SPACEANDPEOPLE PLC
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Cash
£1.6M
-12.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9M
+12.5% vs 2024
Employees
66
+6.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£491K
+118.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,723,000 | £8,035,000 | +19.5% | |
| Operating profit | £319,000 | £566,000 | +77.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £225,000 | £491,000 | +118.2% | |
| Net profit | £269,000 | £412,000 | +53.2% | |
| Cash | £1,872,000 | £1,644,000 | -12.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,208,000 | £4,294,000 | +2% | |
| Net assets | £3,469,000 | £3,901,000 | +12.5% | |
| Equity | £3,469,000 | £3,901,000 | +12.5% | |
| Average employees | 62 | 66 | +6.5% | |
| Wages | £3,213,000 | £3,606,000 | +12.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £931,000 | £907,000 | -2.6% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 13.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.2% | 62.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 0.57x | |
| Interest cover | 2.93x | 6.22x |
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
- SPACEANDPEOPLE PLC 2004-12-13 → present
- SPACEANDPEOPLE LIMITED 2000-10-25 → 2004-12-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- SPACEANDPEOPLE PLC · parent
- POP Retail GmbH 100%
- POP Retail SAS 100%
Significant events
- “The business also relocated its UK operations base from Barking to larger premises in the Midlands. The cost benefits of this will be felt from 2026 onwards.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNLAY, Gregor Rankin | Secretary | 2010-11-01 | — | British |
| BROWN, Michael | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| CULLEN, Nancy Jane | Director | 2000-11-09 | Aug 1964 | British |
| DUNLAY, Gregor Rankin | Director | 2011-03-02 | Jul 1970 | British |
| KEILLER, Andrew James | Director | 2020-03-18 | May 1970 | British |
| WATT, William George | Director | 2014-09-11 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATLINGTON SECURITIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-10-25 | 2009-11-01 |
| WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-01 | 2010-11-01 |
| ARNOLD, Jeremy John | Director | 2001-01-16 | 2007-06-21 |
| BENDING, Matthew John | Director | 2000-11-09 | 2020-09-17 |
| BIRD, Graham John | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2022-06-07 |
| CAMPBELL, Craig Lyon | Director | 2001-01-16 | 2008-07-01 |
| CHADWICK, Richard Andrew | Director | 2007-11-13 | 2017-04-25 |
| CLARK, Karen Ann | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2001-01-05 |
| CURTIS, Steven Ronald | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2023-06-29 |
| EMERSON, John Graham | Director | 2004-04-15 | 2004-11-25 |
| HAMMOND, Charles Graham | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2018-06-29 |
| HELFGOTT, Maurice Harold | Director | 2010-05-21 | 2014-04-24 |
| HENDERSON WILLIAMS, David Andrew | Director | 2006-09-04 | 2014-09-11 |
| KEMP, Martin Dunlop | Director | 2010-06-25 | 2014-11-03 |
| SCOTT, John | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-05-12 |
| STAINFORTH, Christopher Graham | Director | 2010-06-25 | 2013-07-23 |
| STIRLING, Alfred Patrick | Director | 2007-06-21 | 2015-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-06-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-06-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-15 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.