PLATINUM ACQUISITION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-23 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-09
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£110M
+2.2% vs 2023
Employees
3
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-48.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£80,059 | -£263,158 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,614,529 | £2,363,232 | |
| Net profit | £4,614,529 | £2,363,232 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £239,899,926 | £228,081,542 | |
| Net assets | £108,038,547 | £110,401,779 | |
| Equity | £108,038,547 | £110,401,779 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 8.35x | 3.07x | |
| Interest cover | -0.01x | -0.02x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared financial forecasts and are satisfied the Company will be able to operate within the existing facilities for the next twelve months following approval of these financial statements. The directors are confident that the forecasts will be achieved. During the year the directors have not identified any material uncertainties.”
Group structure
- PLATINUM ACQUISITION LIMITED · parent
- Platinum Newco III Limited 100%
- Platinum Newco II Limited 100%
- Platinum Newco I Limited 100%
- SmartComms SC Limited 100%
- Platinum Software Limited 100%
- SmartComms Pty Ltd 100%
- Intelledox Pty Ltd 100%
- Intelledox Asia PTE Ltd 100%
- SmartComms Platinum AG 100%
- SmartComms GmbH 100%
- Smart Communications CCM Austria GmbH 100%
- SmartComms Platinum PTE Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “There were no post balance sheet events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARAUJO-PEREZ, Begona | Director | 2025-10-10 | Jan 1991 | Spanish |
| RAILHAC, Thomas | Director | 2025-10-10 | May 1980 | French |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-08-22 | 2020-08-21 |
| BARNDS, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2025-10-10 |
| HERNANDEZ, Maurice Andre | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2025-10-10 |
| KLEIN, Jason Michael | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2025-10-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Uk Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-10 | Active |
| Platinum Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-22 | Ceased 2025-10-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-29 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-09-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+2.2%
£108,038,547 £110,401,779
-
Employees
0%
3 3
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Operating profit
-228.7%
-£80,059 -£263,158
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Profit before tax
-48.8%
£4,614,529 £2,363,232
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