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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-17
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+14.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+35.9% vs 2024
Employees
74
+10.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+148.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £23,304,452 | £26,405,842 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,305,002 | £1,873,152 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £622,327 | £1,548,379 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £432,704 | £1,232,854 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £976,439 | £1,118,010 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £6,669,228 | £6,717,549 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,431,895 | £4,664,749 | |
| Equity | £4,432,621 | £3,845,158 | £3,355,207 | £2,831,551 | £3,399,191 | £3,431,895 | £4,664,749 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 74 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,557,278 | £2,897,856 |
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 5.6% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 19.6% | 27.9% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 3.31x | 5.72x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Exceptional costs in the prior year include bad debts written off and provisions against historical agent payments made in advance.”
- “During a prior year the company received notification from HMRC regarding a settlement on an annuity scheme set up by the company. The potential remaining amounts payable on this settlement at the year end have been reduced to £70,000 and this amount has been provided for.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STYLES, Gary Richard | Director | 2005-10-31 | May 1974 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JETHWA, Nita | Secretary | 1998-07-21 | 2006-07-16 |
| JETHWA, Pankaj Nagajan | Secretary | 2006-07-16 | 2017-03-17 |
| YEUNG, Simon | Secretary | 2014-06-12 | 2017-03-17 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-07-17 | 1998-07-17 |
| COOMBS, David Andrew | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2026-04-01 |
| JETHWA, Pankaj Nagajan | Director | 1998-07-21 | 2017-03-17 |
| PERRY, Thomas Doane | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2019-05-20 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-17 | 1998-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfourth Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-17 | Active |
| Mr Gary Styles | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-17 |
| Mr Pankaj Nagajan Jethwa | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+13.3%
£23,304,452 £26,405,842
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Cash
+14.5%
£976,439 £1,118,010
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Net assets
+35.9%
£3,431,895 £4,664,749
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Employees
+10.4%
67 74
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Operating profit
+43.5%
£1,305,002 £1,873,152
-
Profit before tax
+148.8%
£622,327 £1,548,379
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Wages
+13.3%
£2,557,278 £2,897,856
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