GOAT SOLUTIONS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-22 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-08
Watchouts
Cash
£745K
-94.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
+23.7% vs 2023
Employees
166
+22.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-0.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
In June 2025 it was announced that the Company would be consolidating its operations into other fellow WPP Group Companies. As a result of this, the trade and assets of the Company will transfer over to other fellow WPP Group Companies during the course of 2025 and 2026, with the intention of closing the legal entity by 2027. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than 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 | £29,281,000 | £44,302,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,005,000 | £4,316,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,027,000 | £4,997,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,256,000 | £5,174,000 | |
| Cash | £14,273,000 | £745,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,147,000 | £27,144,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,824,000 | £26,998,000 | |
| Equity | £21,824,000 | £26,998,000 | |
| Average employees | 136 | 166 | |
| Wages | £7,287,000 | £9,726,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 9.7% | |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.6% | 15.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.3% | 36.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.77x | 2.69x | |
| Interest cover | 1251.25x | 95.91x |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“In June 2025 it was announced that the Company would be consolidating its operations into other fellow WPP Group Companies. As a result of this, the trade and assets of the Company will transfer over to other fellow WPP Group Companies during the course of 2025 and 2026, with the intention of closing the legal entity by 2027. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “In June 2025 it was announced that the Company would be consolidating its operations into other fellow WPP Group Companies, with the intention of closing the legal entity by 2027.”
- “The 2023 income statement has been restated to reclassify £3,679,000 of staff costs from administrative expenses to cost of sales.”
- “During the year the useful life of capitalised software was changed from 10 years to 3 years to align with the WPP Group. This change was applied prospectively from 1 January 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-03-28 | — | — |
| BURGESS, Alexander Piers | Director | 2025-06-23 | Apr 1992 | British |
| NICHOLS, Michael John | Director | 2023-03-21 | Mar 1985 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Dorian | Secretary | 2018-03-08 | 2021-03-02 |
| BIDON, Nicolas Olivier Maurice | Director | 2023-03-21 | 2025-06-19 |
| COOKE, Nick | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2023-03-21 |
| HUGO, Harry James | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2023-03-21 |
| SHEPHERD, Arron Gareth | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2025-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp Group (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-22 | Active |
| Goat Solutions Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-01 | Ceased 2023-11-22 |
| Mr Arron Gareth Shepherd | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-01 |
| Mr Harry James Hugo | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-01 |
| Mr Nicholas William Cooke | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-29 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+51.3%
£29,281,000 £44,302,000
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Cash
-94.8%
£14,273,000 £745,000
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Net assets
+23.7%
£21,824,000 £26,998,000
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Employees
+22.1%
136 166
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Operating profit
-13.8%
£5,005,000 £4,316,000
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Profit before tax
-0.6%
£5,027,000 £4,997,000
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Wages
+33.5%
£7,287,000 £9,726,000
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