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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-20 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-02-06

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£26M

+22.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£27M

+19.9% vs 2023

Employees

123

-3.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£11M

-0.9% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. FIRST DATABANK UK LTD 2018-07-17 → present
  2. FIRST DATABANK EUROPE LIMITED 1997-09-19 → 2018-07-17
  3. EXETER HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED 1985-01-25 → 1997-09-19

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £24,175,293£24,778,223
Operating profit £9,575,393£9,230,679
Profit before tax £10,726,127£10,624,229
Net profit £8,158,425£7,945,053
Cash £21,128,702£25,964,481
Total assets less current liabilities £23,665,784£28,111,787
Net assets £22,421,057£26,886,060
Equity £22,421,057£26,886,060
Average employees 128123
Wages £6,803,309£6,965,466

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 39.6%37.3%
Net margin 33.7%32.1%
Return on capital employed 40.5%32.8%
Current ratio 2.24x2.24x
Interest cover 4872.97x4281.39x

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
PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors are satisfied that the company has adequate resources available to discharge its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In making their assessment, the directors have fully considered the impact of the current uncertain economic environment and its potential impact on cash flow and working capital requirements. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 29 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DORN, Gregory Hume Director 2011-09-14 Jan 1968 American
NICHOLS, Darren Joseph Director 2011-09-14 Jul 1970 British
TUCHINDA, Charles Director 2018-08-14 Apr 1975 American
Show 29 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ARNOLD, Robert Secretary 2011-09-14 2016-09-20
GODBEER, Leonard George Secretary 1997-09-11
MCKECHNIE, Kerri Lynn Secretary 2018-11-16 2023-06-29
NICHOLS, Darren Joseph Secretary 2000-10-04 2011-09-14
NISBET, Aimee Secretary 2018-08-14 2024-09-30
RALPH, Corrina Marie Secretary 2016-09-20 2018-11-16
WILLIAMSON, Mark Secretary 1997-09-12 2000-10-04
ASHFORD, John Robert, Professor Director 1998-12-31
ASHFORD, Peter John Director 1993-11-23 1996-08-01
BARNES, Alan Director 1996-08-01
CUMMING, Gordon, Professor Director 1999-12-31
CUMMING, Robert Gordon Director 1993-11-11 1996-08-01
CUNNINGHAM, Richard Director 1996-08-01 1999-02-15
DIENHART, Jeffrey Alan Director 2015-09-01 2017-08-31
FINCH, Joyce Doreen Anne Director 1996-08-01
FLAVELL, David Alan Director 2001-12-27 2010-05-10
GLOVER, Edward Hugh, Dr Director 1999-09-01 2001-12-27
HIRSCHMANN, Joseph Lawrence Director 1996-08-01 2002-09-17
JOSLIN, Raymond Director 1996-08-01 2001-12-27
LOTT, Reginald Saunders Director 1994-06-26
MALLOCH, Richard Paul Director 1999-09-21 2018-05-23
MANSFIELD, Terence Gordon Director 1996-08-01 2002-09-17
MOSS, Geoffrey Director 1996-08-01
PALERMO, Joseph Thomas Director 1996-08-01 2002-09-17
SMITH, John Charles Clifford Director 1996-08-01
SMITH, Nigel Willingdon Director 1993-11-25 1996-08-01
WILBANKS, Robert David Director 2002-09-17 2018-02-20
WILSON, James Leon Director 2001-12-27 2004-10-06
WRIGHT, William Morley Director 1999-09-21 2007-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 159 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-15 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-11-01 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-04 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-03-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-03-13 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-02-22 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2020-10-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-05-26 AUD auditors Auditors resignation company
2020-02-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-12-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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

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