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Next accounts due

2027-09-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-14 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

+127.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£23M

+6.9% vs 2024

Employees

197

+2.6% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£3M

+29.1% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. MICROPRESS PRINTERS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
  2. BESTGEM LIMITED 1979-11-09 → 1980-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31
Turnover £29,876,355£31,459,266
Operating profit £2,409,721£3,235,777
Profit before tax £2,671,305£3,448,956
Net profit £2,069,538£2,596,777
Cash £2,154,911£4,909,185
Total assets less current liabilities £23,270,564£25,113,665
Net assets £21,087,342£22,543,204
Equity £21,087,342£22,543,204
Average employees 192197
Wages £6,955,647£7,592,190

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 2024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 8.1%10.3%
Net margin 6.9%8.3%
Return on capital employed 10.4%12.9%
Current ratio 3.96x3.76x

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
Larking Gowen LLP
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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. MICROPRESS PRINTERS LIMITED · parent
    1. MM Media Ltd 1% · UK

Significant events

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

People

7 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
POTTER, Jacqueline Anne Secretary 2020-04-01
COBY, Paul William Director 2015-01-01 Oct 1979 British
CROSS, James Neville Director 2015-01-01 Jun 1979 British
CROSS, Michael Jimmy Director Apr 1949 British
CROSS, Robert Director 2015-01-01 Apr 1983 British
CROSS, Shirley Ann Director 2017-05-25 Apr 1958 British
POTTER, Jacqueline Anne Director 2020-04-01 Oct 1976 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COOK, Raymond George Secretary 1999-07-07
CROSS, Shirley Ann Secretary 2018-07-26 2020-04-01
CROSS, Shirley Ann Secretary 1999-08-10 2017-04-11
WILSON, Steven Mark Secretary 2017-04-11 2018-07-26
COOK, Raymond George Director 1999-06-29
MANNING, John David Director 1995-06-01 2010-02-28
ROSE, Raymond Director 1999-06-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Michael Jimmy Cross Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 135 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-03-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-04-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-03-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-03-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-03-11 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-05-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-05-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-03-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-06-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-03-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-05-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-04-08 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2021-04-08 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-03-10 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2021-03-10 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares

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
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

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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