CAPQUEST DEBT RECOVERY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
+139.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
-24.1% vs 2023
Employees
801
-7.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
-17.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CAPQUEST DEBT RECOVERY LIMITED 2005-04-18 → present
- FINANCIAL TRACE AND COLLECTIONS LIMITED 1999-09-01 → 2005-04-18
- ENIGMA CREATIVE CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1999-05-18 → 1999-09-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,290,000 | £76,779,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,277,000 | -£6,139,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,388,000 | -£6,336,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,393,000 | -£6,332,000 | |
| Cash | £3,872,000 | £9,266,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,248,000 | £19,912,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,233,000 | £19,901,000 | |
| Equity | £26,233,000 | £19,901,000 | |
| Average employees | 870 | 801 | |
| Wages | £23,285,000 | £31,313,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -11.2% | -8.0% | |
| Net margin | -11.4% | -8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -20.1% | -30.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.4% | 61.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | -37.69x | -25.69x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have satisfied themselves that there is no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to operate as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On the 24 July 2025, the ultimate parent company (Intrum AB (publ)) concluded its recapitalisation exercise through a pre-packaged Chapter 11 plan filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and a Swedish company reorganisation through the Stockholm District Court. This involved the transfer of ownership of Capquest Debt Recovery Limited from Capquest Group Limited to a new Swedish entity, Intrum Group Operations AB.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOWN, Douglas James Arthur | Director | 2024-01-05 | Aug 1985 | British |
| FLYNN, Gavin Arthur | Director | 2025-06-04 | Jan 1981 | British |
| PEARSON, Suzanne Louise | Director | 2024-01-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINSWORTH, Keith | Secretary | 2004-05-18 | 2004-09-30 |
| BRUNAULT, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 2004-05-17 | 2004-05-18 |
| FLYNN, William John | Secretary | 2012-05-18 | 2014-11-28 |
| HAMILTON, Stewart David | Secretary | 2014-11-28 | 2020-07-31 |
| JACKSON, Kevin Joseph | Secretary | 1999-07-29 | 2004-05-17 |
| MCQUILKIN, Paul | Secretary | 2004-09-30 | 2012-04-27 |
| ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-05-18 | 1999-07-29 |
| APPLEBY, James Alexander William | Director | 2021-10-12 | 2025-04-28 |
| ASHTON, Helen Jane | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2015-06-30 |
| BOWES, Laurence Anthony | Director | 1999-07-29 | 2004-05-17 |
| BRUNAULT, Mark Andrew | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2012-11-12 |
| COLPAERT, Guy Gustaaf | Director | 2025-01-05 | 2026-04-01 |
| COOPER, Paul David | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-08-09 |
| COX, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2014-11-28 |
| DANIELS, Michael | Director | 1999-07-29 | 2012-07-31 |
| DLUTOWSKI, Joseph Arthur | Director | 2004-05-18 | 2011-08-26 |
| DRURY, Thomas Waterworth | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2017-01-03 |
| FLYNN, William John | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2014-11-28 |
| HOTSON, Matthew James | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2021-10-30 |
| JACKSON, Kevin Joseph | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2004-05-17 |
| LEWY, Zachary Jason | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2019-10-14 |
| MARSLAND, Philip Sinclair | Director | 2017-01-03 | 2017-07-31 |
| MCQUILKIN, Paul | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2012-04-27 |
| MEMMOTT, Robert | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2018-01-01 |
| MILES, Paul Lewis | Director | 2013-05-15 | 2014-11-28 |
| MUSGRAVE, Thomas James | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| NOTT, Edward Brian | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2024-12-16 |
| NOTT, Edward Brian | Director | 2023-08-10 | 2023-12-31 |
| ROCHFORD, Lee Michael | Director | 2017-01-03 | 2021-10-12 |
| SHEPHERD, Philip William | Director | 2021-10-12 | 2023-05-31 |
| STRATTON, Oliver John | Director | 2021-11-26 | 2022-04-04 |
| ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-05-18 | 1999-07-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intrum Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-22 | Active |
| Capquest Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-26 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+62.4%
£47,290,000 £76,779,000
-
Cash
+139.3%
£3,872,000 £9,266,000
-
Net assets
-24.1%
£26,233,000 £19,901,000
-
Employees
-7.9%
870 801
-
Operating profit
-16.3%
-£5,277,000 -£6,139,000
-
Profit before tax
-17.6%
-£5,388,000 -£6,336,000
-
Wages
+34.5%
£23,285,000 £31,313,000
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