MDS GLOBAL LTD — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-02 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-18

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-13.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£10M

+19.3% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

-13.1% lowest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£7M

+12.3% first positive since 2022

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

MDS GLOBAL LTD 2018-06-04 → present
MARTIN DAWES SYSTEMS LIMITED 1997-04-08 → 2018-06-04
DAWES INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING LIMITED 1996-09-27 → 1997-04-08
FREEPHONE CITY TALKSHOP LIMITED 1988-05-27 → 1996-09-27

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Technology median

MDS GLOBAL LTD·Technology median · n=967

Accounts

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

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£25,875,504	—	£26,054,962	—	£25,855,807	—	£21,056,214	—	£17,991,365	£19,581,365
Operating profit	£2,046,549	—	£5,363,888	—	£8,867,834	—	£5,768,812	—	£6,580,790	£7,399,207
Profit before tax	£2,102,523	—	£5,368,503	—	£8,867,834	—	-£4,946,890	—	£6,564,405	£7,371,848
Net profit	£2,157,285	—	£4,536,133	—	£7,727,407	—	-£6,064,454	—	£5,864,808	£5,535,879
Cash	£2,252,179	—	£204,641	—	£437,472	—	£2,574,664	—	£1,621,686	£1,402,467
Total assets less current liabilities	£4,765,157	—	£6,180,602	—	£8,787,321	—	£2,102,171	—	£7,966,979	£9,502,858
Net assets	£2,903,085	—	£4,939,218	—	£8,166,625	—	£2,102,171	—	£7,966,979	£9,502,858
Equity	£2,903,085	£2,903,085	£4,939,218	£4,939,218	£8,166,625	£8,166,625	£2,102,171	£2,102,171	£7,966,979	£9,502,858
Average employees	213	—	176	—	131	—	109	—	84	73
Wages	£11,698,547	—	£9,882,485	—	£7,569,230	—	£6,330,580	—	£5,282,247	£5,311,420

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	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	7.9%	—	20.6%	—	34.3%	—	27.4%	—	36.6%	37.8%
Net margin	8.3%	—	17.4%	—	29.9%	—	-28.8%	—	32.6%	28.3%
Return on capital employed	42.9%	—	86.8%	—	100.9%	—	274.4%	—	82.6%	77.9%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.00x	3.02x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	322.48x	84.52x

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: Langtons Professional Services Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”

Significant events

“There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”

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

People

3 active · 26 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GARCIA, Tony	Director	2026-01-19	Jun 1971	British
HAMON, Sophie	Director	2025-01-15	Jan 1982	French
NYLAND, David William	Director	2019-07-17	Jan 1967	Canadian

Show 26 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BLUMENTHAL, William Michael	Secretary	1998-01-05	2007-10-31
FITZSIMMONS, Helen	Secretary	2007-11-01	2019-07-17
HOLLAND, John Deaville	Secretary	—	1993-04-25
THOMAS, Dewi Eifion	Secretary	1993-09-28	1998-01-05
BEATTIE, Brian	Director	2019-07-17	2024-01-11
BUNNEY, Gary Douglas	Director	2016-07-25	2020-01-06
DAWES, Elizabeth Jane	Director	2011-02-10	2019-07-17
DAWES, Hayley Jane	Director	2011-02-10	2019-07-17
DAWES, Martin Richard	Director	1996-10-04	2019-07-17
DAWES, Paul Richard	Director	2011-02-10	2019-07-17
DOWD, Barry Michael	Director	2003-08-01	2019-07-17
DU BOUCHER, Bertrand	Director	1997-04-21	1999-01-04
EDWARDS, Mark Ricardo	Director	2013-10-30	2015-12-09
HODGSON, Thomas Francis	Director	2003-08-01	2007-10-23
HOLLAND, John Deaville	Director	—	1993-04-25
HUMMER, John	Director	2010-10-01	2010-10-01
HUNT, Russell James	Director	2016-07-25	2019-07-17
JOHNSON, Barry	Director	—	1996-10-04
MILLER, Mark Robert	Director	2021-04-30	2024-01-11
ROCKWELL, Andrew Ridgeway	Director	2010-10-01	2012-08-31
STEEN, Gary	Director	2007-09-17	2011-12-31
SVENSSON, Lars Olof	Director	2001-04-18	2001-10-31
THOMAS, David Brian	Director	2013-10-30	2014-09-16
THOMAS, Dewi Eifion	Director	1993-09-28	2019-07-17
TROY, Birgit	Director	2019-07-17	2021-04-30
WILSON, Anthony	Director	1996-10-04	2008-07-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mds Cem Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2019-07-01	Active
Mr Martin Richard Dawes	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-07-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 179 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-09-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2023-09-14 MA Memorandum articles

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-09-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-01-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-09-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-21	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-03-11	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-01-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-01-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-10-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-09-14	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-09-14	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2022-10-07	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-10-06	AD02	address	Change sail address company with old address new address	PDF
2022-10-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-09-13	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-09-07	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 0

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

Turnover

+8.8%

£17,991,365 £19,581,365
Cash

-13.5%

£1,621,686 £1,402,467
Net assets

+19.3%

£7,966,979 £9,502,858

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

-13.1%

84 73

lowest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

+12.4%

£6,580,790 £7,399,207
Profit before tax

+12.3%

£6,564,405 £7,371,848

first positive since 2022
Wages

+0.6%

£5,282,247 £5,311,420

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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