SOFAR SOUNDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-01-15
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
-49% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-62.8% vs 2023
Employees
96
-20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£11M
+39.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-01-15.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
However, the Directors recognise that the Group and Parent Company remain reliant on the future sales pipeline. The absence of secured additional sales contracts introduces uncertainty into the forecasted cash flows. Therefore, without the successful conversion of pipeline opportunities into contracted revenue, there exists a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's and Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,527,875 | £9,409,133 | |
| Operating profit | -£18,162,696 | -£11,175,958 | |
| Profit before tax | -£17,668,123 | -£10,725,243 | |
| Net profit | -£17,715,053 | -£10,738,090 | |
| Cash | £19,691,692 | £10,039,262 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,095,209 | £6,875,802 | |
| Net assets | £17,970,763 | £6,691,317 | |
| Equity | £17,970,763 | £6,691,317 | |
| Average employees | 120 | 96 | |
| Wages | £11,962,930 | £7,328,189 |
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 | -145.0% | -118.8% | |
| Net margin | -141.4% | -114.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -100.4% | -162.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.0% | 50.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.86x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | -3590.18x | -2682.02x |
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
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“However, the Directors recognise that the Group and Parent Company remain reliant on the future sales pipeline. The absence of secured additional sales contracts introduces uncertainty into the forecasted cash flows. Therefore, without the successful conversion of pipeline opportunities into contracted revenue, there exists a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's and Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- SOFAR SOUNDS LIMITED · parent
- Sofar Sounds Canada Ltd 100%
- Sofar Sounds Iberia SL 100%
- Sofar Sounds LLC 100%
- Seated Inc 100%
- Layers Media LLC 80%
- Sofar Sounds Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2025, the Group disposed of its subsidiary, Seated LLC. The total consideration for the disposal was $4 million, comprising $2 million received on completion and $2 million payable under deferred terms. This is a non-adjusting post balance sheet event for the Group financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERISKA SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-02-11 | — | — |
| KERNS, Michael John | Director | 2022-02-11 | Nov 1976 | American |
| OFFER, Raphael Eleazar | Director | 2011-03-14 | Jun 1963 | British |
| TOBIN, Scott Russell | Director | 2019-05-28 | Oct 1970 | American |
| WEBSTER, Warren Raymond | Director | 2024-11-01 | Nov 1972 | American |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORROW, Annalee | Secretary | 2011-03-14 | 2014-08-01 |
| ALEXANDER, David | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2012-01-11 |
| COHEN, Joseph Steven | Director | 2013-07-02 | 2016-08-31 |
| DOBSON, Patrick | Director | 2024-05-23 | 2025-07-28 |
| FERGUSON, Malcolm | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2024-04-30 |
| LUCCHESE, James | Director | 2019-06-12 | 2024-09-26 |
| START, William Rocky | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2018-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octopus Titan Vct Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-12 | Ceased 2021-03-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-08 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-08 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
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Turnover
-24.9%
£12,527,875 £9,409,133
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Cash
-49%
£19,691,692 £10,039,262
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Net assets
-62.8%
£17,970,763 £6,691,317
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Employees
-20%
120 96
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Operating profit
+38.5%
-£18,162,696 -£11,175,958
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Profit before tax
+39.3%
-£17,668,123 -£10,725,243
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Wages
-38.7%
£11,962,930 £7,328,189
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