CLEARCAST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-19 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+17.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+66.2% vs 2023
Employees
75
+1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£925K
+1,647.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CLEARCAST LIMITED 2007-07-18 → present
- PIMCO 2670 LIMITED 2007-06-22 → 2007-07-18
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 | £10,703,865 | £12,641,169 | |
| Operating profit | -£91,475 | £864,942 | |
| Profit before tax | -£59,775 | £925,234 | |
| Net profit | -£59,775 | £669,419 | |
| Cash | £1,183,587 | £1,390,199 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,010,991 | £1,680,410 | |
| Net assets | £1,010,991 | £1,680,410 | |
| Equity | £1,010,991 | £1,680,410 | |
| Average employees | 74 | 75 | |
| Wages | £3,958,409 | £4,259,204 |
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 | -0.9% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | -0.6% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.0% | 51.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.50x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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 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.”
Significant events
- “The industry has witnessed substantial movement in recent years, with the advertising industry suffering in the second half of 2024. Key factors which effect the business include the proliferation of digital advertising, rising consumer awareness and stringent regulatory frameworks necessitating compliant advertising content.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-06-23 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Ben | Director | 2026-03-25 | May 1969 | British |
| COTTRELL, Ian Michael | Director | 2019-04-15 | Mar 1976 | British |
| EALES, Jeffrey Russell | Director | 2008-01-01 | Oct 1958 | British |
| GATWARD, Peter Anthony | Director | 2016-01-20 | Nov 1958 | British |
| GLYN, Charlotte Alice | Director | 2020-08-10 | Dec 1987 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, Steve | Director | 2011-02-16 | Mar 1969 | British |
| JOHN, Barry Gwyn | Director | 2018-12-01 | Feb 1979 | British |
| LEACH, Martin John Alexander | Director | 2017-10-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| WHITE, Mark Arthur | Director | 2008-01-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRISCOE, Cass | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2021-08-06 |
| HUGHES, Steph | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| GD SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2008-12-12 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-12-12 | 2014-12-31 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-06-22 | 2008-01-01 |
| ANDERSSEN, Karl Fredrik | Director | 2013-10-16 | 2015-05-18 |
| ANDERSSEN, Karl Fredrik | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| BAMPTON, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2009-06-24 |
| BROWN STEVENS, Helen | Director | 2007-10-23 | 2023-01-09 |
| CROUCH, Clive William | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2010-03-04 |
| HAYWARD, Gillian Fleur | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2010-09-28 |
| INKLEY, Merlin | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2012-07-18 |
| IOANNOU, Andrew | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2013-05-31 |
| LAWLEY, Markham Nicholas | Director | 2011-02-25 | 2013-04-30 |
| MALLANDAINE, Andrew James | Director | 2011-03-18 | 2023-07-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Barry Robert | Director | 2013-05-15 | 2016-01-12 |
| NEWMAN, Ashley David | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2013-05-31 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Tanya Marie | Director | 2012-09-19 | 2018-12-31 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Tanya Marie | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2011-04-18 |
| PLANT, Martin James | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2010-07-12 |
| POOLE, Simon John | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2010-12-16 |
| RICHARDSON, Andy | Director | 2011-04-18 | 2013-10-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Andy | Director | 2009-06-24 | 2009-12-31 |
| SCAHILL, Sheila | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2023-07-26 |
| THOMSON, Jenn | Director | 2010-07-12 | 2010-12-31 |
| VON BISMARCK, Sufia | Director | 2011-04-18 | 2015-05-18 |
| WAKES, Kim Yvonne | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2020-04-03 |
| WHITAKER, Andrew John | Director | 2011-02-16 | 2012-04-05 |
| PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-06-22 | 2007-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-01-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-01-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+18.1%
£10,703,865 £12,641,169
-
Cash
+17.5%
£1,183,587 £1,390,199
-
Net assets
+66.2%
£1,010,991 £1,680,410
-
Employees
+1.4%
74 75
-
Operating profit
+1,045.6%
-£91,475 £864,942
-
Profit before tax
+1,647.9%
-£59,775 £925,234
-
Wages
+7.6%
£3,958,409 £4,259,204
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