WORLDONE RESEARCH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-12
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+19.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£16M
+13.4% vs 2023
Employees
52
-10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+196.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-12.
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 | £30,868,199 | £27,107,901 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,371,101 | £2,238,291 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,889,273 | £1,830,245 | |
| Net profit | -£1,765,505 | £1,830,245 | |
| Cash | £1,653,623 | £1,973,039 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£18,259,010 | -£15,814,320 | |
| Equity | -£18,259,010 | -£15,814,320 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 52 | |
| Wages | £6,805,849 | £6,893,369 |
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 | -4.4% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | -5.7% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 200.3% | 175.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.40x | 0.38x | |
| Interest cover | -2.65x | 5.49x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is reliant on the parent company Sermo Limited for ongoing financial support, and it has been confirmed with the directors of this company that they will continue to support the company financially as needed. The Director believes that the Company is a going concern and has prepared accounts on this basis, given that the wider group controlled by Sermo Limited has the means to provide financial support to WorldOne Research Limited as needed.”
Group structure
- WORLDONE RESEARCH LIMITED · parent
- WorldOne Servicios de Investigacion S.A. de C.V 99%
- WorldOne Research 2008, SL 100%
- WorldOne Dalian 100%
Significant events
- “There were no other significant events after the balance sheet date that could have a material impact on the financial position as at and for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRK, Peter | Director | 2000-05-10 | Jun 1970 | Danish |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERNARD, Ricardo Joseph | Secretary | 2007-09-01 | 2009-09-09 |
| BOSE, Tarun | Secretary | 2009-09-09 | 2011-11-30 |
| DIMITROV, Gorjan | Secretary | 2001-07-25 | 2002-11-30 |
| FROYSTAD, Ted | Secretary | 2000-05-10 | 2001-12-31 |
| SMITH, Gerard | Secretary | 2011-12-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| VEJLGAARD, Lotte | Secretary | 2002-10-01 | 2007-09-01 |
| UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-04-28 | 2000-04-28 |
| HALL, Richard James Eldred | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| KIRK, Morten | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| WRIGHT, Jamie Michael | Director | 2013-10-31 | 2016-09-30 |
| UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-04-28 | 2000-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sermo Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-01-11 | Active |
| Mr Peter Kirk | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-14 | 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
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-12.2%
£30,868,199 £27,107,901
-
Cash
+19.3%
£1,653,623 £1,973,039
-
Net assets
+13.4%
-£18,259,010 -£15,814,320
-
Employees
-10.3%
58 52
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Operating profit
+263.2%
-£1,371,101 £2,238,291
-
Profit before tax
+196.9%
-£1,889,273 £1,830,245
-
Wages
+1.3%
£6,805,849 £6,893,369
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