MASS CONSULTANTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-28 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-57.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
-26.4% vs 2024
Employees
308
+8.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
+2.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,949,000 | £44,906,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,145,000 | £8,107,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,095,000 | £8,261,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,046,000 | £6,349,000 | |
| Cash | £20,229,000 | £8,630,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,397,000 | £19,390,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,297,000 | £18,609,000 | |
| Equity | £25,297,000 | £18,609,000 | |
| Average employees | 285 | 308 | |
| Wages | £14,566,000 | £16,623,000 |
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 | 19.9% | 18.1% | |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 14.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.9% | 41.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.99x | 2.47x | |
| Interest cover | 162.90x | 197.73x |
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
“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 £15,163k (2024: £22,191k) and cash at bank and in hand of £8,630k as at 30 April 2025 (2024: £20,229k), following an extraordinary dividend of £10,000k in the year. Total dividends paid were £13,450k (2024: £9,000k).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYBURY, Helen | Secretary | 2021-11-22 | — | — |
| NORTON, Keith Nicholas | Director | 2025-01-01 | Sep 1958 | British |
| THOMIS, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2006-08-07 | Aug 1964 | British |
| WALTHER, Simon Robert | Director | 2006-08-01 | Jul 1967 | — |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Hilde Anne | Secretary | 1993-10-15 | 2006-08-01 |
| BILKHU, Sarita | Secretary | 2017-05-01 | 2021-11-19 |
| CRESSWELL, John Arnold | Secretary | — | 1993-10-15 |
| DAVIES, Emily Elizabeth Jane | Secretary | 2006-08-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| MURRAY, Daniel James | Secretary | 2015-10-13 | 2016-11-04 |
| WALTHER, Simon Robert | Secretary | 2016-11-04 | 2017-05-01 |
| WALTHER, Simon Robert | Secretary | 2015-06-30 | 2015-10-13 |
| AYRES, Raymond Maurice | Director | 1993-10-15 | 2006-08-01 |
| BARTLETT, Hilde Anne | Director | 1993-10-15 | 2006-08-01 |
| BOOKER, John Albert | Director | — | 1994-11-21 |
| CARTER, Albert Edward Stanley | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2009-05-25 |
| CRESSWELL, John Arnold | Director | — | 1993-10-15 |
| DE'ATH, Lawrence David | Director | 2009-11-04 | 2014-02-22 |
| DE'ATH, Lawrence David | Director | 2009-11-04 | 2010-03-13 |
| HASWELL, John Richard | Director | — | 1996-11-30 |
| JOYNSON, David William, Dr | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1993-12-31 |
| LANE, Ashley Douglas | Director | 2004-04-15 | 2017-06-30 |
| LIPINSKI, Andrew Dominic James | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| LOWES, Malcolm | Director | — | 2017-04-30 |
| STANLEY, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2024-12-12 |
| TAYLOR, Dennis Philip | Director | — | 1992-11-01 |
| WHYSALL, Roger James | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2004-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+9.7%
£40,949,000 £44,906,000
-
Cash
-57.3%
£20,229,000 £8,630,000
-
Net assets
-26.4%
£25,297,000 £18,609,000
-
Employees
+8.1%
285 308
-
Operating profit
-0.5%
£8,145,000 £8,107,000
-
Profit before tax
+2.1%
£8,095,000 £8,261,000
-
Wages
+14.1%
£14,566,000 £16,623,000
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