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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-26 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-12-12

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£2M

-25.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£9M

-0.2% vs 2024

Employees

39

-7.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£616K

-38.9% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. PRINCIPAL I LIMITED 2000-01-19 → present
  2. PRINCIPAL COPIERS LIMITED 1987-02-16 → 2000-01-19
  3. BRANCHROUT LIMITED 1987-01-16 → 1987-02-16

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £6,650,968£5,640,076
Operating profit £832,989£405,947
Profit before tax £1,008,777£616,482
Net profit £748,872£552,986
Cash £2,981,644£2,233,207
Total assets less current liabilities £9,400,659£9,473,517
Net assets £9,025,566£9,003,552
Equity £9,025,566£9,003,552
Average employees 4239
Wages £2,105,873£1,955,211

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 12.5%7.2%
Net margin 11.3%9.8%
Return on capital employed 8.9%4.3%
Current ratio 3.10x2.53x
Interest cover 96.12x

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
Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 financial statements are 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

4 active · 12 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ROSE, Paul Anthony Secretary 2008-10-30 British
CASHMAN, Richard Mark Director Nov 1959 British
FORD, Anthony Benjamin Director 2023-04-06 Jan 1960 British
ROSE, Paul Anthony Director 2015-01-01 May 1966 British
Show 12 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COVEY, Keith Rodney Albert Secretary 2008-10-30
CANHAM, Timothy Philip Director 2010-01-01 2017-03-03
COVEY, Keith Rodney Albert Director 2018-07-27
DICKSON, Allen John Director 1994-03-04 1995-09-01
EDEN, Martin James Director 2020-03-07
HARKIN, Michael Joseph Director 2008-10-30 2012-02-01
HEALES, Phillip James Director 2012-05-17 2013-08-01
NILSSON, Paul Sixten Director 2000-10-01 2005-08-15
RANSON, Peter David Director 2001-06-09 2005-01-04
SHAVE, Michael David Director 1991-12-13
WHITE, Jonathan Michael Director 2019-06-01 2021-05-18
WILLS, Anthony Karl Director 2011-11-16 2020-06-03

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Anthony Benjamin Ford Individual Significant influence 2023-04-06 Ceased 2024-08-21
Mr Jonathon White Individual Significant influence 2019-06-01 Ceased 2021-05-18
Mr Paul Anthony Rose Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2024-08-21
Mr Richard Mark Cashman Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2024-08-21
Mr Anthony Karl Wills Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2020-06-03
Mr Martin James Eden Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2020-03-07
Mr Keith Rodney Albert Covey Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-07-27
Principal Consortium Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 176 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-12-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-08-21 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-08-21 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-08-21 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-08-21 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-03-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-01-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-11 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2023-04-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-04-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-04-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-04-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-03-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-03-03 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-01-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-01-05 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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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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