FICTIONEERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-06 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-23
Watchouts
Cash
£5K
-80.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
0
-100% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£0
+100% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company has net liabilities of £1,386,640 at 31 December 2023, it is therefore reliant on parental support. A subsidiary of WPP PLC has confirmed that the group indebtedness will not be called upon until after 30 September 2025, but not confirmed additional funding. This indicates a material uncertainty.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £450 | -£1,388,003 | £0 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £364 | -£1,388,003 | £0 | |
| Cash | — | — | £7,307 | £24,069 | £4,717 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £999 | £999 | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £999 | £999 | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £999 | £999 | £1,363 | -£1,386,640 | -£1,386,640 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | £326,033 | £1,037,599 | £0 |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company has net liabilities of £1,386,640 at 31 December 2023, it is therefore reliant on parental support. A subsidiary of WPP PLC has confirmed that the group indebtedness will not be called upon until after 30 September 2025, but not confirmed additional funding. This indicates a material uncertainty.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIMBERLEY, Simon Christopher | Director | 2021-03-31 | Jun 1968 | British |
| PADDON, Michelle Louise | Director | 2026-02-17 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMMINGS, Susan Ileen | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2022-07-22 |
| EGGAR, Jonathan Neil | Director | 2022-07-22 | 2026-02-17 |
| EWINGS, Scott | Director | 2019-07-08 | 2020-11-30 |
| VEAL, Jason John | Director | 2019-04-13 | 2022-07-22 |
| POTATO LONDON LTD | Corporate Director | 2019-04-13 | 2019-06-19 |
| SUGAR CREATIVE STUDIO LTD | Corporate Director | 2019-04-13 | 2019-06-19 |
| TINY REBEL GAMES LTD | Corporate Director | 2019-04-13 | 2019-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wpp Group (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-07-22 | Active |
| Sugar Creative Studio Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-13 | Ceased 2022-07-22 |
| Tiny Rebel Games Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-13 | Ceased 2022-07-22 |
| Potato London Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type micro entity | |
| 2022-07-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-80.4%
£24,069 £4,717
lowest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
—
Not reported
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Employees
-100%
8 0
lowest in 5 filed years
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Profit before tax
+100%
-£1,388,003 £0
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Wages
-100%
£1,037,599 £0
lowest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers