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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-05 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-22

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+134% vs 2024

Net assets

£6M

-22.5% vs 2024

Employees

86

+8.9% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£4M

+97.4% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. PLAION LIMITED 2022-08-30 → present
  2. KOCH MEDIA LIMITED 1994-06-24 → 2022-08-30
  3. BROOMCO (775) LIMITED 1994-05-04 → 1994-06-24

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £43,907,943£42,023,094
Operating profit £2,118,787£3,639,214
Profit before tax £1,946,383£3,841,478
Net profit £1,460,648£2,614,803
Cash £3,858,415£3,206,943£1,286,740£3,010,582
Total assets less current liabilities £6,366,367£6,979,235£8,405,132£6,515,606
Net assets £6,309,754£6,918,004£8,378,652£6,493,455
Equity £5,409,276£5,843,680£6,309,754£6,918,004£8,378,652£6,493,455
Average employees 1512257986
Wages £5,346,253£6,444,072

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 2020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 4.8%8.7%
Net margin 3.3%6.2%
Return on capital employed 25.2%55.9%
Current ratio 2.05x2.18x
Interest cover 17.66x91.80x

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
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have reviewed and considered relevant information, including the annual budget and future cash flows in making their assessment. Based on these assessments, and the current resources available, the directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts for at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements.”

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 14 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BABL, Thorsten Director 2025-09-01 Oct 1977 Austrian
MCNICOL, Craig Director 2002-03-28 Mar 1971 British
NICHOLLS, Paul Director 2000-08-01 Oct 1968 British
Show 14 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
KUNDRATITZ, Klemens, Dr Secretary 1994-07-06 2009-10-01
DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1994-05-04 1994-07-06
BROWN, Lance Bernard Director 1996-08-01 1998-09-30
DAVIES, Kerry Director 2001-01-01 2003-10-01
GRATL, Reinhard, Dr Director 2010-08-11 2025-08-31
HALL, Sheridan Mark Director 1994-07-06 1995-12-12
KOCH, Franz Director 1994-07-06 2000-06-28
KUNDRATITZ, Klemens, Dr Director 1994-07-06 2025-08-31
MACGREGOR, Ewan Director 1994-07-06 1995-12-12
MCNICOL, Craig Director 1996-08-01 2002-03-28
MCNICOL, Craig Director 1995-12-12 1995-12-29
SELB, Anton Director 1994-07-06 1995-12-31
DLA NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1994-05-04 1994-07-06
DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1994-05-04 1994-07-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Lars Wingefors Individual Significant influence 2018-02-14 Active
Mr Franz Koch Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-02-14

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 143 total filings

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

  • 2022-08-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
Date Type Category Description
2025-12-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-12-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-12-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-01-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-03-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2023-01-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-01-12 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-08-30 CERTNM change-of-name Certificate change of name company PDF
2022-02-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-01-07 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2021-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-01-26 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

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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