AUTOSCRIPT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
-6% vs 2023
Employees
23
-20.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£232K
-928.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company's Directors have determined that as a result of a material uncertainty existing in Videndum Plc (the Group), this creates a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, such that it may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. Further detail on the assessment of going concern can be found within note 4(a) to the financial statements.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- AUTOSCRIPT LIMITED 2012-06-21 → present
- BROADCAST DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1984-04-05 → 2012-06-21
- RELBIRCH LIMITED 1984-01-31 → 1984-04-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,231,000 | £2,148,000 | |
| Operating profit | £37,000 | -£229,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £28,000 | -£232,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,000 | -£270,000 | |
| Cash | — | £3,510,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,573,000 | £4,303,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,511,000 | £4,241,000 | |
| Equity | £4,511,000 | £4,241,000 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 23 | |
| Wages | £1,089,000 | £970,000 |
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 | 1.7% | -10.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | -12.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | -5.3% | |
| Current ratio | 13.59x | 22.63x | |
| Interest cover | 4.11x | -76.33x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company's Directors have determined that as a result of a material uncertainty existing in Videndum Plc (the Group), this creates a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, such that it may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. Further detail on the assessment of going concern can be found within note 4(a) to the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Autoscript have entered into a new property lease commencing on 1 July 2025 for a 15 month period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2011-03-02 | — | British |
| BECKETT, Phillip John | Director | 2017-07-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| BOLTON, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2009-04-14 | Jul 1966 | British |
| MORGAN, Brian | Director | 2025-10-13 | Nov 1972 | Irish |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BABINGTON, Jill | Secretary | — | 2004-10-20 |
| CAREY, Peter | Secretary | 2005-10-09 | 2006-10-31 |
| MILTON, Jayne Sarah | Secretary | 2006-10-31 | 2011-03-02 |
| PARISH, John Brian | Secretary | 2004-10-20 | 2006-10-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Jason Anthony | Secretary | 2004-10-20 | 2004-10-22 |
| ACCARDI, Michael | Director | 2005-05-17 | 2006-10-31 |
| BABINGTON, Jill | Director | — | 2004-10-20 |
| CANNON, Andrew Philip | Director | 2009-07-20 | 2016-05-12 |
| CAREY, Peter | Director | 2005-10-09 | 2009-03-31 |
| CAREY, Peter | Director | 2004-10-20 | 2005-01-20 |
| CLARKE, David John | Director | 2005-10-31 | 2007-03-08 |
| COTTON, Richard John | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2011-02-04 |
| DICKINSON, Giles Allan | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| GREEN, Martin Jon | Director | 2011-02-04 | 2023-01-12 |
| HAYES, Paul Andrew | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2017-04-28 |
| HEWGILL, Alastair | Director | 2005-10-31 | 2009-04-14 |
| KEARNEY-CROFT, Katharina Helen Marie | Director | 2017-04-24 | 2019-09-13 |
| LAMBERT, Christopher Cuby | Director | — | 2004-10-20 |
| LARTER, Brian John | Director | 2005-04-07 | 2012-10-10 |
| MIDDLEDITCH, John | Director | 2006-10-31 | 2009-07-20 |
| RIGAMONTI, Andrea Emilio | Director | 2023-01-12 | 2024-12-19 |
| SATCHELL, Richard Graham | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2016-10-01 |
| SCHARFF, Mark William | Director | 2016-05-12 | 2017-07-01 |
| WATSON, Paul Francis | Director | 2012-10-30 | 2013-09-27 |
| YANDELL, Andrew Mark Alexander | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2017-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vizua Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-3.7%
£2,231,000 £2,148,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-6%
£4,511,000 £4,241,000
-
Employees
-20.7%
29 23
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Operating profit
-718.9%
£37,000 -£229,000
-
Profit before tax
-928.6%
£28,000 -£232,000
-
Wages
-10.9%
£1,089,000 £970,000
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