THE TAB CORPORATION PLC
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Cash
£234k
-14% vs 2025
Net assets
£1m
-7.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
3
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£83k
-302.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£44,428 | -£109,399 | -146.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £99,885 | £40,912 | -£83,007 | -302.9% | |
| Net profit | £99,885 | £40,912 | -£83,007 | -302.9% | |
| Cash | £43,703 | £271,859 | £233,693 | -14% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,128,474 | £1,045,467 | -7.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,087,562 | £1,128,474 | £1,045,467 | -7.4% | |
| Equity | £1,087,562 | £1,128,474 | £1,045,467 | -7.4% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £35,000 | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -3.9% | -10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.1% | 5.2% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 47.56x | 19.31x | 24.37x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE TAB CORPORATION PLC 1987-07-23 → present
- KEYISSUE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1987-04-01 → 1987-07-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kendall Wadley LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- THE TAB CORPORATION PLC · parent
- OLE Limited 100%
- On Line Europe Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKES, Ann Elizabeth | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BROOKES, Ann Elizabeth | Director | — | Apr 1953 | British |
| BROOKES, James Alastair Bentley Russell | Director | 2007-01-08 | Feb 1980 | English |
| BROOKES, Timothy Alastair Edward | Director | — | Jun 1949 | English |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ann Elizabeth Brookes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-30 | Active |
| Mrs Ann Elizabeth Brookes | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-01 |
| Mr Timothy Alastair Edward Brookes | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.