MODERNUSER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-12 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£197K
-89.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+11.6% vs 2023
Employees
152
-8.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-50.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,666,912 | £20,393,853 | |
| Operating profit | £2,210,044 | £1,187,457 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,169,584 | £1,073,531 | |
| Net profit | £1,687,171 | £829,651 | |
| Cash | £1,930,582 | £197,354 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,389,519 | £11,806,329 | |
| Net assets | £8,439,921 | £9,418,135 | |
| Equity | £8,439,921 | £9,418,135 | |
| Average employees | 166 | 152 | |
| Wages | £7,594,894 | £6,880,931 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.5% | 10.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | 54.62x | 10.42x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK 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 group's or the parent 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.”
Group structure
- MODERNUSER LIMITED · parent
- Hutchinson Engineering Limited 100%
- Kylie-ERP Limited 100%
Significant events
- “investment in expanded premises”
- “existing lease was surrendered post year end”
- “£3m has been invested in plant and machinery and motor vehicles”
- “development of an additional 1,200m² of manufacturing space”
- “On 27 March 2024, 526 B shares and 526 C shares were re-purchased by the entity for consideration of £1,052. On the same date, the shares were subsequently cancelled by the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2007-04-02 | — | British |
| ADAMS, Stephen John | Director | 2007-02-20 | Apr 1972 | British |
| DRINKWATER, Dean Clark | Director | 2006-07-24 | Dec 1965 | British |
| MADIGAN, Mark | Director | 2026-02-12 | Feb 1981 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRINKWATER, Eric | Secretary | — | 2007-04-02 |
| DRINKWATER, Eric | Director | — | 2009-06-02 |
| DRINKWATER, Joseph Edwin | Director | — | 2022-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen John Adams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2022-01-17 |
| Mr Dean Clark Drinkwater | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-05 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-07-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-07-05 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-07-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-04-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-26.3%
£27,666,912 £20,393,853
-
Cash
-89.8%
£1,930,582 £197,354
-
Net assets
+11.6%
£8,439,921 £9,418,135
-
Employees
-8.4%
166 152
-
Operating profit
-46.3%
£2,210,044 £1,187,457
-
Profit before tax
-50.5%
£2,169,584 £1,073,531
-
Wages
-9.4%
£7,594,894 £6,880,931
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