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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-31 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-17

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£4M

-15.9% vs 2024

Net assets

£11M

+14.6% vs 2024

Employees

112

+3.7% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2M

+9.9% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric Trend 2024-04-302025-04-30
Turnover £13,777,216£14,218,047
Operating profit £1,564,484£1,708,191
Profit before tax £1,675,200£1,840,935
Net profit £1,233,954£1,381,123
Cash £4,235,873£3,563,947
Total assets less current liabilities £9,750,617£11,058,413
Net assets £9,487,893£10,869,016
Equity £9,487,893£10,869,016
Average employees 108112
Wages £3,121,807£3,445,839

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 2024-04-302025-04-30
Operating margin 11.4%12.0%
Net margin 9.0%9.7%
Return on capital employed 16.0%15.4%
Current ratio 4.77x5.12x
Interest cover 1069.37x893.41x

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
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
MHA
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 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.”

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 1 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
AYRES, Elizabeth Ann Secretary British
AYRES, Elizabeth Ann Director Jan 1943 British
AYRES, Simon John Director 1996-05-01 Sep 1965 British
AYRES, Victor John Director May 1941 British
Show 1 resigned officer
Name Role Appointed Resigned
AYRES, Barbara Jean Director 2013-08-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Simon John Ayres Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2025-03-12 Active
Mr Victor John Ayres Individual Shares 50–75% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-03-12

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 104 total filings

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

  • 2020-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-10-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-29 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-08-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-08-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-08-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-02-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-01-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-08-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-03-10 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2020-03-09 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares
2020-03-09 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2020-01-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-08-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-12-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30

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

Official Companies House page