TESTLINK SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
Cash
£405K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
Equity attributable
Employees
119
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£643K
Period ending 2024-12-29
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,660,000 | £10,683,000 | |
| Operating profit | £220,000 | -£612,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,903,000 | -£643,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,861,000 | -£477,000 | |
| Cash | £474,000 | £405,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,655,000 | £8,178,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,655,000 | £8,178,000 | |
| Equity | £8,655,000 | £8,178,000 | |
| Average employees | 129 | 119 | |
| Wages | £5,748,000 | £3,752,000 |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | -5.7% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | -4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | -7.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.5% | 21.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.89x | 2.54x | |
| Interest cover | 2.93x | -19.74x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation at the time of approving these Financial Statements that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Following careful consideration the Directors do not consider there to be a material uncertainty with regards to going concern and consider it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the period end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRETT, Samuel James Bawden | Director | 2025-10-30 | Jul 1986 | British |
| HALLOWS, Shannon | Director | 2025-08-01 | Aug 1984 | British |
| KING, David Michael | Director | 2025-10-30 | Jul 1973 | Irish |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOLEY, Grant | Secretary | 2019-11-04 | 2021-05-31 |
| HUGHES, Gregory John | Secretary | 1991-04-05 | 2023-06-13 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-04-05 | 1991-04-05 |
| BEER, Nicholas John | Director | 1991-04-05 | 2017-09-11 |
| BOWCOCK, Philip | Director | 2021-11-04 | 2022-10-03 |
| FEHL, Peter Jepson | Director | 2025-08-01 | 2025-10-30 |
| FOLEY, Grant Jeffrey | Director | 2019-11-04 | 2021-05-31 |
| HUGHES, Gregory John | Director | 1991-04-05 | 2023-06-13 |
| KINGSTON, Michael Kevin | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2019-11-04 |
| MAKARITIS, Stavros | Director | 2022-11-09 | 2024-02-08 |
| MAKARITIS, Stavros | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2022-10-03 |
| MCNAMARA, Peter Denis | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2021-09-20 |
| PARKS, James Kristian | Director | 2022-10-03 | 2025-08-01 |
| PERRETT, Lisa | Director | 2021-05-31 | 2022-02-01 |
| THATCHER, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | 2023-06-13 | 2025-10-30 |
| WOOLLEY, Mark Andrew | Director | 2022-10-03 | 2025-08-01 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-04-05 | 1991-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brink's Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-03 | Active |
| Notemachine Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-09-11 | Ceased 2022-10-03 |
| Mr Gregory John Hughes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-11 |
| Mr Nicholas John Beer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-29