ANSWER DIGITAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-06 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+36.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-17.2% vs 2024
Employees
109
-5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+25.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ANSWER DIGITAL LIMITED 2015-11-09 → present
- ANSWER CONSULTING LIMITED 2010-02-23 → 2015-11-09
- THE ULTIMATE PEOPLE COMPANY LIMITED 1999-10-07 → 2010-02-23
- ULTIMATE PEOPLE LIMITED 1998-10-23 → 1999-10-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,881,885 | £16,807,864 | |
| Operating profit | £3,543,862 | £4,454,861 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,601,065 | £4,522,766 | |
| Net profit | £2,791,749 | £3,987,048 | |
| Cash | £1,626,299 | £2,223,776 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,435,627 | £2,848,814 | |
| Net assets | £3,399,904 | £2,815,444 | |
| Equity | £3,371,084 | £2,897,795 | |
| Average employees | 115 | 109 | |
| Wages | £6,290,497 | £6,708,177 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.5% | 26.5% | |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 23.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 103.2% | 156.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.00x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2084.63x |
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
- TLP Consulting 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ANSWER DIGITAL LIMITED · parent
- Interneuron Group Limited 0.8%
Significant events
- “In March 2024 the company acquired 80% of Interneuron Group Limited, a company registered in England & Wales.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARLETT, Kenneth Gary | Secretary | 1998-10-23 | — | British |
| ELLIS, Richard Charles Thomas | Director | 2020-05-29 | Aug 1980 | British |
| JOY, Finbarr | Director | 2020-05-29 | Mar 1967 | British |
| PARLETT, Catherine Monica | Director | 1998-10-23 | May 1964 | British |
| PARLETT, Kenneth Gary | Director | 1998-10-23 | Nov 1961 | British |
| PUGMIRE, Richard | Director | 2020-05-29 | May 1985 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNEY, Richard Jason | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2003-05-02 |
| GARNER, Nigel Matthew | Director | 2020-05-29 | 2022-11-07 |
| JOY, Finbarr | Director | 2000-10-13 | 2009-01-30 |
| MORRIS, Andrew Philip | Director | 2008-01-15 | 2008-11-28 |
| WILSON, Stewart Charles | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2009-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer Digital Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-07-21 | Active |
| Mrs Catherine Monica Parlett | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-21 |
| Mr Kenneth Gary Parlett | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-10-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-10-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-01-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+21.1%
£13,881,885 £16,807,864
-
Cash
+36.7%
£1,626,299 £2,223,776
-
Net assets
-17.2%
£3,399,904 £2,815,444
-
Employees
-5.2%
115 109
-
Operating profit
+25.7%
£3,543,862 £4,454,861
-
Profit before tax
+25.6%
£3,601,065 £4,522,766
-
Wages
+6.6%
£6,290,497 £6,708,177
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