KM BUSINESS INFORMATION HOLDINGS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£400K
-62.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£25M
-7.4% vs 2023
Employees
332
-9.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£424K
+81.2% vs 2023
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 | £24,922,577 | £26,393,295 | |
| Operating profit | £1,424,574 | £1,410,467 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,259,968 | -£424,180 | |
| Net profit | -£2,129,078 | -£91,913 | |
| Cash | £1,074,882 | £399,725 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,866,282 | £44,527,629 | |
| Net assets | £27,539,345 | £25,492,860 | |
| Equity | £27,539,345 | £25,492,860 | |
| Average employees | 368 | 332 | |
| Wages | £11,601,388 | £11,177,028 |
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 | 5.7% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | -8.5% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.0% | 49.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | 0.95x | 1.15x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe the group will remain a going concern for a period not less than 12 months from the date of accounts approval and will have sufficient liquidity and resources to meet their liabilities and obligations as they fall due.”
Group structure
- KM BUSINESS INFORMATION HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- KM Business Information Canada Ltd 100%
- KM Business Information Australia Holdco Pty Ltd 100%
- KM Business Information US, Inc. 100%
- KM Business Information UK Limited 100%
- KM Business Information New Zealand 100%
- Platform 3, Inc. 100%
- KM Business Information Australia Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024, revenues for the mortgage vertical were flat as result of high interest rates. This trend is expected to reverse during 2025 as interest rates drops and a large number of mortgages are set to renew in Canada. HR and Law verticals experienced revenue decline compared to the prior fiscal year at -22% and -4% respectively.”
- “In New Zealand, the decline in HR vertical created a negative impact on the business when compared against the original expectations, leading to an impairment of the goodwill.”
- “Post year end, Platform 3 Inc., one of the group companies, has received a tax assessment of approximately USD 1.6m from the local tax authorities in respect of intercompany balances written off in 2022. As of the date the consolidated financial statements are issued, negotiations are still ongoing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUCE, Timothy Patrick | Director | 2022-06-28 | Dec 1977 | British |
| GREGORY, Fergus | Director | 2025-05-20 | Apr 1977 | British |
| NIEHAUS, Joseph Michael | Director | 2022-06-28 | Mar 1963 | American |
| SHIPLEY, Michael Stephen Owen | Director | 2022-06-28 | Dec 1962 | British |
| WALSH, Alex | Director | 2024-06-18 | Oct 1991 | American |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Lauren Wai-Leng | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2023-02-24 |
| SINGEL, Kevin Andrew | Director | 2024-06-18 | 2025-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Km-Hp Investments Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 18 of 18 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-06-28 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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
-
Turnover
+5.9%
£24,922,577 £26,393,295
-
Cash
-62.8%
£1,074,882 £399,725
-
Net assets
-7.4%
£27,539,345 £25,492,860
-
Employees
-9.8%
368 332
-
Operating profit
-1%
£1,424,574 £1,410,467
-
Profit before tax
+81.2%
-£2,259,968 -£424,180
-
Wages
-3.7%
£11,601,388 £11,177,028
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