SPONGE UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-07 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£506K
-66.3% vs 2021
Net assets
£188K
+691.1% vs 2021
Employees
127
0% vs 2021
Profit before tax
£112K
-94.5% vs 2021
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2022-04-30
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-04-30; financial figures currently reflect up to 2022-04-30.
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,716,410 | £11,963,516 | |
| Operating profit | £2,060,223 | £113,448 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,059,286 | £112,442 | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £1,501,587 | £506,008 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £122,426 | £234,868 | |
| Net assets | £23,710 | £187,572 | |
| Equity | £23,710 | £187,572 | |
| Average employees | 127 | 127 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.2% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1682.8% | 48.3% | |
| Interest cover | 2198.74x | 112.77x |
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
“Despite uncertain macroeconomic conditions, increased liquidity support from investors, the company is in a strong position to continue to meet its working capital requirements and credit obligations. The trading projections of the business indicate ongoing profitable growth and cashflow generation and on this basis the directors are satisfied that the financial statements should continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Revenues traded lower this financial year to £8.9m (2024: £11.1m). Continued economic uncertainty in the market halted growth prospects in the year. The company reported a loss for the financial year of £1.5m (2024: £1.3m loss). The loss for the current financial year includes reorganisation costs of £0.4m (2024: £0.4m), depreciation and amortisation costs of £1.3m (2024: £1.2m).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOORMAN, Nicholas | Director | 2025-07-18 | Jun 1975 | British |
| POULTER, Adam Willis George | Director | 2021-05-10 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASTERFIELD, Roger Mark James | Secretary | 2009-01-01 | 2019-11-07 |
| PASTERFIELD, Roger Mark | Secretary | 2004-02-10 | 2006-11-10 |
| WHALE, Matthew Ron | Secretary | 2006-11-10 | 2009-01-01 |
| ALLAN, William Macdonald | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2021-05-19 |
| LYONS, Timothy James | Director | 2021-09-02 | 2024-06-14 |
| NICHOLLS, Kate Ella | Director | 2011-01-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| PASTERFIELD, Kate Ella | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2010-07-01 |
| PASTERFIELD, Louise | Director | 2004-02-10 | 2021-08-31 |
| WHALE, Matthew Ron | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2019-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponge Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-07 | Active |
| Louise Pasterfield | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-11-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2022-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2021 → FY2022 · period ending 2022-04-30 vs 2021-04-30
-
Turnover
+11.6%
£10,716,410 £11,963,516
-
Cash
-66.3%
£1,501,587 £506,008
-
Net assets
+691.1%
£23,710 £187,572
-
Employees
0%
127 127
-
Operating profit
-94.5%
£2,060,223 £113,448
-
Profit before tax
-94.5%
£2,059,286 £112,442
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers