COGNITO LIMITED
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Cash
£427k
+106.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.8m
+6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
49
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£545k
-82.9% 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 Telecommunications 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 | £11,294,116 | £10,471,899 | £8,084,725 | -22.8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,619,985 | £3,193,969 | £548,352 | -82.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,617,343 | £3,191,066 | £545,276 | -82.9% | |
| Net profit | £2,886,165 | £3,299,075 | £498,929 | -84.9% | |
| Cash | £874,328 | £206,890 | £427,293 | +106.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,189,288 | £8,367,391 | £8,912,667 | +6.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,106,168 | £8,272,218 | £8,771,147 | +6% | |
| Equity | £5,106,168 | £8,272,218 | £8,771,147 | +6% | |
| Average employees | 56 | 49 | 49 | 0% | |
| Wages | £3,780,214 | £3,273,228 | £3,565,041 | +8.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £97,331 | £108,748 | £135,093 | +24.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,452 | £9,579 | £11,390 | +18.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £59,979 | £46,812 | £44,889 | -4.1% |
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 | 23.2% | 30.5% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 25.6% | 31.5% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.5% | 38.2% | 6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.9% | 39.4% | 41.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 2.45x | 2.32x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COGNITO LIMITED 1992-09-29 → present
- WACKO 8 LIMITED 1992-06-15 → 1992-09-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the future financing requirements of the Company for the foreseeable future, including projected cash flows and funding requirements, and have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have sufficient resources available to meet all of its liabilities as they fall due for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, on 23 February 2026, 100% of the share capital of Mobilise (Topco) Limited (the Company's indirect parent) was sold to a new investor syndicate led by Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, and funds managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITCHLEY, David James | Director | 2025-07-09 | Sep 1982 | British |
| RACE, Phil | Director | 2024-02-20 | Feb 1966 | English |
| WEBB, David Martyn | Director | 2011-12-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERWORTH, Mark | Secretary | 1995-11-13 | 1997-07-17 |
| GILL, Paul Howard | Secretary | 1992-09-28 | 1995-11-10 |
| GRANT, Fiona Helen | Secretary | 1997-07-17 | 2000-01-11 |
| MCGREGOR, Lindsay Helen | Nominee Secretary | 1992-06-15 | 1992-09-21 |
| MEWIES, Sally Ann | Secretary | 1992-09-21 | 1992-09-28 |
| ROLFE, Clare | Secretary | 2000-01-11 | 2018-04-01 |
| ADAMS, Gary | Director | 2021-03-18 | 2023-08-31 |
| ALDERSON, Stephen Mark | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2015-11-19 |
| BOCHENSKI, David Michael | Director | 2019-03-26 | 2020-06-30 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Mark | Director | 1995-11-13 | 1997-07-17 |
| CAMILLERI, John Michael | Director | 2007-11-30 | 2008-07-18 |
| CHEVALLIER, Jonathan Nigel Mayne | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2013-06-20 |
| CHOI, Yiu Leung Bosco | Director | 1998-06-16 | 1999-04-28 |
| COMER, Mark | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2021-03-18 |
| DARRAGH, James | Director | 2021-03-18 | 2024-02-20 |
| GILL, Paul Howard | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1995-11-10 |
| GRANT, Fiona Helen | Director | 1998-11-27 | 2000-01-11 |
| GRENDER, Gordon David | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2015-12-18 |
| HAINE, John Leslie, Dr | Director | 1993-07-27 | 1996-09-19 |
| HARRIS, Richard Alan | Director | 1993-07-27 | 2002-06-21 |
| HAYDEN, Harry Hilliard Laurence | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2005-07-07 |
| HORNUNG, Christopher | Director | 2021-03-18 | 2026-04-30 |
| LAWSON, David Christopher | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1995-03-31 |
| LEVINE, Peter Michael | Nominee Director | 1992-06-15 | 1992-09-21 |
| LOMAX, Peter | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1996-05-01 |
| LONSDALE, Tony | Director | 2002-05-07 | 2018-08-01 |
| MACADAM, Colin Alexander, Dr | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2007-11-30 |
| MACADAM, Colin Alexander, Dr | Director | 2001-09-05 | 2002-07-05 |
| MAXWELL, John Hunter | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2001-12-31 |
| MELOTTE, John Louis Rushton | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-07-27 |
| MILES, Graeme Victor | Director | 2005-08-10 | 2014-12-31 |
| MURRELL, Andrew John | Director | 2023-08-31 | 2025-05-28 |
| OTHACEHE, Laurent | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2021-03-18 |
| PEARCH, Nicholas Keith | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2002-11-18 |
| POCOCK, John David William | Director | 2007-03-29 | 2021-03-18 |
| ROLFE, Clare | Director | 2001-04-03 | 2018-04-01 |
| STAFFORD-DEITSCH, Andrew | Director | 1996-09-19 | 2021-03-18 |
| WARD, Ashley | Director | 1992-09-21 | 1994-07-11 |
| SONNAIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1996-09-18 | 2002-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totalmobile Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-31 | Active |
| Cognito Iq Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-21 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 359 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2026-10-10 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2026-10-10 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-10-10 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-06-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.