YELL LIMITED
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Cash
£9.9M
-20.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£35M
-8.5% vs 2024
Employees
120
-7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2.1M
+22.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £102,460,000 | £96,026,000 | -6.3% | |
| Operating profit | £2,284,000 | £3,214,000 | +40.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,755,000 | -£2,133,000 | +22.6% | |
| Net profit | -£1,748,000 | -£3,052,000 | -74.6% | |
| Cash | £12,529,000 | £9,938,000 | -20.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,505,000 | £38,683,000 | +0.5% | |
| Net assets | -£32,258,000 | -£35,002,000 | -8.5% | |
| Equity | -£32,258,000 | -£35,002,000 | -8.5% | |
| Average employees | 129 | 120 | -7% | |
| Wages | £8,668,000 | £8,447,000 | -2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £852,000 | £857,000 | +0.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | -1.7% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.9% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 153.5% | 160.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | 0.33x | 0.47x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- YELL LIMITED 2017-02-23 → present
- HIBU (UK) LIMITED 2013-01-18 → 2017-02-23
- YELL LIMITED 2001-06-22 → 2013-01-18
- CASTAIM LIMITED 2001-04-25 → 2001-06-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors have concluded that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements, and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- YELL LIMITED · parent
- Yell Sales Limited 100%
- Yell Studio Limited 100%
- Yell Mediaworks Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2025, at the request of the Trustees, the Group exercised its power under the UKPP's trust deed and rules to provide formal notice to terminate the plan. This marks a key milestone in progressing the UKPP towards full buy-out and wind-up. We expect the process to complete during the year ending 31 March 2026, with any resulting surplus anticipated to be repaid to the Group during 2026.”
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Group commenced a review of its operations which may result in severance costs; however, no final decisions have been made and the financial impact remains uncertain at the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANWARING, Paul William | Secretary | 2021-08-01 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, David John Lane Freer | Director | 2019-12-06 | Oct 1956 | British |
| CLISBY, Mark | Director | 2023-03-22 | Dec 1981 | British |
| HALL, Robert Kenneth | Director | 2022-12-20 | Jul 1975 | British |
| TAYLOR, Luke Andrew | Director | 2023-03-22 | Jul 1977 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, John Gordon | Secretary | 2001-06-11 | 2003-09-29 |
| RUBENSTEIN, Howard Justin | Secretary | 2003-09-29 | 2010-08-02 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 2001-04-25 | 2001-05-24 |
| WELLS, Christian Henry | Secretary | 2010-08-02 | 2021-08-01 |
| WG&M SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-05-24 | 2001-06-11 |
| AINSLIE, Michael Robert Arthur | Director | 2020-02-24 | 2021-01-18 |
| BATES, Antony Jeffrey | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2014-03-27 |
| CONDRON, John | Director | 2001-06-22 | 2010-12-31 |
| DAVIS, John Gordon | Director | 2001-06-22 | 2010-11-22 |
| ECKERT, David Alan | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2015-02-11 |
| GRABINER, Stephen | Director | 2001-05-24 | 2003-07-15 |
| GREEN, Stephen Nathaniel | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2003-07-15 |
| HALL, Robert Kenneth | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2018-07-31 |
| HALL, Robert Kenneth | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2012-10-12 |
| HANSCOTT, Richard John | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2019-03-04 |
| HURST, Adam Howard | Director | 2021-01-18 | 2023-03-17 |
| LEA, Lyndon | Director | 2001-05-24 | 2007-10-31 |
| LOBMEYR, Stephan | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2003-07-15 |
| MILES, Claire | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2022-12-31 |
| POCOCK, John Michael | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2014-03-03 |
| SHARMAN, David William Henry | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2019-12-06 |
| SHEEHAN, Daniel Francis | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2011-08-01 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 2001-04-25 | 2001-05-24 |
| WELLS, Christian Henry | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2014-03-27 |
| WILSON, Oliver Edward James | Director | 2018-02-27 | 2020-02-24 |
| WG&M SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-05-24 | 2001-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yh Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.