MARLBOROUGH COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
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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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 48 | 51 | |
| 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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2.82x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 112.28x | 241.57x |
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
- MARLBOROUGH COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
- Interactive Technical Solutions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
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 | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2022-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+59.3%
£29,980,000 £47,773,000
-
Cash
+16.6%
£11,426,000 £13,318,000
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£10,138,000 £9,820,000
-
Employees
+6.3%
48 51
-
Operating profit
+101.7%
£3,593,000 £7,247,000
-
Profit before tax
+122.5%
£3,561,000 £7,924,000
-
Wages
+18.7%
£3,252,000 £3,860,000
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