CONTINUA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-16 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-02
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£37M
+6.6% vs 2023
Employees
1
-75% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-1.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company has ceased trading, and the directors have taken the decision to apply for its voluntary strike-off. As a result, the financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,877,000 | £1,675,000 | |
| Operating profit | £801,000 | £480,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,370,000 | £2,338,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,370,000 | £2,317,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,981,000 | £37,298,000 | |
| Net assets | £34,981,000 | £37,298,000 | |
| Equity | £34,981,000 | £37,298,000 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 1 | |
| Wages | £119,000 | £35,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.6% | 28.7% | |
| Net margin | 40.3% | 138.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | 1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.5% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | 39.56x | 25.62x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company has ceased trading, and the directors have taken the decision to apply for its voluntary strike-off. As a result, the financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 13th June 2025, following Board and shareholder approval, there was a reduction of share capital which was transferred to reserves. A dividend of £38,467,777 paid to Xerox (UK) Limited on the 30th June 2025.”
- “The Company has ceased trading, and the directors have taken the decision to apply for its voluntary strike-off.”
- “The company has no future operating plans, contracts, or funding arrangements.”
- “All financial obligations have been discharged, and there are no outstanding contingent liabilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYAS, David Brian | Director | 2019-01-11 | Dec 1963 | British |
| SHEPHARD, Caroline Anne | Director | 2022-10-07 | Jun 1980 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Michael John | Secretary | 2008-06-27 | 2017-09-30 |
| MCDONALD, John | Secretary | 1996-01-10 | 2000-01-11 |
| PHILLIPS, Adrian Roy | Secretary | 1994-11-14 | 1996-01-10 |
| ROBERTSON, Jacqueline Mary | Secretary | 2000-01-11 | 2008-06-27 |
| RM REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-11-14 | 1994-11-14 |
| ARTHURTON, Anthony William | Director | 2020-03-23 | 2022-10-07 |
| BISSELL, Glynn | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2006-06-08 |
| CANNONS, Mark Christopher | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2019-03-31 |
| CLAY, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2000-01-11 | 2008-10-01 |
| CUDDY, Brian | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2011-03-10 |
| DEHON, Olivier Jules | Director | 2013-02-18 | 2019-01-17 |
| DILLON, Stephen Charles | Director | 1996-12-17 | 2019-03-31 |
| DOWLATSHAHI GORDON, Anoush | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2000-01-26 |
| EDWARDS, John Lloyd | Director | 2005-04-09 | 2010-03-31 |
| GLOVER, Richard Robertson | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2018-12-31 |
| GRIEG-GRAN, Jan Michael | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2000-01-11 |
| HARDING, Alan Paul | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2000-01-11 |
| HARRISON, Philip James | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2001-03-30 |
| HAVARD, James Lyndon | Director | 1996-12-17 | 1999-02-05 |
| JEFFERSON, Simon Thomas Geoffrey | Director | 1997-04-22 | 1999-09-30 |
| LUCKETT, Jeremy Kimber | Director | 1996-12-17 | 2000-10-23 |
| LUCKETT, Paul John | Director | 1996-12-17 | 1997-04-22 |
| MARSHALL, Rodney John | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2000-01-11 |
| MCDONALD, John | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2000-01-11 |
| MEADOWS, Keith George | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2000-01-11 |
| MOONEY, Francis James | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2016-01-29 |
| NOONOO, Rodney | Director | 2019-01-11 | 2020-03-23 |
| OLIVER, Bruce Kenneth | Director | 1996-12-17 | 2000-01-11 |
| PANTLING, Shaun William | Director | 1999-02-05 | 2000-01-26 |
| PINNEY, Christopher John | Director | 1996-12-17 | 1999-04-01 |
| RAISON, Gordon Leonard Thomas | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2005-04-08 |
| RICHARDS, Marion Elizabeth | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2013-02-18 |
| STONE, Gregory Hamlin | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2000-01-11 |
| TAYLOR, Peter Howard | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2011-03-10 |
| RM NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-11-14 | 1994-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xerox (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-22 | Active |
| Xerox Capital (Europe) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-20 | Ceased 2024-03-22 |
| Xerox Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-13 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-06-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-71.5%
£5,877,000 £1,675,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£34,981,000 £37,298,000
-
Employees
-75%
4 1
-
Operating profit
-40.1%
£801,000 £480,000
-
Profit before tax
-1.4%
£2,370,000 £2,338,000
-
Wages
-70.6%
£119,000 £35,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers