MADE THOUGHT DESIGN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-10 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-26
Watchouts
Cash
£775K
-5.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-18.2% vs 2023
Employees
59
-18.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£583K
+274.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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 | £7,571,653 | £8,141,368 | |
| Operating profit | £147,153 | £551,903 | |
| Profit before tax | £155,931 | £583,475 | |
| Net profit | £120,301 | £437,811 | |
| Cash | £816,511 | £774,841 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,732,958 | £1,424,691 | |
| Net assets | £1,711,009 | £1,398,820 | |
| Equity | £1,711,009 | £1,398,820 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 59 | |
| Wages | £4,697,694 | £4,390,758 |
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 | 1.9% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 38.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 1.48x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecast, projections and possible changes in trading performance, the Directors have a reasonable expectation the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- MADE THOUGHT DESIGN LIMITED · parent
- Made Thought Design Inc 100%
Significant events
- “There are no significant matters or events which have affected the company subsequent to the year end date requiring disclosure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-12-02 | — | — |
| AUSTIN, Paul James | Director | 2014-11-20 | Nov 1973 | British |
| NORTHCOTT, Geoffrey Robertson | Director | 2021-12-02 | Oct 1977 | British |
| PADDON, Michelle Louise | Director | 2026-02-11 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, Ben | Secretary | 2014-11-20 | 2021-12-02 |
| EGGAR, Jonathan Neil | Director | 2021-12-02 | 2026-01-02 |
| KELLY, Sam Robert | Director | 2021-12-02 | 2024-11-18 |
| PARKER, Benjamin Guy | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2026-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul James Austin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Ben Parker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Made Thought Creative Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-12-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-12-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+7.5%
£7,571,653 £8,141,368
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Cash
-5.1%
£816,511 £774,841
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Net assets
-18.2%
£1,711,009 £1,398,820
-
Employees
-18.1%
72 59
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Operating profit
+275.1%
£147,153 £551,903
-
Profit before tax
+274.2%
£155,931 £583,475
-
Wages
-6.5%
£4,697,694 £4,390,758
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