DATUM EDGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-27 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-82.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£121M
+6.6% vs 2024
Employees
36
-18.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£16M
+77.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DATUM EDGE LIMITED 2005-06-09 → present
- BRAND NEW CO (265) LIMITED 2005-03-10 → 2005-06-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,153,000 | £9,597,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,183,000 | £17,138,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,104,000 | £16,132,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,178,000 | £14,656,000 | |
| Cash | £31,437,000 | £5,508,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £150,485,000 | £130,679,000 | |
| Net assets | £113,921,000 | £121,398,000 | |
| Equity | £113,921,000 | £121,398,000 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 36 | |
| Wages | £4,077,000 | £2,513,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 67.2% | 178.6% | |
| Net margin | 47.4% | 152.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.5% | 26.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | 3.48x | 8.73x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DATUM EDGE LIMITED · parent
- Network Space Holdings Limited 100%
- Network Space Investments Limited 100%
- Network Space Land Limited 100%
- NS Festival Gardens Limited 100%
- NSM Property & Asset Management Ltd 100%
- Network Space Projects Limited 100%
- Network Space Capital Limited 100%
- NSD Assetco 1 Limited (formerly Network Space Developments Limited) 95%
- NS Investments North East Limited 100%
- Network Space NE Limited 100%
- NS UP CW Limited' (formerly NS CW 4 Limited, formerly NS JV Limited) 100%
- Bansco Holdings Limited 100%
- Bansco Limited 85%
- Pecunia Arbore Limited 100%
- NS Shelfco 1 Limited 50%
- Network Space Developments Limited (formerly Network Space DM Limited) 100%
- Network Space IM Limited 100%
- NSI Grange Mill Lane Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Network Space enjoyed one of its largest ever years in terms of value transacted, totalling over £90M.”
- “Datum Edge has invested in Enra Partners with the intention of capturing value arising from the growing demand for Data Centres in the UK.”
- “Enra Partners and Network Space have formed a partnership to bring forward a land asset held by the group.”
- “Bansco continues to be contracted by entities within the Network Space group for appropriate construction and refurbishment projects.”
- “Post year end, subsidiary Network Space Capital Limited acquired the full plot of land from its joint venture after the JV went into administration 12 months ago. The land was transferred by the administration at a value £3.625m which was supported by external valuations.”
- “The Investments division of the Network Space Group is undergoing an internal restructure, involving the creation of new entities, to align the strategic direction of each property.”
- “As part of the restructure a new £11.25m financing facility has been agreed with Handelsbanken post year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AINSCOUGH, Richard James | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | — | British |
| ADAMSON, Daniel Manus | Director | 2018-02-28 | Jan 1974 | British |
| AINSCOUGH, Amy Carol | Director | 2019-04-08 | Dec 1975 | American |
| AINSCOUGH, Richard James | Director | 2005-06-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAFTERY, Paul Matthew | Secretary | 2005-03-10 | 2005-06-01 |
| AINSCOUGH, Amy Carol | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2018-02-19 |
| AINSCOUGH, William | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2019-11-01 |
| THOMPSON, Alan Christopher | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2005-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard James Ainscough | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2020-01-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-01-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-36.7%
£15,153,000 £9,597,000
-
Cash
-82.5%
£31,437,000 £5,508,000
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£113,921,000 £121,398,000
-
Employees
-18.2%
44 36
-
Operating profit
+68.3%
£10,183,000 £17,138,000
-
Profit before tax
+77.2%
£9,104,000 £16,132,000
-
Wages
-38.4%
£4,077,000 £2,513,000
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