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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-03 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-19

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£13M

+16.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£10M

-3.1% vs 2024

Employees

51

+6.3% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£8M

+122.5% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric Trend 2024-04-302025-04-30
Turnover £29,980,000£47,773,000
Operating profit £3,593,000£7,247,000
Profit before tax £3,561,000£7,924,000
Net profit £2,551,000£6,167,000
Cash £11,426,000£13,318,000
Total assets less current liabilities £11,010,000£10,552,000
Net assets £10,138,000£9,820,000
Equity £10,138,000£9,820,000
Average employees 4851
Wages £3,252,000£3,860,000

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 2024-04-302025-04-30
Operating margin 12.0%15.2%
Net margin 8.5%12.9%
Return on capital employed 32.6%68.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 37.2%53.1%
Current ratio 2.82x1.51x
Interest cover 112.28x241.57x

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
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
RSM UK Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In accordance with their responsibilities as directors, the directors have assessed the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company had net current assets of £5,295k (2024: £9,370k) and cash at bank and in hand of £13,318k as at 30 April 2025 (2024: £11,426k). The Company's directors have prepared forecasts and projections which go beyond 12 months of the approval date of these accounts. The Company's forecasts and projections consider the reasonably possible changes in trading performance. All outcomes modelled in the forecast show that the Company should be able to operate within the level of its current facilities.”

Group structure

  1. MARLBOROUGH COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
    1. Interactive Technical Solutions Limited 100% · UK · Technical publications

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 14 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MAYBURY, Helen Secretary 2021-11-22
KING, Claire Director 2024-05-20 Mar 1979 British
THOMIS, Andrew Stephen Director 2014-07-08 Aug 1964 British
WALTHER, Simon Robert Director 2014-07-08 Jul 1967
Show 14 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BILKHU, Sarita Secretary 2017-05-01 2021-11-22
ELCOCK, David Lawrence Secretary 2004-10-01
LYDIATE, Stephen James Secretary 2004-10-01 2017-05-01
ALLERY, Darren Charlton Director 2008-05-01 2019-02-04
ELCOCK, David Lawrence Director 2011-09-29
HOLDER, Simon Richard Director 2009-08-03 2017-05-01
JACKSON, Mervyn Neil Director 1996-06-18 1999-05-07
KNIGHT, Shane Alexander Director 2018-08-22 2024-05-03
KNIGHT, Shane Alexander Director 2008-05-01 2017-05-01
LYDIATE, Stephen James Director 2009-04-01 2017-05-01
PATRICK, Adrian Ronald Director 2011-09-29
PICKETT, Carole Lilian Director 1996-10-01
PICKETT, Roger Director 1997-09-30
REEVES, Kevin Richard Director 1996-12-23 2017-05-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Cohort Plc Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2016-04-06
Marlborough Communications (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 163 total filings

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

  • 2022-07-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2022-07-13 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-09-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-05-21 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-05-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-08-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-21 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-07-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-07-13 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-07-13 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-06-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-23 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type full
2022-02-03 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2021-12-15 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2021-12-15 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30

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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