PIONEER BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
Equity attributable
Employees
185
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- PIONEER BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED 2018-06-26 → present
- RIPPLE COMMS LIMITED 2016-05-24 → 2018-06-26
- ONE PRICE BUSINESS PHONES LIMITED 2013-01-31 → 2016-05-24
- 1 PRICE BUSINESS PHONES LIMITED 2013-01-29 → 2013-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £48,450,000 | £18,513,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,058,000 | -£985,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,214,000 | -£1,319,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,612,000 | -£1,320,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,547,000 | £4,227,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,547,000 | £4,227,000 | |
| Equity | £5,547,000 | £4,227,000 | |
| Average employees | 195 | 185 | |
| Wages | £10,815,000 | £7,199,000 |
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 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.4% | -5.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | -7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 91.2% | -23.3% | |
| Interest cover | 5.99x | -2.95x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have received a confirmation letter from the directors of VMED O2 UK Holdings Limited, the direct subsidiary of VMED O2 UK Limited, confirming it will provide sufficient financial support to enable the Company to meets its liabilities as they fall due for at least the next 12 months.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the period end in May 2025, VMED O2 and Daisy Group announced the creation of a company, combining their complementary direct B2B operations to create a major new force in the UK business communications and IT sector. The transaction completed on 1 August 2025 with the creation of O2 Business Holdings Limited (formerly O2 Daisy Limited), the parent of the group (O2 Business). The ownership of O2 Business is split 70% VMED O2 and 30% Daisy Group.”
- “Also on this date, the debt facilities of the Company were repaid in full, further details can be found in Note 15.”
- “On 30 September 2025, the Company became a guarantor to intercompany loans totalling £1,351 million which are secured by a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the Company and certain fellow group undertakings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMED O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-08-01 | — | — |
| SCUTT, Gary | Director | 2013-01-29 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTLEDGE, Dean | Director | 2022-01-05 | 2025-12-18 |
| CARTLEDGE, Dean | Director | 2016-06-20 | 2017-05-02 |
| DUNNE, Martin David | Director | 2016-06-20 | 2018-01-25 |
| HAM, Anika Patricia | Director | 2016-06-20 | 2018-06-21 |
| HUTT, Daron Grenville | Director | 2013-01-29 | 2024-09-23 |
| WHITTAKER, Andrew John | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2025-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4com Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-07 | Active |
| Mr Daron Hutt | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-06 | Ceased 2019-10-22 |
| 4com Technologies Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-08-05 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-06-30