ADVFN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-03 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-59.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-30.6% vs 2024
Employees
17
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
-41.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-05-19
- ADVFN LIMITED 2025-05-19 → present
- ADVFN PLC 2003-02-10 → 2025-05-19
- ADVFN.COM PLC 2000-02-25 → 2003-02-10
- ON LINE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 1989-04-24 → 2000-02-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,384,000 | £3,394,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,015,000 | -£1,297,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£817,000 | -£1,156,000 | |
| Net profit | -£755,000 | -£1,085,000 | |
| Cash | £4,026,000 | £1,627,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,551,000 | £2,489,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,438,000 | £2,385,000 | |
| Equity | £3,438,000 | £2,385,000 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 17 | |
| Wages | £1,337,000 | £1,563,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -23.2% | -38.2% | |
| Net margin | -17.2% | -32.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -28.6% | -52.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.1% | 54.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.39x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | -1015.00x | -1297.00x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery 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. The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes the Company will continue in existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors have prepared a detailed forecast of future trading and cash flows for at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. The forecasts show that the Company has sufficient funding to enable them to carry on as a going concern for the next twelve months from the date of the approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ADVFN LIMITED · parent
- Fotothing Limited 100%
- NA Data Inc. 100%
- InvestorsHub.com Inc. 100%
- ADVFN Brazil Limited 100%
- Advfn IL Limited 100%
- Report Card Pty Ltd 100%
- Report Card Canada Media Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 June 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of Capital Markets Group, which owns and operates HotCopper in Australia and Stockhouse in Canada.”
- “In July 2025, the company made an open offer for existing shareholders, raising £1.6m in additional funds.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLOM, Matthew David | Director | 2014-05-08 | Feb 1977 | British |
| GOLD, David Laurence, Lord | Director | 2022-04-29 | Mar 1951 | British |
| TAUMAN, Amit | Director | 2022-04-29 | Aug 1991 | Israeli |
| WINITSKY, Mikael | Director | 2025-11-01 | Jul 1975 | Israeli |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUMP, David John | Secretary | 1998-10-07 | 2008-10-31 |
| HODGES, Michael John | Secretary | 2011-11-01 | 2022-08-08 |
| HODGES, Michael | Secretary | — | 1996-11-05 |
| RYDER, Jackie | Secretary | 2008-10-31 | 2011-10-31 |
| VASEY, Charles Harold | Secretary | 1996-11-05 | 1998-09-18 |
| CFPRO COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-07-16 | 2025-09-01 |
| BASHAM, Brian Arthur | Director | 2015-03-04 | 2020-01-20 |
| BERKOVITZ, Shalom | Director | 2024-06-03 | 2025-06-30 |
| BOYDELL, Michael John | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2002-01-10 |
| CHAMBERS, Clement Hadrian | Director | — | 2022-02-23 |
| CRUMP, David John | Director | 1998-10-07 | 2008-10-31 |
| EMMET, Robert Anthony Bernard | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2014-07-24 |
| HODGES, Michael John | Director | — | 2022-08-08 |
| JOHNSON, Luke | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2000-10-10 |
| MULLINS, Jonathan Bruce | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2023-02-06 |
| NEGUS, Raymond John | Director | 2002-11-20 | 2014-04-04 |
| SPILLER, Tom | Director | 2020-10-19 | 2022-08-08 |
| TALKS, Martin Anthony | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2002-01-10 |
| TAUMAN, Yair | Director | 2010-02-26 | 2014-12-10 |
| THACKER, Philip David | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2001-04-30 |
| WOLLENBERG, Anthony Stephen | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2025-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 293 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-19 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-05-19 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2025-05-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-05-19 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-05-19 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-29 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-22.6%
£4,384,000 £3,394,000
-
Cash
-59.6%
£4,026,000 £1,627,000
-
Net assets
-30.6%
£3,438,000 £2,385,000
-
Employees
+6.3%
16 17
-
Operating profit
-27.8%
-£1,015,000 -£1,297,000
-
Profit before tax
-41.5%
-£817,000 -£1,156,000
-
Wages
+16.9%
£1,337,000 £1,563,000
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