PRAESTO CONSULTING UK LTD

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Next accounts due

2026-11-30 (in 6mo)

Last filed for 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-16 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-02

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-22.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£7M

+19.9% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

+22.7% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£3M

+12.4% vs 2023

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Technology median

PRAESTO CONSULTING UK LTD·Technology median · n=967

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-02-29

Latest accounts filed cover 2025-02-28; financial figures currently reflect up to 2024-02-29.

Metric	2020-02-29	2021-02-28	2022-02-28	2023-02-28	2024-02-29
Turnover	—	—	—	£9,195,906	£13,057,672
Operating profit	—	—	—	£2,815,061	£3,154,004
Profit before tax	—	—	—	£2,837,737	£3,189,162
Net profit	—	—	—	£2,295,219	£2,349,324
Cash	£2,358,767	£4,934,639	—	£5,246,372	£4,043,843
Total assets less current liabilities	£4,228,226	£5,421,977	—	£5,519,752	£7,206,118
Net assets	£4,223,326	£4,588,644	—	£5,516,252	£6,615,576
Equity	£4,223,326	£4,588,644	£3,221,033	£5,516,252	£6,615,576
Average employees	54	54	—	66	81
Wages	—	—	—	£4,667,490	£6,314,227

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	2020-02-29	2021-02-28	2022-02-28	2023-02-28	2024-02-29
Operating margin	—	—	—	30.6%	24.2%
Net margin	—	—	—	25.0%	18.0%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	51.0%	43.8%
Interest cover	—	—	—	28725.11x	63080.08x

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)
Abridged: Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor: UNW LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate financial and other resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Significant events

“I am pleased to report that the UK business has had another extremely strong year and again hit our aggressive double digit growth targets in both revenue and profit.”
“The team, team expertise and team culture remain at the heart of our business. We have had a number of fantastic additions to the team that have enabled us to hit our targets.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

1 active · 3 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
RANSON, Jeremy Michael	Director	2007-09-11	Nov 1977	British

Show 3 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
RANSON, Jeremy Michael	Secretary	2007-09-11	2009-03-03
RANSON, Kerrie	Secretary	2009-03-03	2013-09-24
ATHERTON, David Brian	Director	2007-09-11	2009-02-16

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mrs Kerrie Ranson	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Jeremy Michael Ranson	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 51 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-02-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-09-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-02-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-09-20	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-09-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-03-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-11-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-11-12	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-09-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-02-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2020-09-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-07-13	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2019-11-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2019-09-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-04-12	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2018-11-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged	PDF
2018-09-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-02-29 vs 2023-02-28

Turnover

+42%

£9,195,906 £13,057,672
Cash

-22.9%

£5,246,372 £4,043,843
Net assets

+19.9%

£5,516,252 £6,615,576

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

+22.7%

66 81

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

+12%

£2,815,061 £3,154,004
Profit before tax

+12.4%

£2,837,737 £3,189,162
Wages

+35.3%

£4,667,490 £6,314,227

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

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