IMAGESOUND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-03 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-11.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
+10.8% vs 2023
Employees
237
+6.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+69% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- IMAGESOUND LIMITED 2014-12-09 → present
- IMAGESOUND PLC 2004-08-17 → 2014-12-09
- ADVANCE CAPITAL INVEST PLC 2000-10-20 → 2004-08-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,974,000 | £34,566,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,257,000 | £3,813,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,165,000 | £3,658,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,124,000 | £3,608,000 | |
| Cash | £1,908,000 | £1,680,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,484,000 | £30,655,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,869,000 | £26,441,000 | |
| Equity | £23,869,000 | £26,441,000 | |
| Average employees | 222 | 237 | |
| Wages | £9,073,000 | £8,913,000 |
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 | 7.5% | 11.0% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 12.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.7% | 53.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 0.52x | |
| Interest cover | 20.71x | 41.00x |
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
- UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The wider group has bank loan facilities and shareholder loans in place until 2029. The directors have prepared base and sensitised forecasts for a period at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. These show that the group is expecting to be able to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due and meet the covenants for the foreseeable future. Given the above, the directors believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- IMAGESOUND LIMITED · parent
- MusicStyling.com Limited 1%
- Imagesound Inc 1%
- Shanghai Imagesound Music Consultancy Limited 1%
- Imagesound Middle East DWC-LLC 1%
- TSG Media Limited 1%
- Ideal Music Communications Limited 1%
- Ideal Music Media Limited 1%
- Imagesound Retail Music & Media Limited 1%
- Muzak UK Limited 1%
- Rolec Limited 1%
- TSC Music Systems Limited 1%
- KVH Media Group Entertainment Limited 1%
- G.M.S.(Recordings) Limited 1%
- Open Ear Limited 1%
- Radiopark GmbH & Co.KG 1%
- Radiopark Middle East FZ-LLC 1%
Significant events
- “The group has made no acquisitions in the current year but has continued to increase the number of customer sites it serves.”
- “During the year the group made a payment of £300,000 in respect of deferred consideration for the acquisition of Open Ear Limited, a business acquired during 2023. The group made no further acquisitions during 2024. During the year the group also made adjustments to the value of goodwill recognised on the acquisition of Open Ear Limited in 2023, which had the impact of increasing the amount of goodwill recognised by £14,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOVE, Sarah Anne | Director | 2023-04-06 | May 1973 | British |
| DOWNING, Terry William | Director | 2025-03-28 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWERS, Lee Richard | Secretary | 2004-08-18 | 2005-06-30 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Michael Charles | Secretary | 2000-11-15 | 2004-08-18 |
| PRATT, Kenneth Leslie Thomas | Secretary | 2006-03-08 | 2010-12-14 |
| TRUMAN, William John | Secretary | 2010-12-14 | 2023-04-06 |
| WEBSTER, Martin Antony | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2006-03-08 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-20 | 2000-11-15 |
| BOWERS, Lee Richard | Director | 2004-08-18 | 2005-06-30 |
| BURROUGHES, Philip John | Director | 2015-05-05 | 2022-04-11 |
| CLARK, Michael | Director | 2004-08-18 | 2014-12-31 |
| CLAYTON-SMITH, David Charles | Director | 2006-04-26 | 2008-12-18 |
| COOK, Neil Robert, Dr | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Michael Charles | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2006-12-31 |
| GREGORY, Richard John | Director | 2004-08-18 | 2010-12-14 |
| JOSEPH, Richard David | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2004-08-18 |
| LAURIE, David Philip | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2004-08-18 |
| MAPP, Derek | Director | 2004-08-18 | 2022-04-11 |
| PEARSON, Simon John | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2022-04-11 |
| PRATT, Kenneth Leslie Thomas | Director | 2006-03-08 | 2010-12-14 |
| RADHAKRISHNAN, Kripa | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2011-07-22 |
| TRUMAN, William John | Director | 2010-12-14 | 2023-04-06 |
| WEBSTER, Martin Antony | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2006-03-08 |
| WESTMORE, Geoffrey David | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2004-08-18 |
| WHITTAKER, Nigel | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2004-08-18 |
| YAPP, Stephen | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2008-12-18 |
| MD DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-10-20 | 2000-11-15 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-10-20 | 2000-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concentia Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-01-02 | Active |
| Mr William John Truman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-16 | Ceased 2021-01-02 |
| Eci 10 Gp Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-02 |
| Eci Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-01-29 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-02 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
+15.3%
£29,974,000 £34,566,000
-
Cash
-11.9%
£1,908,000 £1,680,000
-
Net assets
+10.8%
£23,869,000 £26,441,000
-
Employees
+6.8%
222 237
-
Operating profit
+68.9%
£2,257,000 £3,813,000
-
Profit before tax
+69%
£2,165,000 £3,658,000
-
Wages
-1.8%
£9,073,000 £8,913,000
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