ABURNET LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-04 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-20

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£44K

-94.7% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£6M

-0.5% vs 2023

Employees

462

+23.5% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

-£97K

-126% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

ABURNET LIMITED 1982-01-07 → present
A.BURNET & CO LIMITED 1924-12-29 → 1982-01-07

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ABURNET LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£5,283,991	£5,350,096
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£288,283	-£178,864
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£373,333	-£96,920
Net profit	—	£218,966	—	£33,639	—	£102,951	—	£219,393	-£176,998
Cash	—	£988,316	—	£556,192	—	£426,507	—	£835,068	£43,872
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£3,270,207	—	£3,609,905	—	£3,578,412	—	£6,132,630	£6,602,547
Net assets	—	£3,185,214	—	£3,454,353	—	—	—	£5,695,098	£5,665,528
Equity	£3,022,744	£3,185,214	£3,185,214	£3,454,353	£3,454,353	£3,431,304	£3,431,304	£5,695,098	£5,665,528
Average employees	—	—	—	0	—	0	—	374	462
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£1,611,498	£1,503,267

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.5%	-3.3%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.2%	-3.3%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.7%	-2.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.13x	1.82x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8735.85x	-38.33x

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: Page Kirk LLP
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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

ABURNET LIMITED · parent
1. Aburnet (Hair Containment Solutions) Limited 100%
2. Aburnet Developments Limited 100%
3. Aburnet Lanka (Private) Limited 100% · Nawala

Significant events

“During the year sales stayed level at £5.35m across a variety of geographical markets demonstrating the strength of the company's market offering. The company invested in new yarn processing equipment - some of which is the first of its type in the UK. This investment will help ensure we retain a market leading cost structure for our chosen areas of expertise and afford us additional capacities for both hair containment and other new product areas.”
“Improved management accounting has since been adopted together with changes to key personnel and selective price increases during 2025 to ensure a return to profitability.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 11 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BURNET, Richard John Stacey	Secretary	2009-04-14	—	British
BURNET, Richard John Stacey	Director	1998-09-17	Jun 1969	British
CONROY, Melanie	Director	2025-12-23	Aug 1975	British

Show 11 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BLACKBURN, Lynne	Secretary	2002-04-16	2009-04-14
BURNET, Richard John Stacey	Secretary	1995-09-29	2002-04-16
WHITEHEAD, Margaret Agnes	Secretary	—	1995-09-30
BLACKBURN, Lynne	Director	2003-07-01	2009-04-14
BURNET, Anthony Kyle	Director	—	2002-03-31
DIXON, Paul Hedley	Director	2013-01-01	2016-11-30
HIND, John Malcolm	Director	—	1999-07-09
LONG, Brian William	Director	2005-03-29	2007-07-01
PARSONS, Paul David Michael	Director	2007-01-17	2023-07-28
SMITH, Wendy	Director	2016-12-01	2025-12-02
WHITEHEAD, Margaret Agnes	Director	—	1995-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Richard John Stacey Burnet	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 127 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2026-01-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-12-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2024-10-18	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-07-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2023-07-28	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-07-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-02-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2022-07-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged	PDF
2021-12-21	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2021-12-20	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous extended	PDF
2021-08-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged	PDF
2020-07-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged	PDF
2019-08-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+1.3%

£5,283,991 £5,350,096
Cash

-94.7%

£835,068 £43,872

lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets

-0.5%

£5,695,098 £5,665,528
Employees

+23.5%

374 462

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-162%

£288,283 -£178,864
Profit before tax

-126%

£373,333 -£96,920
Wages

-6.7%

£1,611,498 £1,503,267

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

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