MINISTRY OF AUTOMATTIC LIMITED
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Cash
£1M
+17.6% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4.5M
+16.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
97
-15.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£879K
-6.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The entity is dependent on the parent company, Aut O'Mattic A8C Ireland Limited for its continued business given all turnover is generated from within the group. The director has received an undertaking from Automattic Inc. (ultimate parent company) that it will continue to make available such funds as are necessary to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from approval of these financial statements.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £15,685,019 | £19,282,131 | £17,345,495 | -10% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £776,555 | £944,588 | £876,350 | -7.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £379,655 | £726,028 | £775,704 | £936,393 | £878,581 | -6.2% | |
| Net profit | £349,476 | £525,727 | £568,155 | £704,742 | £648,405 | -8% | |
| Cash | £348,768 | £834,406 | £287,650 | £860,769 | £1,012,654 | +17.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,476,458 | £3,108,472 | £4,585,600 | £4,897,244 | +6.8% | |
| Net assets | — | £1,938,851 | £2,507,006 | £3,835,835 | £4,484,240 | +16.9% | |
| Equity | £1,413,124 | £1,938,851 | £2,507,006 | £3,835,835 | £4,484,240 | +16.9% | |
| Average employees | 86 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 97 | -15.7% | |
| Wages | £7,501,250 | £10,150,412 | £12,101,061 | £14,620,555 | £13,767,880 | -5.8% | |
| 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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.0% | 4.9% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 25.0% | 20.6% | 17.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.18x | 1.36x | 1.34x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The entity is dependent on the parent company, Aut O'Mattic A8C Ireland Limited for its continued business given all turnover is generated from within the group. The director has received an undertaking from Automattic Inc. (ultimate parent company) that it will continue to make available such funds as are necessary to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from 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
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCWILLIAMS, Jeff Andrew | Secretary | 2020-01-17 | — | — |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-03-18 | — | — |
| DAVIES, Mark | Director | 2020-01-17 | Aug 1960 | American |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIEMINSKI, Paul | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2024-04-26 |
| WEST, Stuart | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2020-01-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-05-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-05-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-12-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-10-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.