COGENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-8.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+14.7% vs 2024
Employees
44
+18.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+427.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- COGENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2021-06-07 → present
- COGENT RESOURCES LIMITED 1997-07-03 → 2021-06-07
- R. MEARS & CO. LIMITED 1983-10-11 → 1997-07-03
- NEVRUS (156) LIMITED 1983-09-02 → 1983-10-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,042,589 | £12,028,559 | |
| Operating profit | -£253,672 | £835,120 | |
| Profit before tax | £380,966 | £2,011,182 | |
| Net profit | £143,436 | £1,817,159 | |
| Cash | £4,437,629 | £4,058,291 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,009,295 | £6,877,402 | |
| Net assets | £5,842,443 | £6,700,555 | |
| Equity | £5,842,443 | £6,700,555 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 44 | |
| Wages | £5,322,701 | £6,587,296 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.8% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 15.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.2% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.25x | 3.53x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore they continue to adopt the going concern basis for accounting in the preparation of the annual financial statements”
Group structure
- COGENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Cogent Europe Cell 100%
Significant events
- “The diversification strategy conceived in 2020 and now being implemented is in part a response to these risks. The Company has established an operating structure in Europe to address the regulatory changes following the UK's departure from the European Union.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKECHNIE, Duncan Alexander James | Secretary | 2004-04-28 | — | British |
| AGNEW, Andrew Edelsten | Director | 2019-12-09 | Oct 1958 | British |
| BISHOP, Mark John Alexander | Director | 2000-08-01 | May 1959 | British |
| MCKECHNIE, Duncan Alexander James | Director | 2004-04-28 | May 1958 | British |
| METCALF, Nicholas John | Director | 2019-05-22 | Dec 1956 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARROW, Antony Andrew | Secretary | 2003-06-09 | 2004-04-28 |
| GREENFIELD, Richard Adrian | Secretary | 1997-12-18 | 2003-06-09 |
| JACOBS, Gaskell Edward | Secretary | 1995-03-27 | 1997-12-10 |
| MAYHEW, Mairi Morrison | Secretary | — | 1995-03-27 |
| ALEXANDER, Victor Nathaniel | Director | 1992-01-22 | 1996-02-08 |
| BARROW, Antony Andrew | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| BARROW, Antony Andrew | Director | — | 1997-11-21 |
| BENNETT, Alan Scott | Director | 1993-05-04 | 1995-01-19 |
| BISHOP, Mark John Alexander | Director | — | 1997-11-21 |
| BURNS, John Macgregor | Director | 1998-07-15 | 2019-02-20 |
| DOHERTY, Darren Peter | Director | 1995-01-19 | 1998-06-10 |
| DONCASTER, Rosemary Jane | Director | 1993-05-04 | 1995-01-19 |
| FENTON, David Frederick | Director | 2005-02-10 | 2019-10-24 |
| GALLIFANT, Peter Norman | Director | — | 1992-02-19 |
| GREENFIELD, Richard Adrian | Director | 1997-12-18 | 2003-06-09 |
| HEFFORD, Joan Moira | Director | — | 1996-07-08 |
| JENNER, Michael Eugene | Director | 1998-01-15 | 2009-03-17 |
| LYALL, Kathryn Rose Hunter | Director | 1993-05-04 | 1994-12-30 |
| MAYHEW, Mairi Morrison | Director | 1991-05-02 | 1996-12-31 |
| MAYHEW, Mairi Morrison | Director | — | 1995-01-19 |
| MEARS, Richard | Director | — | 1997-03-14 |
| NAYLOR, Daniel James | Director | — | 1998-06-10 |
| OSULLIVAN, Charles Christopher | Director | 1991-11-19 | 1995-04-25 |
| PAGE, Alec Roylance | Director | — | 1997-09-30 |
| QUIGLEY, John Cameron | Director | 1991-11-19 | 1998-08-26 |
| TJOA, Ronald Siok Sing | Director | 1993-11-02 | 1997-11-21 |
| TRILLO, David John | Director | 1998-03-12 | 1998-09-10 |
| WEBSTER, Adrian Eugene | Director | 1997-01-27 | 2000-11-14 |
| WILSON, Thomas David | Director | 1991-11-19 | 1998-12-23 |
| WOOD, Stephen Frederick | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2004-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogent International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-06-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-06-07 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-06-07 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2021-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+33%
£9,042,589 £12,028,559
-
Cash
-8.5%
£4,437,629 £4,058,291
-
Net assets
+14.7%
£5,842,443 £6,700,555
-
Employees
+18.9%
37 44
-
Operating profit
+429.2%
-£253,672 £835,120
-
Profit before tax
+427.9%
£380,966 £2,011,182
-
Wages
+23.8%
£5,322,701 £6,587,296
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