MONITOR AUDIO LIMITED
Company number 06018892 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Monitor Audio Limited possesses genuine strategic assets in brand heritage, product innovation, and improving margins, but these strengths are materially undermined by a fragile financial structure characterised by near-zero liquidity, deteriorating cash conversion, and debt servicing costs that consume nearly half of operating profit. The path forward requires urgent working capital optimisation—particularly addressing the £6.7M debtor book—and strategic investment prioritisation to ensure the company's product-market strengths are not eclipsed by balance sheet vulnerabilities. The dormant Roksan subsidiary and R&D tax credit opportunities represent near-term tactical wins, but without resolving the liquidity constraint, the company's strategic optionality will remain severely limited.
Shareholders' funds
£221,455
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year was the design and distribution of loudspeakers, amplifiers and turntables.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-12-05
- Employees
- 73 (2025 accounts · was 67 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 24 Brook Road, Rayleigh, England, SS6 7XJ
- Postcode
- SS6 7XJ
- Capital
- 78 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 6 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-24
- Next due by
- 2026-12-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 27510 Manufacture of electric domestic appliances
Officers 5 current · 9 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by MONITOR AUDIO GROUP LIMITED — since 2018-10-17
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Contact details
- Website
- monitoraudio.com
Monitor Audio is a British manufacturer of Hi-Fi speaker systems, offering quality stereo home cinema systems, multi-room audio setups, bluetooth, and more.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MONITOR AUDIO GROUP LIMITED | 2008-10-09 |
| AVENUE SHELFCO 23 LIMITED | 2007-01-12 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 2 24 BROOK ROAD, BROOK ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RAYLEIGH, ESSEX, SS6 7XL | 2018-03-15 |
| 11 THE AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE SO17 1XF | 2007-06-03 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 36 similar companies in SS — measured against the wider sector
2nd largest employer among its local peers (73 staff).
Trading since 2006.
The class of 2006
33%
of the 182,202 companies incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-12-05
- Where
- Essex
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA50646 | Essex | Leasehold | 2022-12-05 | — |
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