APPLEXUS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-10 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-27
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-44.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+14.5% vs 2024
Employees
77
+5.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£488K
-350.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £7,283,012 | £4,722,010 | |
| Operating profit | — | £164,064 | -£508,192 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £194,807 | -£487,779 | |
| Net profit | — | £138,379 | £41,442 | |
| Cash | — | £2,200,008 | £1,224,252 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,730,766 | £1,946,226 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,699,719 | £1,946,226 | |
| Equity | £1,696,080 | £1,699,719 | £1,946,226 | |
| Average employees | — | 73 | 77 | |
| 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 | 2023-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.3% | -10.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.9% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.5% | -26.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.69x | 1.93x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations over the next 12 months. The directors, therefore, have made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATHEW, Sam | Director | 2024-05-30 | Dec 1977 | Indian |
| SAM, Indu Sara | Director | 2024-05-30 | Jan 1979 | Indian |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REID, Derek Mitchell | Secretary | 1991-03-25 | 2024-05-30 |
| LEDINGHAM CHALMERS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-01-25 | 1991-03-25 |
| BOWKER, Audrey May | Director | 2004-10-29 | 2015-02-28 |
| COGHILL, Brian James | Director | 1991-02-28 | 1994-04-26 |
| DAVIDSON, Keith William Jon | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2024-05-30 |
| DRURY, Alan Peter | Director | 2012-06-06 | 2015-02-28 |
| MCADAM, Eric | Director | 2016-05-03 | 2019-04-30 |
| MCADAM, Eric | Director | 2014-03-21 | 2016-04-29 |
| MECHIE, Christine Margaret | Director | 1991-07-01 | 2002-04-30 |
| MECHIE, John Robertson | Director | 1991-02-18 | 2024-05-30 |
| MORRISON, Alastair Niall | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2015-02-28 |
| REID, Derek Mitchell | Director | 1991-02-28 | 2024-05-30 |
| REID, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 1991-07-01 | 2004-08-31 |
| VALENTINE, Don | Director | 2004-10-29 | 2024-05-30 |
| DURANO LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-01-25 | 1991-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applexus Technologies, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-05-30 | Active |
| Mr Derek Mitchell Reid | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2024-05-30 |
| Mr John Robertson Mechie | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2024-05-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 231 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-08-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
-35.2%
£7,283,012 £4,722,010
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Cash
-44.4%
£2,200,008 £1,224,252
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Net assets
+14.5%
£1,699,719 £1,946,226
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Employees
+5.5%
73 77
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Operating profit
-409.8%
£164,064 -£508,192
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Profit before tax
-350.4%
£194,807 -£487,779
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