AREA SQ. 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
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
Equity attributable
Employees
157
Average over period
Profit before tax
£72K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £86,254,851 | £119,712,321 | |
| Operating profit | £4,579,018 | £72,134 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,579,018 | £72,134 | |
| Net profit | £3,579,026 | £47,134 | |
| Cash | £2,756,671 | £2,328,961 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,350,919 | £8,398,053 | |
| Net assets | £8,260,919 | £8,308,053 | |
| Equity | £8,260,919 | £8,308,053 | |
| Average employees | 148 | 157 | |
| Wages | £15,085,298 | £22,444,104 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.8% | 0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.28x |
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
- Rouse Audit LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The company extended its year end date to 31 March to align with the fiscal year and the majority of our clients.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNE, Carl | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jan 1985 | British |
| CHANDLER, Gary James | Director | 2011-08-01 | Nov 1969 | British |
| CORNWELL, James Elwin | Director | 1999-12-22 | Apr 1964 | British |
| DAVIES, Sion Emyr | Director | 2011-08-01 | Oct 1976 | British |
| PYE, Colin Christopher | Director | 2011-08-01 | May 1964 | British |
| RINTOUL, David Alistair James | Director | 2019-10-25 | Jul 1965 | British |
| STEWART, Christopher | Director | 2020-01-13 | Mar 1973 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, Darren Herbert Reginald | Director | 2025-07-01 | Nov 1981 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Nigel | Secretary | 1999-12-22 | 2015-12-31 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-11-05 | 1999-11-05 |
| AMES, Paul | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2019-07-31 |
| BALDOCK, Steven Vincent | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2019-08-12 |
| BASS, Justin Marc | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2019-04-11 |
| DWIGHT, Nichola | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2009-07-31 |
| FITZPATRICK, Paul | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2018-03-15 |
| GODWIN-JONES, Amanda Greatyer Alice | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2014-04-30 |
| HALL, Trevor | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2018-04-18 |
| HAMMOND, Oliver James | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-06-02 |
| HUDSON, Nigel | Director | 1999-12-22 | 2015-12-31 |
| LUCKING, Clive Graham | Director | 1999-12-22 | 2019-03-01 |
| MARPLE, Lee Richard | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2019-04-11 |
| PEARSON, Simon | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2019-04-11 |
| SCOTT, Mark Joseph | Director | 2016-05-09 | 2024-12-17 |
| SHAW, Rupert Guy | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2018-03-15 |
| STAMATIS, Aki | Director | 2006-01-19 | 2019-10-01 |
| STEWART, Christopher | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2019-10-29 |
| THORNE, Nicholas Martyn | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-06-02 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-11-05 | 1999-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourfront Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-10-31