MONOTYPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-52.9% vs 2022
Net assets
£27M
+13.4% vs 2022
Employees
87
+26.1% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£4M
-2.3% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- MONOTYPE LIMITED 2012-12-10 → present
- MONOTYPE IMAGING LIMITED 2004-11-08 → 2012-12-10
- AGFA MONOTYPE LIMITED 1999-11-22 → 2004-11-08
- MONOTYPE TYPOGRAPHY LIMITED 1992-03-09 → 1999-11-22
- REFAL 341 LIMITED 1991-11-18 → 1992-03-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,513,756 | £49,533,756 | |
| Operating profit | £3,060,763 | £5,196,921 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,334,855 | £4,237,072 | |
| Net profit | £3,418,544 | £3,232,144 | |
| Cash | £5,927,593 | £2,791,556 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,981,608 | £28,258,774 | |
| Net assets | £24,142,478 | £27,374,622 | |
| Equity | £24,142,478 | £27,374,622 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 87 | |
| Wages | £6,052,010 | £9,210,434 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 12.0% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 18.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.4% | 65.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | 12.09x | 7.05x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. They have therefore continued to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MONOTYPE LIMITED · parent
- AS & EH Industries Limited (Colophon) 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2023, the company acquired 100% of AS & EH Industries Limited ("Colophon"), a foundry known for its bespoke type design for global brands, and team of creatives and technology tools.”
- “New entity Monotype SAS was incorporated in France in June 2024. Revenues and expenses will move to new entity from January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGINS, Ciara | Secretary | 2022-11-11 | — | — |
| CHACKO, Ninan | Director | 2021-07-13 | Jan 1965 | American |
| KOLLAT, Jan Christopher | Director | 2019-03-25 | Jan 1976 | German |
| SCHULZE, Jan-Ulrich | Director | 2025-09-12 | Jan 1979 | German |
| THEAKSTONE, Matthew James | Director | 2021-04-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, Sharmina | Secretary | 2016-11-01 | 2022-06-17 |
| FRASER, Timothy Martin | Secretary | 1993-04-15 | 2012-10-08 |
| FREAKLEY, Simon Vincent | Secretary | 1992-03-06 | 1992-08-28 |
| KAESTNER, Jan, Dr | Secretary | 2022-06-17 | 2022-11-11 |
| KAESTNER, Jan, Dr | Secretary | 2015-09-10 | 2016-11-01 |
| KERFANTE, Rene Guy | Secretary | 1993-02-16 | 1993-04-15 |
| MAYNARD, Alan David | Secretary | 1992-03-09 | 1993-02-16 |
| OWENS-RICHARDS, Marilee | Secretary | 2012-10-08 | 2015-09-10 |
| PROUDFOOT, Graeme John | Secretary | 1991-11-18 | 1992-03-06 |
| BRIERLEY, Anthony William | Director | 1992-03-06 | 1993-02-16 |
| FRASER, Timothy Martin | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2013-08-23 |
| FRIEND, Charlene | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-05-26 |
| GIVENS, Robert Maurice | Director | 2003-05-29 | 2006-12-20 |
| JENNINGS, Charles James | Director | 1991-11-18 | 1992-03-06 |
| KERFANTE, Rene Guy | Director | 1993-02-16 | 1994-12-23 |
| LANDERS, Scott E | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2021-07-13 |
| MAXWELL, Justine | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2018-03-09 |
| MCCALLUM, John Harold | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2019-06-28 |
| MIROCHNICK, Ira | Director | 1993-02-16 | 2003-05-29 |
| SHAW, Douglas J. | Director | 2006-12-20 | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monotype Imaging Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+73.7%
£28,513,756 £49,533,756
-
Cash
-52.9%
£5,927,593 £2,791,556
-
Net assets
+13.4%
£24,142,478 £27,374,622
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Employees
+26.1%
69 87
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Operating profit
+69.8%
£3,060,763 £5,196,921
-
Profit before tax
-2.3%
£4,334,855 £4,237,072
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Wages
+52.2%
£6,052,010 £9,210,434
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