EVOKE CREATIVE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-06 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
Equity attributable
Employees
104
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EVOKE CREATIVE LIMITED 2006-04-03 → present
- RAFFO DESIGN LIMITED 2003-02-12 → 2006-04-03
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 | £31,041,425 | £37,377,312 | |
| Operating profit | £1,670,662 | £5,041,201 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,140,745 | £4,597,840 | |
| Net profit | £1,373,613 | £3,945,438 | |
| Cash | £448,246 | £4,073,989 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,596,479 | £4,544,319 | |
| Net assets | £1,547,547 | £4,492,985 | |
| Equity | £1,547,547 | £4,492,985 | |
| Average employees | 120 | 104 | |
| Wages | £4,977,686 | £4,900,552 |
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 | 5.4% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 104.6% | 110.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 4.78x | 14.86x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following the preparation of these statements and after reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections for the period ended 31 October 2026, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Investment by BGF Investments LP of £3.3m via a non-interest bearing loan note into Evoke Creative (Holdings) Limited in December 2023 to allow further growth in working capital to support future contracts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Louise Megan Kathleen | Secretary | 2023-11-03 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Louise Megan Kathleen | Director | 2023-11-03 | Oct 1985 | British |
| EDWARDS, Peter Mark | Director | 2023-03-01 | May 1964 | British |
| FROST, Simon | Director | 2023-03-29 | Sep 1972 | British |
| REYNOUD, Pascal | Director | 2026-04-28 | Feb 1980 | French |
| TAYLOR, Simon | Director | 2017-07-28 | Mar 1968 | British |
| WARD, Dean Paul | Director | 2008-07-30 | Jun 1980 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD, Graham | Secretary | 2003-02-12 | 2017-07-28 |
| ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-02-12 | 2003-02-12 |
| BOYD, Graham | Director | 2003-02-12 | 2017-07-28 |
| CLARK, Neil Andrew | Director | 2003-02-12 | 2023-12-12 |
| DERBY, David Francis | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2019-10-25 |
| LLOYD, Mark | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2023-12-22 |
| QUAYLE, Iain | Director | 2003-02-12 | 2017-07-28 |
| AR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-02-12 | 2003-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dean Paul Ward | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-07-28 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
| Mr Neil Andrew Clark | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-07-28 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
| Evoke Creative (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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