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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-26 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+8.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£7M

+1.5% vs 2023

Employees

52

-3.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£851K

+38.3% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. ASTLEY DYE AND CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED 2007-06-19 → present
  2. ACDOCO LIMITED 2002-05-30 → 2007-06-19
  3. ASTLEY DYE & CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED 1929-05-08 → 2002-05-30

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £9,268,274£9,574,847
Operating profit £620,690£777,299
Profit before tax £615,165£850,644
Net profit £347,751£584,772
Cash £1,447,757£1,566,099
Total assets less current liabilities £6,588,460£6,694,513
Net assets £6,640,051£6,739,177
Equity £6,640,051£6,739,177
Average employees 5452
Wages £1,539,409£1,514,782

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 6.7%8.1%
Net margin 3.8%6.1%
Return on capital employed 9.4%11.6%
Current ratio 3.63x4.41x
Interest cover 22.82x85.60x

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
Sumer Auditco Limited
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 and 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

  1. ASTLEY DYE AND CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED · parent
    1. Acdoco SA Proprietary Limited 64% · South Africa
    2. Astley Properties (Pty) Ltd 100% · South Africa
    3. Acdo Professional Proprietary Limited 64% · South Africa

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 17 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BIRD, Jeremy Guy Nicholas Director 2014-10-01 Sep 1961 British
PILLING, Brandon Director Apr 1962 British
PILLING, Elizabeth Director 2011-11-18 Nov 1962 British
Show 17 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BAKER, Arthur Graham Secretary 1999-02-22 2013-02-21
BROWNLOW, Kenneth Secretary 1994-01-21
DRINKWATER, Nigel Secretary 2013-02-21 2020-09-04
LORD, David Secretary 1994-01-21 1995-10-30
PEARCE, Adrian John Secretary 1998-06-22 1999-02-22
PILLING, David Secretary 1995-10-30 1996-02-29
ROCHE, Craig Frederick Secretary 1996-03-01 1998-04-06
YATES, Martin Harold Secretary 1998-05-11 1998-05-15
BAKER, Arthur Graham Director 2000-07-07 2013-02-21
BROWN, Russell Director 1996-03-29
BROWNLOW, Kenneth Director 1975-02-08 1994-01-21
BROWNLOW, Kenneth Director 1994-01-21
COOP, Anthony Director 1995-03-31
PILLING, David Director 2002-02-25
PILLING, Marshall Director 2000-04-18
PILLING, Patrick Marshall Director 1995-03-31 2008-09-16
WILLIAMS, Edward Joseph Director 1998-03-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Brandon Pilling Individual Significant influence 2016-06-30 Ceased 2016-06-30
Imperial Soap Works Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 129 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-09-22 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-09-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-04-22 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-09-22 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-09-22 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-04-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-04-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-04-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-04-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-11-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-04-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-09-21 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-09-18 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2020-09-18 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-09-18 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2020-09-18 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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