ATLAS COPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-25 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-11
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£50M
-8.2% vs 2024
Employees
467
+4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£19M
+24.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £212,941,000 | £196,355,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £17,358,000 | £21,149,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £15,346,000 | £19,062,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £10,807,000 | £12,868,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £52,362,000 | £48,415,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £54,688,000 | £50,216,000 | |
| Equity | £40,093,000 | £54,688,000 | £50,216,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 446 | 467 | |
| Wages | — | £24,373,000 | £25,516,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.2% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.1% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 33.1% | 43.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.48x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | 15.92x | 34.44x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In accordance with their responsibilities, the directors of the Company have considered the appropriateness of the going concern basis for a period to 30 September 2027... The Company has received assurances, in the form of a letter of support, that Atlas Copco Airpower N.V. will continue to provide sufficient cash resources as required to enable the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period to 30 September 2027.”
Group structure
- ATLAS COPCO LIMITED · parent
- Glaston Compressor Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, David Charles Richard | Director | 2022-07-01 | Oct 1975 | British |
| LEEMPOELS, Bjorn Michael | Director | 2026-03-31 | Mar 1977 | Belgian |
| MCALLISTER, James Neilson | Director | 2019-05-13 | Dec 1971 | British |
| SAHIN KOCAS, Handan | Director | 2026-03-16 | Jul 1973 | Turkish |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONGAERTS, Alex Christiaan Jan | Secretary | 2006-11-30 | 2026-03-31 |
| LAREN, Paula | Secretary | 2012-06-07 | 2017-02-27 |
| MACKEY, Wallace John Chalmers | Secretary | 2000-06-01 | 2006-11-30 |
| MITCHELL, Colin Henry | Secretary | — | 1995-11-28 |
| PATEL, Vipool | Secretary | 2012-06-07 | 2017-02-27 |
| PERNING, Per Anders | Secretary | 1995-11-28 | 2000-05-31 |
| GOODWILLE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-03-05 | 2012-05-09 |
| BONGAERTS, Alex Christiaan Jan | Director | 2006-11-30 | 2026-03-31 |
| BORJESON, Karljohan | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2011-06-16 |
| BRODBECK, Hans Walter | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1998-12-02 |
| DROEGE, Arthur John | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1997-11-01 |
| DUPRIX, Oscar | Director | 1998-12-02 | 2004-06-30 |
| FOLLENS, Geert Henri | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2019-12-02 |
| FOLLENS, Geert | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| FOLLENS, Geert | Director | 2000-07-15 | 2004-04-30 |
| GARGIULO, Aldo | Director | 2009-02-23 | 2010-09-30 |
| GIRARDI, Romano Giuseppe Maria | Director | 1993-02-16 | 1994-06-28 |
| HEDLUND, John Lennart | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| HENDRICKX, Luc Gustaaf Anne-Marie Constant | Director | 1993-02-16 | 2009-01-28 |
| KVARNBACK, Bengt Johan | Director | 1997-06-27 | 2006-07-01 |
| LETEN, Ronnie | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2009-02-21 |
| LINDA, Jan Peter | Director | 2000-02-22 | 2000-07-14 |
| LIVIJN, Jeanette | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2015-01-01 |
| MACKEY, Wallace John Chalmers | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2006-11-30 |
| MAZZALUPI, Giulio | Director | — | 1998-03-16 |
| MITCHELL, Colin Henry | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| MOLIN, Johan, President | Director | 1998-03-16 | 2001-05-31 |
| NIJDAM, Frederik Yde | Director | 1993-02-16 | 1996-07-05 |
| PAVLOV, Alexander Vitalievich | Director | 2021-03-12 | 2022-11-28 |
| PRINCE, Kevin George | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2022-06-10 |
| PRINCE, Kevin George | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2009-01-01 |
| RUBINSTEIN, Ariel Marcelo | Director | 2022-11-28 | 2026-02-20 |
| TAKPAS, James | Director | 1996-07-05 | 2004-06-30 |
| TATUM, Michael Glenneth | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2000-02-29 |
| VAN DIGGELE, Leendert | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| WALKER, Andrew | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2019-05-13 |
| YSEWIJN, Henri Marcel Emile | Director | — | 1999-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Copco Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 247 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
-7.8%
£212,941,000 £196,355,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-8.2%
£54,688,000 £50,216,000
-
Employees
+4.7%
446 467
-
Operating profit
+21.8%
£17,358,000 £21,149,000
-
Profit before tax
+24.2%
£15,346,000 £19,062,000
-
Wages
+4.7%
£24,373,000 £25,516,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers