FINECAST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2023-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£54M
+16.8% vs 2022
Employees
114
-5.8% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£6M
+55% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Directors expect to transfer the trade and assets relating to the Company's commercial operations to GroupM UK Limited, a fellow WPP Group company, in early 2025 and subsequently cease trading, as, discussed above. The Directors intend to liquidate the Company during 2025 when all remaining administrative matters required to liquidate the Company have been resolved. 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 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £163,766,000 | £192,950,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,625,000 | £1,554,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,676,000 | £5,696,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,242,000 | £7,728,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £46,210,000 | £53,996,000 | |
| Equity | £46,210,000 | £53,996,000 | |
| Average employees | 121 | 114 | |
| Wages | £14,519,000 | £13,379,000 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | 3.25x | 1.00x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors expect to transfer the trade and assets relating to the Company's commercial operations to GroupM UK Limited, a fellow WPP Group company, in early 2025 and subsequently cease trading, as, discussed above. The Directors intend to liquidate the Company during 2025 when all remaining administrative matters required to liquidate the Company have been resolved. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-08-24 | — | — |
| LEWIS, Nicola Catherine | Director | 2022-04-07 | Jan 1975 | British |
| ROWLINSON, Kate | Director | 2025-09-15 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Colin | Director | 2017-08-24 | 2021-02-19 |
| COLLINS, Mark | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2025-03-22 |
| DIAMOND, Stuart | Director | 2017-08-24 | 2025-07-31 |
| ENGLEBRIGHT, Drew | Director | 2017-08-24 | 2018-02-28 |
| GEORGE, Tom | Director | 2018-05-11 | 2020-03-27 |
| HARCUS, Harry | Director | 2019-11-11 | 2023-03-31 |
| NIELSEN, Jakob | Director | 2017-08-24 | 2021-10-31 |
| THEAKSTONE, Nicholas | Director | 2017-08-24 | 2020-10-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp Jubilee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-02 | Active |
| Finecast Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-08-24 | Ceased 2022-12-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-24 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+17.8%
£163,766,000 £192,950,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+16.8%
£46,210,000 £53,996,000
-
Employees
-5.8%
121 114
-
Operating profit
-4.4%
£1,625,000 £1,554,000
-
Profit before tax
+55%
£3,676,000 £5,696,000
-
Wages
-7.9%
£14,519,000 £13,379,000
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