THE APPOINTMENT GROUP (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-14 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-59% vs 2023
Net assets
£24M
+28.4% vs 2023
Employees
189
+8.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+21.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE APPOINTMENT GROUP (UK) LIMITED 2014-12-10 → present
- TRAVEL BY APPOINTMENT LIMITED 1983-08-23 → 2014-12-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,237,000 | £21,327,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,161,000 | £5,039,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,161,000 | £5,039,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,946,000 | £4,682,000 | |
| Cash | £4,708,000 | £1,931,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,911,000 | £24,334,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,899,000 | £24,273,000 | |
| Equity | £18,899,000 | £24,273,000 | |
| Average employees | 174 | 189 | |
| Wages | £7,959,000 | £8,575,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.6% | 23.6% | |
| Net margin | 19.5% | 22.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.0% | 20.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.99x | 2.82x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments, the directors conclude that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE APPOINTMENT GROUP (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Music By Appointment Limited 100%
- Travel By Appointment Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCLAUGHLIN, John | Director | 2025-07-14 | Apr 1978 | British |
| STRATFORD, Frederick Anthony | Director | 2026-04-30 | Mar 1963 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAIWO, Adekunle Adewale | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2015-11-30 |
| VERONIQUE, Maurice Anthony | Secretary | — | 2005-07-01 |
| BARRASS, Steve | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2022-03-29 |
| GIANQUITTO, John | Director | — | 2024-04-22 |
| GRIFFITHS, Lynne Letitia | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2003-11-07 |
| HAMPSHAW, Andrew Robert William | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2017-07-19 |
| HAMPSHAW, Andrew | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2009-07-06 |
| HEINRICH, Judith | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| HUGHES, Simon Adam Richard | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2025-07-14 |
| PENNY, Jens Leslie | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2026-01-30 |
| STONE, Nicholas Philip | Director | 2018-05-21 | 2019-03-29 |
| TAIWO, Adekunle Adewale | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2015-11-30 |
| VERONIQUE, Maurice Anthony | Director | — | 2018-09-06 |
| WALSH, Natalie | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| WYATT, Ian Martin | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Appointment Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-24 | Active |
| Mr Maurice Anthony Veronique | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-30 | Ceased 2018-09-06 |
| Mr John Gianquitto | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-30 | Ceased 2016-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.4%
£20,237,000 £21,327,000
-
Cash
-59%
£4,708,000 £1,931,000
-
Net assets
+28.4%
£18,899,000 £24,273,000
-
Employees
+8.6%
174 189
-
Operating profit
+21.1%
£4,161,000 £5,039,000
-
Profit before tax
+21.1%
£4,161,000 £5,039,000
-
Wages
+7.7%
£7,959,000 £8,575,000
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