GLOBAL 4 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+96.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+15.7% vs 2023
Employees
142
+49.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£932K
+137.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,278,504 | £27,482,323 | |
| Operating profit | £454,464 | £1,025,096 | |
| Profit before tax | £391,889 | £931,503 | |
| Net profit | £279,478 | £709,275 | |
| Cash | £823,363 | £1,617,381 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,510,339 | £3,786,627 | |
| Net assets | £1,911,810 | £2,211,085 | |
| Equity | £1,911,810 | £2,211,085 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 142 | |
| Wages | £3,727,594 | £5,022,242 |
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 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.1% | 27.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.2% | 77.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 4.33x | 8.97x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Feist Hedgethorne Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After receiving the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- GLOBAL 4 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
- Flexible Group Limited 100%
- Adnitor Limited 51%
- HML Acquisitions Limited 90%
- Gemini IT (UK) Limited 90%
- Gemini Communications Limited 90%
- Gemini T.M.L Limited 90%
Significant events
- “In December 2023, the group acquired the Gemini group of companies which is similar to Global 4 but with customers primarily located in Cumbria and southwest Scotland. It is expected to generate £4.0m revenue and £0.6m EBITDA annualised.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Carl Nigel | Director | 2014-01-15 | Dec 1986 | British |
| FRY, Jason Peter | Director | 2026-03-09 | Oct 1970 | British |
| ROUTLEDGE, James | Director | 2022-06-01 | Jul 1988 | British |
| SCOTT-HEALEY, Darren John | Director | 2026-03-04 | Feb 1971 | British |
| TWIGG, Matthew Peter | Director | 2024-03-22 | Apr 1988 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Sandra Mary | Secretary | 1999-05-27 | 2003-07-07 |
| FRIGHT, Jennifer | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2012-09-03 |
| JORDAN, Linda May | Secretary | 1998-03-13 | 1999-05-27 |
| PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-03-13 | 1998-03-13 |
| BARNETT, Nigel Martin | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2026-03-09 |
| BARRETT, Russ James | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2023-03-01 |
| BRENT, Michael James | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-12-30 |
| ELLIS, Richard David | Director | 2020-11-16 | 2024-03-01 |
| FRIGHT, Jennifer | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2012-09-03 |
| GORE, Gary | Director | 2025-03-26 | 2025-11-20 |
| HOWARD, Rebecca Evelyn | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2024-03-15 |
| JOHNSON, Simon Christopher | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2013-11-30 |
| JORDAN, Arthur William | Director | 1998-03-13 | 1999-05-26 |
| SMITH, Alasdair John | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| WATSON, Derek John | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2026-03-09 |
| WEST, Matthew George | Director | 2024-03-22 | 2024-10-08 |
| WHYTE VENABLES, Robert Arthur | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2019-08-30 |
| PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-03-13 | 1998-03-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hml Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-04-21 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Martin Barnett | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-29 | Ceased 2023-04-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-05-31 vs 2023-05-31
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Turnover
+23.4%
£22,278,504 £27,482,323
-
Cash
+96.4%
£823,363 £1,617,381
-
Net assets
+15.7%
£1,911,810 £2,211,085
-
Employees
+49.5%
95 142
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Operating profit
+125.6%
£454,464 £1,025,096
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Profit before tax
+137.7%
£391,889 £931,503
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Wages
+34.7%
£3,727,594 £5,022,242
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