DIGITALBOX PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-22 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+9.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+5.5% vs 2023
Employees
30
+3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£208K
+179% vs 2023
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 | £2,790,018 | £3,645,034 | |
| Operating profit | -£301,468 | £155,014 | |
| Profit before tax | -£263,522 | £208,215 | |
| Net profit | -£253,875 | £147,806 | |
| Cash | £1,912,968 | £2,096,238 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,401,706 | £3,488,771 | |
| Net assets | £3,307,956 | £3,488,771 | |
| Equity | £3,307,956 | £3,488,771 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 30 | |
| Wages | £932,047 | £1,274,924 |
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 | -10.8% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | -9.1% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.9% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 2.13x | |
| Interest cover | -46.39x | 39.42x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The going concern basis of accounting has therefore been adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company acquired Walford News, a collection of social media platforms, which has a carrying value in the financial statements of £49,307.”
- “The Company subsequently purchased a collection of social media platforms from GRV Media Limited, which has a carrying value of £1,885.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, James Alexander | Director | 2017-05-15 | May 1965 | British |
| DOUGLAS, James Robert | Director | 2017-05-15 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONGFORD, Toni | Secretary | 2017-02-18 | 2019-05-09 |
| LONGFORD, Toni | Secretary | 2017-02-15 | 2018-03-16 |
| MCMANUS, David | Secretary | 2015-12-09 | 2017-02-17 |
| HIGGINSON, Martin James, Mr | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2017-05-15 |
| HIGGINSON, Samuel James | Director | 2016-04-15 | 2023-04-25 |
| MARKS, David | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2018-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digitalbox Publishing (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-12-12 | Active |
| Digitalbox Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-12 |
| Digitalbox Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-05-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
+30.6%
£2,790,018 £3,645,034
-
Cash
+9.6%
£1,912,968 £2,096,238
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£3,307,956 £3,488,771
-
Employees
+3.4%
29 30
-
Operating profit
+151.4%
-£301,468 £155,014
-
Profit before tax
+179%
-£263,522 £208,215
-
Wages
+36.8%
£932,047 £1,274,924
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