TRIPOD GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£204K
+12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.4M
-26.5% vs 2024
Employees
95
+33.8% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£574K
-165.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £126,472,169 | £113,018,915 | £93,216,903 | -17.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,287,416 | £912,852 | -£537,228 | -158.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3,272,457 | £874,761 | -£574,263 | -165.6% | |
| Net profit | £259,008 | £1,315,000 | £993,000 | £2,560,425 | £535,658 | -£657,880 | -222.8% | |
| Cash | £0 | £1,250 | £500 | £231,932 | £181,053 | £203,789 | +12.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £3,612,661 | £3,241,165 | £2,370,725 | -26.9% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,573,525 | £3,227,355 | £2,370,725 | -26.5% | |
| Equity | — | £550 | £550 | £3,573,525 | £3,227,355 | £2,370,725 | -26.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 71 | 95 | +33.8% | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | £0 | £6,682,035 | £6,010,379 | £5,148,384 | -14.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £385,621 | £426,148 | £375,000 | -12% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 2.6% | 0.8% | -0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 2.0% | 0.5% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 91.0% | 28.2% | -22.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 79.6% | 77.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.25x | 1.28x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 23.97x | -14.52x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- TRIPOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Tripod Allied Health Limited 100%
- Tripod Partners Limited 100%
- EPPACT Pty Limited 100%
- Hourglass Staffing Limited 100%
- Frontier Consulting Limited 71%
Significant events
- “The UK Government implemented additional legislative changes affecting labour supply chains, which came into effect in April 2026, with a particular focus on the use of umbrella companies and tax compliance.”
- “The introduction of enhanced compliance measures, including the extension of joint and several liability (JSL) principles across labour supply chains, has resulted in a material tightening of compliance standards across the sector.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVILL, Dean Justin | Director | 2016-01-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| SMITH, Graham Paul | Director | 2020-01-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKIE, David James | Director | 2015-05-07 | 2020-03-11 |
| RANDERSON, Philip Ernest | Director | 2015-05-07 | 2020-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Philip Ernest Randerson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-30 |
| Mr Dean Justin Covill | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-11-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-11-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-11-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-11-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-12-16 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2020-12-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2020-12-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.