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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-02 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-19

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

+19% vs 2024

Net assets

£16M

+3.2% vs 2024

Employees

24

+4.3% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£7M

-11.8% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1995-11-24 → present
  2. RCIM LIMITED 1995-03-21 → 1995-11-24
  3. RUTHERFORD COMMUNICATION MANAGERS LIMITED 1994-01-05 → 1995-03-21
  4. OAKWOOD (UK) LIMITED 1993-12-01 → 1994-01-05

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £12,988,464£14,193,592
Operating profit £5,607,246£6,341,912
Profit before tax £7,475,009£6,596,083
Net profit £5,618,119£5,015,242
Cash £4,590,459£5,462,540
Total assets less current liabilities £16,450,294£16,171,091
Net assets £15,298,241£15,783,445
Equity £15,298,241£15,783,445
Average employees 2324
Wages £2,664,653£3,673,831

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 43.2%44.7%
Net margin 43.3%35.3%
Return on capital employed 34.1%39.2%
Current ratio 3.72x17.27x
Interest cover 1366.79x

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
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“As at 31st March 2025 the Company had £14.3m of cash and highly liquid assets and as such the directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate financial resources available to continue to be a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. These financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 16 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MILLER, Andrew Blake Secretary 2006-06-01 British
BOOTH, John David Sebastian Director 2008-10-20 Jul 1958 British
DONEGAN, Vanessa Jane Director 2016-01-01 Dec 1958 British
POTTS, Katherine Jane Director 1993-12-03 Apr 1959 British
Show 16 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ROSE, Angus Frederick Secretary 2004-11-03 2006-06-01
SADLER, Alan Peter Secretary 1997-09-19 2000-10-20
TRIMBLE, Melville Fitzgibbon Secretary 2001-10-29 2004-09-30
WILSON, Serena Margaret Burton Secretary 2000-10-20 2001-10-29
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1993-12-01 1993-12-03
CAVENDISH ADMINISTRATION LIMITED Corporate Secretary 1993-12-03 1997-06-30
BACKHOUSE, William Director 1998-01-23 2003-09-11
BOYLE, David Thomas Alan Director 2003-09-26 2018-02-01
EASTWOOD, William Harry Director 1994-03-03 1995-09-27
EKINS, James Maurice Sydney Director 1995-03-31 1997-03-12
HAZELL-SMITH, Stephen John Director 1993-12-03 1995-03-31
KEMMIS MATTERSON, Jean Grace Director 2017-11-01 2025-12-19
ROSE, Angus Frederick Director 2004-06-28 2006-07-31
STRADLING, Stuart Rhys Director 1995-09-27 1998-01-23
TRIMBLE, Melville Fitzgibbon Director 2001-10-29 2004-09-30
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1993-12-01 1993-12-03

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Himl Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 150 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-11-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-11-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-10-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-07-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-01 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2021-11-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-11-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-07-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-01-10 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2019-10-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-07-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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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