CONTECHS CONSULTING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-22 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-30.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7M
-28.2% vs 2023
Employees
64
-24.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-170.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £26,186,095 | — | £42,175,829 | £49,720,957 | £41,634,273 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £872,463 | — | £3,633,865 | £2,922,933 | -£1,054,658 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £662,595 | — | £3,251,088 | £2,370,014 | -£1,660,916 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £662,595 | — | £2,653,775 | £2,241,555 | -£1,462,961 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,337,997 | — | £1,634,371 | £1,593,826 | £1,111,495 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,967,528 | — | £8,543,383 | £9,984,938 | £7,171,977 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £9,984,938 | £7,171,977 | |
| Equity | £2,511,551 | £3,379,933 | £3,967,528 | £6,689,608 | £8,543,383 | £9,984,938 | £7,171,977 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 57 | — | 84 | 85 | 64 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,228,072 | — | £2,075,283 | £2,360,156 | £2,299,796 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.3% | — | 8.6% | 5.9% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.5% | — | 6.3% | 4.5% | -3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 22.0% | — | 42.5% | 29.3% | -14.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 54.4% | 60.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.76x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 3.88x | — | 9.49x | 5.29x | -1.74x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The company suffered a significant and wide-ranging cyber-attack in February 2024 from an overseas third-party threat actor. The attack led to widespread disruption of Contechs extensive IT systems and communications links with clients.”
- “The company incurred a significant bad debt arising from two separate overseas clients who filed for bankruptcy. The total amount of the bad debt was £840,106. This amount is not recoverable.”
- “The company posted a loss on exchange of £478,082. Of this amount, £50,724 related to 2024 and £427,358 was brought forward from prior years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKES, Ian Keith | Secretary | 1997-10-08 | — | British |
| BROOKES, Ian Keith | Director | 1998-09-04 | Feb 1969 | British |
| JARVIS, Peter Richard | Director | 2003-10-24 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-08 | 1997-10-08 |
| BROOKES, Keith | Director | 1998-09-04 | 2001-11-01 |
| CARPENTER, Yogendra | Director | 2007-08-07 | 2023-12-31 |
| OLNEY, Steven John | Director | 1998-09-04 | 2005-06-06 |
| PENKETH, David | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2012-05-28 |
| WAKEFIELD, Robert Simon | Director | 1997-10-08 | 2023-11-21 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-08 | 1997-10-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contechs Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
-16.3%
£49,720,957 £41,634,273
-
Cash
-30.3%
£1,593,826 £1,111,495
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-28.2%
£9,984,938 £7,171,977
-
Employees
-24.7%
85 64
-
Operating profit
-136.1%
£2,922,933 -£1,054,658
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-170.1%
£2,370,014 -£1,660,916
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-2.6%
£2,360,156 £2,299,796
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