A.POOLE & SON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-12 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-29
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-15.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+1.9% vs 2023
Employees
59
+7.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£276K
-170.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,415,191 | £5,067,374 | |
| Operating profit | -£460,618 | -£1,254,657 | |
| Profit before tax | £392,628 | -£276,138 | |
| Net profit | £392,865 | -£244,942 | |
| Cash | £1,556,046 | £1,312,280 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,625,376 | £16,451,267 | |
| Net assets | £22,119,025 | £22,543,083 | |
| Equity | £22,119,025 | £22,543,083 | |
| Average employees | 55 | 59 | |
| Wages | £3,116,984 | £3,319,442 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.4% | -24.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | -4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.8% | -7.6% | |
| Current ratio | 10.17x | 21.73x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has reassessed the going concern assumption and confirmed that it remains appropriate based on cash, investments and net asset levels remaining very strong. At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year the company defined benefit pension scheme closed to future accrual, with the remaining members transferring to the defined contribution scheme.”
- “On the 23 July 2025, the company has agreed a price for the buy in of the pension scheme and are working towards a full buy out of the scheme.”
- “On 25 October 2024 the entire share capital of the company was purchased by A Poole & Son Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POOLE, Christine Margaret | Secretary | — | — | British |
| LUPTON, Emma Louise | Director | 2022-11-07 | May 1971 | British |
| LUPTON, Stephen John | Director | 2022-11-07 | Dec 1968 | British |
| POOLE, Christine Margaret | Director | — | Jan 1946 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POOLE, Dorothy | Director | — | 2022-05-23 |
| THOMAS, Richard Keay | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| TOMPKIN, Carol Anne | Director | — | 2022-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Poole & Son Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-10-25 | Active |
| Ms Christine Margaret Poole | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Ms Carol Anne Tompkin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2022-07-03 |
| Ms Carol Anne Tompkin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-18 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-18 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-07-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-07-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+14.8%
£4,415,191 £5,067,374
-
Cash
-15.7%
£1,556,046 £1,312,280
-
Net assets
+1.9%
£22,119,025 £22,543,083
-
Employees
+7.3%
55 59
-
Operating profit
-172.4%
-£460,618 -£1,254,657
-
Profit before tax
-170.3%
£392,628 -£276,138
-
Wages
+6.5%
£3,116,984 £3,319,442
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