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Next accounts due

2027-09-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-14 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-28% vs 2024

Net assets

£6M

+8% vs 2024

Employees

186

+1.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1M

-41.8% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. BRANDED LIMITED 2023-04-03 → present
  2. MAGNET HARLEQUIN LIMITED 2001-07-02 → 2023-04-03
  3. MAGNET LITHO LIMITED 1983-03-22 → 2001-07-02

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31
Turnover £17,372,000£18,469,000
Operating profit £1,263,000£1,100,000
Profit before tax £1,925,000£1,121,000
Net profit £1,565,000£837,000
Cash £1,952,000£1,405,000
Total assets less current liabilities £5,912,000£6,400,000
Net assets £5,902,000£6,375,000
Equity £5,902,000£6,375,000
Average employees 184186
Wages £7,322,000£7,898,000

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 2024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 7.3%6.0%
Net margin 9.0%4.5%
Return on capital employed 21.4%17.2%
Current ratio 2.18x2.07x
Interest cover 100.00x

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
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, reflecting the directors' view that the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of the signing of these financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. BRANDED LIMITED · parent
    1. Branded Asia Limited 1% · Hong Kong · Creative services and digital pre-press
    2. Technik Limited 1% · United Kingdom · Dormant

Significant events

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

People

10 active · 18 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GILMORE, Matthew John Secretary 2015-06-24
ESSEX, George Richard Thomas Director 2025-04-01 Feb 1996 British
ESSEX, Robert Thomas Tickler Director 2007-03-30 Oct 1960 British
HARRIS, Graeme Richard Director 2017-01-01 Jun 1966 British
KNIGHT, Anthony Edward Director 2012-01-03 Apr 1971 British
RICHARDS, Jamie Trevor Director 2014-01-02 May 1976 British
SHIRLEY, Fay Director 2023-04-01 Mar 1988 British
SIMPSON, Lisa Jane Director 2025-04-01 Apr 1977 British,American
WATTS, Edward John Director 2022-01-01 Feb 1982 British
WILLIAMSON, Andrew William Director 2015-03-31 Mar 1963 British
Show 18 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ALEXANDER, Stuart Secretary 2007-03-30 2007-10-23
BOOKER, Gary Anthony Secretary 2007-10-23 2015-06-24
MARKS, Raymond Secretary 2007-03-30
ALEXANDER, Stuart Director 2007-03-30 2008-06-30
ALLEN, Jason Steven Director 2010-01-04 2023-03-31
BEADLE, Richard Mark Director 2002-01-01 2012-08-31
BELL, Patrick Charles Director 2006-06-20 2009-07-31
BETT, Gerald Arthur Edmund Director 2002-10-14
BOOKER, Gary Anthony Director 2007-10-23 2015-06-24
CAIN, Kevin Daniel Director 2023-04-01 2024-06-28
COLEMAN, John Michael Director 2009-03-31
DAWSON, Colin Peter Director 1992-11-02 2007-03-30
HILTON, David Director 1999-02-01 2002-08-23
KNIGHT, David Gordon Director 2007-03-30 2015-03-16
MARKS, Raymond Director 2007-03-30
TRAVIS, Andrew John Director 2007-03-30 2015-03-16
WARD, Thomas Mathew James Director 2014-06-24 2015-05-12
WRIGHT, Alan John Director 2023-03-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Writtle Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 168 total filings

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

  • 2023-09-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2023-09-18 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2023-04-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-01-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary
2023-10-10 PARENT_ACC accounts Legacy
2023-10-10 GUARANTEE2 other Legacy
2023-10-10 AGREEMENT2 other Legacy
2023-09-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-09-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-09-18 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-09-18 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2023-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-03 CERTNM change-of-name Certificate change of name company 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 2025-12-31 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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