ZONAL RETAIL DATA SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-59.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
-49.8% vs 2023
Employees
755
+5.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£11M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 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 Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £84,938,000 | £80,459,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£10,734,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£10,756,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£11,986,000 | |
| Cash | £7,670,000 | £3,088,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,790,000 | £12,929,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,047,000 | £12,078,000 | |
| Equity | £24,047,000 | £12,078,000 | |
| Average employees | 714 | 755 | |
| Wages | £35,384,000 | £36,654,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -13.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -14.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -83.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | — | -126.28x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ZONAL RETAIL DATA SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
- Zonal Hospitality Systems Inc 100%
- Freshnet Systems Limited 100%
- High Level Software Ltd 100%
- Comtrex Systems Corporation LLC 100%
- TXD Limited 100%
- LiveRES Limited 100%
- Kendon Capital Limited 100%
- Comtrex Systems Corporation Limited 100%
- Redpepper Solutions Limited 100%
- Mission Integrated Systems Limited 100%
- Airship Services Limited 100%
- Akru Solutions Limited 100%
- AdMargin Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Additionally, the year was impacted by a significant operational disruption at the fire at our Livingston warehouse in December—which required immediate response and recovery efforts.”
- “Following the warehouse fire, the Company engaged with insurers and proceeds totalling £6.5m have been received in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHACK PETERSEN, Melissa | Secretary | 2026-02-03 | — | — |
| GUSTAFSSON, Frank | Director | 2026-02-03 | Feb 1980 | Danish |
| ULSTED, Jesper | Director | 2026-02-03 | Jun 1977 | Danish |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARCLAY, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2007-04-24 | 2014-01-08 |
| GERVAISE, Rachel Magdalene | Secretary | 2019-10-17 | 2025-06-16 |
| MCLEAN, Robin Andrew | Secretary | — | 2002-11-14 |
| PLUCKNETT, Carl | Secretary | 2014-06-24 | 2019-10-07 |
| SUNTER, Ian Thomas | Secretary | 2002-11-12 | 2007-03-02 |
| ALLAN, Michael James | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2007-02-20 |
| BARCLAY, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2007-04-24 | 2014-01-08 |
| CONSTERDINE, Clive Linton | Director | 2013-11-04 | 2019-01-17 |
| DOUGLAS, William Gavin | Director | 2006-08-21 | 2009-07-10 |
| EDWARDS, Peter Mark | Director | 2009-12-02 | 2021-02-28 |
| EDWARDS, Peter Mark | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| EVANS, Trevor Mark | Director | 2004-08-09 | 2006-01-10 |
| HAMMOND, Richard | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2026-02-03 |
| HUGHES, Leonard Nelson | Director | — | 1999-10-29 |
| KIRSOPP, Robert Grahame | Director | — | 1991-03-08 |
| MCLEAN, Blanche Joyce | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2019-08-27 |
| MCLEAN, Howard Simon | Director | — | 2026-02-03 |
| MCLEAN, James Alexander | Director | 1990-01-01 | 2026-02-03 |
| MCLEAN, Reginald Ralph | Director | — | 2004-04-21 |
| MCLEAN, Robin Andrew | Director | — | 2026-02-03 |
| MCLEAN, Stuart James | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2026-02-03 |
| NAPTHINE, Michael | Director | 1991-03-07 | 2002-05-07 |
| PLUCKNETT, Carl Derek | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2019-10-07 |
| SUNTER, Ian Thomas | Director | 2002-11-12 | 2007-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pillar Three Investments Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-02-03 | Active |
| Morton Fraser Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-02-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 6
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
-5.3%
£84,938,000 £80,459,000
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Cash
-59.7%
£7,670,000 £3,088,000
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Net assets
-49.8%
£24,047,000 £12,078,000
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Employees
+5.7%
714 755
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Wages
+3.6%
£35,384,000 £36,654,000
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