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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-05 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-1.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-11.1% vs 2023
Employees
72
-13.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£182K
+72.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,124,882 | £3,671,738 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£670,426 | -£182,092 | |
| Net profit | -£670,426 | -£182,092 | |
| Cash | £2,798,291 | £2,746,295 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,633,662 | £1,451,570 | |
| Net assets | £1,633,662 | £1,451,570 | |
| Equity | £1,633,662 | £1,451,570 | |
| Average employees | 83 | 72 | |
| Wages | £3,245,936 | £2,711,589 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -16.3% | -5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.8% | 57.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.97x | 1.73x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, at the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees are content that the company has adequate resources, to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Thus, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ABILITYNET · parent
- Citizens Online
Significant events
- “completion of Phase 1 of the BT Group-funded Senior Skills Programme”
- “entered Phase 2 of the BT Group-funded Senior Skills Programme”
- “8th year TechShare Pro flagship community event”
- “introduction of The Disability and Accessible Advertising Summit”
- “transfer of net assets on acquistion of Citizens online which was acquired on 1 July 2024 for £nil consideration”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGES, Kim | Secretary | 2025-09-23 | — | — |
| BROOKS, Alan | Director | 2018-02-07 | Apr 1947 | British |
| EVASON, Michael James | Director | 2023-07-26 | Nov 1973 | British |
| JOSEY, Conner Philip | Director | 2025-07-30 | Feb 1971 | British |
| ORSI, Alison Zuzanna | Director | 2022-09-26 | Aug 1970 | British |
| PEDLINGHAM, Graeme George | Director | 2020-04-29 | Jan 1982 | British |
| PURCELL, Owen Gerard | Director | 2019-10-29 | Dec 1970 | British |
| RUMSEY, Nicky Jane | Director | 2021-11-10 | Dec 1967 | British |
| SILVERSTONE, Douglas | Director | 2020-04-29 | Apr 1979 | British |
| SMYTH, Leigh Suzanne | Director | 2025-07-30 | Nov 1971 | British |
| WOODHAMS, Suzanne | Director | 2017-03-28 | Jan 1974 | British |
| IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-03-06 | — | — |
| THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS | Corporate Director | 2010-01-01 | — | — |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Ulric David | Secretary | 2006-11-30 | 2011-06-01 |
| KENNEDY, Shuna Mackinnon | Secretary | 2002-06-01 | 2006-11-30 |
| MAITLAND, John | Secretary | 1997-12-15 | 2002-06-01 |
| MUSCROFT, John | Secretary | 2011-06-01 | 2023-07-05 |
| PATEL, Hitendra | Secretary | 1997-11-21 | 1997-12-23 |
| WATSON, Fiona Claire | Secretary | 2023-07-05 | 2025-09-23 |
| AEBERHARD, John Peter | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2004-05-25 |
| BARNETT, Ulric David | Director | 2002-05-07 | 2021-11-10 |
| BERNARD, Michael Francis Tindal | Director | 2017-12-19 | 2022-07-27 |
| BROWN, William John Kerr | Director | 2007-11-22 | 2020-07-29 |
| EVASON, Michael James | Director | 2023-07-26 | 2024-09-27 |
| GANT, Christopher Jeffrey | Director | 2007-11-22 | 2012-12-18 |
| GRAYSON, David Roger | Director | 2000-04-17 | 2002-10-15 |
| GURNEY, Michelle Denise | Director | 2024-07-24 | 2024-07-24 |
| HANDBY, John Gray | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2002-10-15 |
| HULL, John Martin, Professor | Director | 2002-10-15 | 2006-09-04 |
| KANODIA, Kush, Dr | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| KINCHIN, Rhianna Margaret | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2019-07-30 |
| LIVERMORE, David John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2008-12-09 |
| MORRISS, David | Director | 2008-05-15 | 2019-01-29 |
| MORRISS, David | Director | 2004-07-20 | 2006-02-14 |
| POLLARD, Alan William | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2012-12-18 |
| SEARLE, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2003-05-28 | 2007-12-31 |
| SHARMA, Nishita | Director | 2004-10-12 | 2018-06-26 |
| SPRATT, John Ernest | Director | 1997-11-21 | 1997-12-15 |
| TAYLOR, Michael Robinson, Dr | Director | 2008-09-04 | 2017-12-31 |
| THOMPSON, Aileen Lindsey | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| WARWICK, Stephen | Director | 2024-10-02 | 2024-10-02 |
| WHELAN, Michael | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2017-02-21 |
| BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT | Corporate Director | 1998-01-19 | 2015-03-24 |
| MICROSOFT LTD | Corporate Director | 2008-09-04 | 2022-02-18 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | Corporate Director | 1998-01-01 | 2007-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-11%
£4,124,882 £3,671,738
-
Cash
-1.9%
£2,798,291 £2,746,295
-
Net assets
-11.1%
£1,633,662 £1,451,570
-
Employees
-13.3%
83 72
-
Profit before tax
+72.8%
-£670,426 -£182,092
-
Wages
-16.5%
£3,245,936 £2,711,589
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