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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-11 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£853K

-26.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

-1.6% vs 2023

Employees

53

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£401K

-37.7% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric Trend 2023-08-312024-08-31
Turnover £5,538,860£5,896,845
Operating profit £643,175£394,720
Profit before tax £643,344£400,531
Net profit £460,826£302,282
Cash £1,165,469£853,488
Total assets less current liabilities £3,698,528£3,640,810
Net assets £3,698,528£3,640,810
Equity £3,698,528£3,640,810
Average employees 5353
Wages £2,714,078£2,916,388

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 2023-08-312024-08-31
Operating margin 11.6%6.7%
Net margin 8.3%5.1%
Return on capital employed 17.4%10.8%
Current ratio 1.58x1.59x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
Mercer & Hole LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors are confident that the level of business expected for the group over the next financial year, combined with the current level of net cash resources means that the group does not expect to require further funding in order to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. There are no areas of material uncertainty that may have any impact on the group's business and the directors are therefore confident that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements of the group on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. RASCAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
    1. Open-Projects Limited 100% · England · Software design and support

Significant events

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
KEMBLE, Peter John Secretary 2004-07-28 British
BUNTING, Jonathan Michael Director 2008-03-19 Feb 1972 British
COTES, William Marcus Director 2020-12-10 Apr 1965 British
GAGE, Simon Director 2019-02-13 Jul 1968 British
KEMBLE, Michael John Director 2004-07-28 Oct 1947 British
KEMBLE, Peter John Director 2006-05-31 Jun 1970 British
SOUTHON, Charlotte Director 2008-03-19 Jul 1980 British
Show 8 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ATKINS, David Michael Director 2006-05-31 2008-03-19
ATKINS, John Michael Director 2004-07-28 2008-03-19
COTES, William Marcus Director 2014-01-28 2015-01-02
MCKENNA, Dominic Paul Director 2008-03-19 2009-03-30
RYAN, Louise Director 2018-03-14 2019-02-13
RYAN, Louise Director 2008-03-19 2015-10-08
TODD, David Steven Director 2015-04-14 2018-03-14
WEBB, Richard John Director 2009-03-30 2014-01-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Smiths News Trading Limited Corporate entity Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 96 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-08-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-06-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-08-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-01-08 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-01-08 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-01-08 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2024-01-08 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-08-23 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-07-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-02-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-01-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-08-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-01-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-08-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-02-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-12-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-08-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31

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

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