| Equity | £4,186,787 | £4,513,507 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 84 | |
| Wages | £3,330,726 | £3,679,176 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.3% | 21.9% | |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 16.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 65.2% | 69.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 2.20x | |
| Interest cover | 101.52x | 84.74x |
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 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework'
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In making this assessment the directors have considered the period until the end of March 2026 and therefore they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GLOBAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
- GDS Instruments Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REECE, Glynn Carl | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | — | — |
| AYLING, Ian | Director | 2025-07-21 | Feb 1970 | British |
| DODD, Clayton Hunter George | Director | 2014-01-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| LAVELLE, Mark Stephen | Director | 2017-11-15 | Sep 1958 | British |
| ORMSBY, Bradley Leonard | Director | 2015-03-04 | Feb 1976 | British |
| PRESTIDGE, Tim, Dr | Director | 2024-02-01 | May 1971 | British |
| SNELLING, Karl | Director | 2012-03-06 | Jul 1972 | British |
| TAYLOR, Benjamin James, Dr | Director | 2025-08-18 | Apr 1976 | British |
| WARD, Danela | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jul 1967 | German |
| WHEELER, Liam David | Director | 2024-06-24 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN, Ralph Leslie | Secretary | 2012-03-06 | 2015-04-30 |
| MENZIES, Bruce Keith, Dr | Secretary | — | 2012-03-06 |
| TALBOT, Christopher | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | 2018-10-01 |
| BARNBROOK, David | Director | 2012-03-06 | 2017-12-31 |
| CICUREL, David Elie | Director | 2012-03-06 | 2026-02-08 |
| COHEN, Ralph Leslie | Director | 2012-03-06 | 2015-04-30 |
| HOOKER, Patrick | Director | — | 2012-03-06 |
| MENZIES, Bruce Keith, Dr | Director | — | 2012-03-06 |
| SUTTON, Jeremy Andrew | Director | 2012-03-06 | 2022-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judges Scientific Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-05 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+14.5%
£13,872,701 £15,880,625
-
Cash
+156.1%
£679,053 £1,738,877
-
Net assets
+7.8%
£4,186,787 £4,513,507
-
Employees
+12%
75 84
-
Operating profit
+12.5%
£3,090,807 £3,477,459
-
Profit before tax
+12.4%
£3,060,363 £3,438,932
-
Wages
+10.5%
£3,330,726 £3,679,176
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