AUDIENCE SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
+104.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.7m
-11% vs 2024
Employees
130
-5.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£479k
-46.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,186,184 | £15,847,167 | £14,535,895 | -8.3% | |
| Operating profit | £514,822 | £888,724 | £478,768 | -46.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £506,864 | £888,581 | £478,768 | -46.1% | |
| Net profit | £492,935 | £649,164 | £329,661 | -49.2% | |
| Cash | £1,243,817 | £775,458 | £1,584,419 | +104.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,662,550 | £5,459,699 | £4,912,932 | -10% | |
| Net assets | £4,662,550 | £5,311,714 | £4,725,766 | -11% | |
| Equity | £4,662,550 | £5,311,714 | £4,725,766 | -11% | |
| Average employees | 129 | 138 | 130 | -5.8% | |
| Wages | — | £4,728,832 | £4,659,473 | -1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £186,067 | £273,280 | £222,783 | -18.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £30,991 | £18,729 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £156,818 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 5.6% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 4.1% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.0% | 16.3% | 9.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.5% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 2.32x | 2.27x | |
| Interest cover | 64.69x | — | — |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- AUDIENCE SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
- Audience Upholstery Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDGEWORTH, Steven | Secretary | 2016-12-13 | — | — |
| EDGEWORTH, Steven James | Director | 2019-01-07 | Feb 1967 | British |
| JINZA, Hiroshi | Director | 2023-06-01 | Nov 1956 | Japanese |
| PILLINGER, Gary | Director | 2014-09-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| SUTTON, Keiko | Director | 2026-02-01 | Sep 1978 | American,Japanese |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRACKLEY, Stephen William | Secretary | 1996-03-08 | 1996-09-01 |
| EARNER, Patrick Joseph | Secretary | 2001-04-09 | 2004-09-30 |
| FRANKLIN, Wendy Margaret | Secretary | 1996-10-01 | 2000-12-22 |
| HIROTANI, Katsuhiko | Secretary | 2005-04-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| HOSKIN, Clive Anthony | Secretary | 2007-04-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| JENKINS, John Eryl | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| MEEHAN, Thomas William | Secretary | — | 1996-03-08 |
| MELLOR, Roland Neville Dubrucq | Secretary | 2000-12-22 | 2001-04-09 |
| TUCKER, Jane Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-02-01 | 2016-12-13 |
| VOOGHT, Katie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2009-04-27 | 2011-06-01 |
| AMEMIYA, Minoru | Director | 1992-12-31 | 1997-12-30 |
| BLACK, David Stuart | Director | — | 2000-12-06 |
| BRACKLEY, Sidney | Director | — | 1992-12-22 |
| BRACKLEY, Stephen William | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
| COWLEY, Mark Graham | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| EARNER, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| FUJISAWA, Minoru | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1997-04-16 |
| FUKASAWA, Shigeyuki | Director | 2023-05-31 | 2026-02-01 |
| FUKASAWA, Shigeyuki | Director | 1992-12-22 | 2023-05-31 |
| JENKINS, John Eryl | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| KOIDE, Kiyotsugu | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2006-06-09 |
| MEEHAN, Thomas William | Director | — | 1996-03-08 |
| MOORE, Julian Mark | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1998-01-31 |
| NODA, Junichi | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2006-06-09 |
| OKAZAKI, Ryuzo | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| POYNER, John | Director | — | 1997-01-17 |
| RITSON, Keith David | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2022-12-01 |
| RYONO, Jun | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-12-15 |
| TOTANI, Motohiko | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| WORTHINGTON, John George | Director | 1999-10-11 | 2001-02-16 |
| YOSHIDA, Hisakichi | Director | 1992-12-22 | 2003-04-30 |
| YOSHIMORI, Akira | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2017-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Keith Ritson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
| Mr Akira Yoshimori | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-12 |
| Mr Shigeyuki Fukasawa | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Gary Pillinger | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Keiko Sutton | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Kota Fukasawa | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
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