APPEN (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£121K
-13.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.2M
-9,431.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
21
-27.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.2M
-119.6% 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
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-30 | 2021-12-30 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £1,353,153 | £1,954,122 | £211,523 | -89.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£3,053,285 | -£1,184,662 | -£2,368,709 | -99.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£2,874,326 | -£1,013,818 | -£2,226,505 | -119.6% | |
| Net profit | — | £643,576 | -£2,814,339 | -£1,013,818 | -£2,206,040 | -117.6% | |
| Cash | £298,247 | £74,007 | £64,063 | £138,988 | £120,800 | -13.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,694,998 | £2,454,048 | £921,364 | -£22,675 | -£2,161,360 | -9,431.9% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £921,364 | -£22,675 | -£2,161,360 | -9,431.9% | |
| Equity | £1,694,998 | £2,454,048 | £921,364 | -£22,675 | -£2,161,360 | -9,431.9% | |
| Average employees | 25 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 21 | -27.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,521,400 | £1,529,621 | £1,234,907 | -19.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-30 | 2021-12-30 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -60.6% | — | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -51.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -331.4% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.64x | 0.77x | 0.45x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- APPEN (UK) LIMITED 2022-09-01 → present
- APPEN (EUROPE) LIMITED 2008-07-15 → 2022-09-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Oury Clark Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- APPEN (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Mendip Media Group Limited 100%
- Appen Data Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd 100%
- Appen Singapore Pte. Ltd. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIDDLEHURST, Carl Roderick | Director | 2021-10-28 | Nov 1961 | Australian |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADEN-HARDER, Lisa Carol | Director | 2013-01-31 | 2015-12-20 |
| BRAYAN, Mark Ronald Gerard | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2022-12-15 |
| BYRNE, Mark Edmund Payton | Director | 2013-01-31 | 2016-01-29 |
| HALL, Philip William | Director | 2008-07-15 | 2018-03-29 |
| LEVINE, Kevin Bryan | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2023-05-01 |
| PULVER, William Robert | Director | 2010-07-26 | 2013-01-31 |
| VONWILLER, Christopher Charles | Director | 2008-07-15 | 2021-10-28 |
| VONWILLER, Christopher Caspar | Director | 2008-07-15 | 2010-07-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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.