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CONSULT RED LIMITED
Cash
£3M
-39.7% vs 2022
Net assets
£5M
+6.8% vs 2022
Employees
125
+7.8% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£3M
-47.7% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 06688270
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2008-09-03
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62020
Net assets
4-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,833,301 | £18,339,236 | £35,541,078 | £27,283,729 | |
| Operating profit | £3,466,875 | £5,023,881 | £5,149,078 | £2,262,861 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,379,294 | £5,217,854 | £4,895,073 | £2,560,854 | |
| Net profit | £2,765,967 | £4,229,759 | £4,057,682 | £2,212,331 | |
| Cash | £7,059,982 | £9,756,894 | £4,501,971 | £2,715,490 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,136,108 | £14,367,567 | £9,064,910 | £10,387,766 | |
| Net assets | £10,129,808 | £14,359,567 | £4,852,508 | £5,183,276 | |
| Equity | £10,129,808 | £14,359,567 | £4,852,508 | £5,183,276 | |
| Average employees | 67 | 72 | 116 | 125 | |
| Wages | £3,865,923 | £4,215,877 | £10,698,251 | £7,724,847 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Wheawill & Sudworth Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Subsidiaries
- Red Embedded Consulting Inc · 100% held · USA · similar services to those of the UK parent company
- Consult Red Poland Sp. z oo · 100% held · Poland · similar services to those of the UK parent company
- Consult Red Services Sp. z oo · 100% held · Poland · similar services to those of the UK parent company
- Consultred (India) Pvt Ltd · 100% held · India · similar services to those of the UK parent company
Significant events
- “Total revenue for the period was £20.0m (2023: £27.3m). The decline of 26.7% is largely attributable to the loss of the largest customer, and a decline across a number of other key customers as the economy slowed in key trading countries (UK & USA) linked somewhat to elections.”
- “The business made a loss for the period of (£0.9m) (2023, profit of £2.2m), this is largely attributable to restructuring costs of £1.8m, which included beginning the closure of the India operations.”
- “During the period the company reduced the external long term facility from £8.2m to £5.2m (a revolving credit facility that was established in 2022).”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN, Stuart James, Dr | Director | 2008-09-08 | Jan 1971 | British |
| MCCARTHY, Shane | Director | 2018-11-22 | Jan 1973 | Irish |
| STEWART, Andrew Douglas | Director | 2008-09-08 | Sep 1965 | British |
| WEBSTER, David Mark | Director | 2024-01-25 | Apr 1991 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACH, Karen | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-10-06 |
| HOATH, William Trevredyn | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2021-07-08 |
| LONGHORN, Darren James | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2021-04-28 |
| MEHRA, Rahul | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2022-03-31 |
| STEVENSON, Paul Gregory | Director | 2021-07-08 | 2024-02-09 |
| TAYLOR, David Holloway | Director | 2024-01-04 | 2025-10-06 |
| TAYLOR, David | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2021-07-08 |
| VENKATESAM, Raghu | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2023-11-10 |
| WHEAWILL & SUDWORTH NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-09-03 | 2008-09-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consult Red Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-07-15 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-07-14 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-07-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-07-10 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-07-10 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-04-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | certificate change of name company |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-01-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-11-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-12-31
6.44
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.715 × 6.56 = +4.69
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.165 × 6.72 = +1.11
- Book equity / Total liabilities 0.610 × 1.05 = +0.64
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-09
41.4
COOL
/ 100
- Filings velocity 75
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 50
- Headcount trajectory 58
- Accounts trajectory 27
- 9 filing(s) in last 12 months
- 0 appointed, 2 resigned (12mo)
- Employees +8% YoY
- Turnover -23% YoY