ALLIED PUBLICITY SERVICES (MANCHESTER) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+1.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+25.2% vs 2024
Employees
724
+9.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+47.2% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £129,122,921 | £152,844,595 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,932,050 | £3,772,047 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,714,955 | £2,524,191 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £635,815 | £1,613,822 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £2,114,294 | £2,137,392 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £13,771,328 | £18,604,901 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £6,395,594 | £8,009,416 | |
| Equity | £20,166,349 | — | — | £6,395,594 | £8,009,416 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 661 | 724 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £25,851,052 | £30,471,450 |
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 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 2.3% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.5% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 21.3% | 20.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 90.5% | 88.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.89x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.41x | 3.02x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- 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.”
Group structure
- ALLIED PUBLICITY SERVICES (MANCHESTER) LIMITED · parent
- APS Group France SAS 100%
- APS Group Suomi Oy 100%
- APS Group Sverige AB 100%
- APS Group Italia SRL 100%
- APS Group USA LLC 100%
- APS Group Canada 100%
- APS Group Spanish Enterprises S.L 100%
- APS Group (Deutschland) GmbH 100%
- APS Group Singapore PTE 100%
- APS Group Turkey 100%
Significant events
- “In this financial year our investments have increased the Group's ability to deliver integrated end-to-end services as a trusted partner to customers and as a result has secured a significant number of new contracts which provides momentum for significant growth through 2025-26.”
- “Following the year end, the company engaged with specialist contractors to extend the solar generation capacity at Chetham House. This solar array is expected to generate around 462,000 kWh of electricity each year, 89% of which will be consumed by our manufacturing operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, John | Director | 2018-05-10 | Aug 1966 | British |
| NAYLOR, Kim Melita | Director | 2019-08-07 | Jun 1962 | British |
| SNELSON, Nicholas John | Director | — | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNELSON, Gillian Mary | Secretary | — | 2021-03-29 |
| SNELSON, Gillian Mary | Director | — | 2021-03-29 |
| SNELSON, Malcolm | Director | — | 2021-03-29 |
| SNELSON, Richard Humphrey | Director | — | 2021-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas John Snelson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-19 |
| Aps Group Global Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+18.4%
£129,122,921 £152,844,595
-
Cash
+1.1%
£2,114,294 £2,137,392
-
Net assets
+25.2%
£6,395,594 £8,009,416
-
Employees
+9.5%
661 724
-
Operating profit
+28.6%
£2,932,050 £3,772,047
-
Profit before tax
+47.2%
£1,714,955 £2,524,191
-
Wages
+17.9%
£25,851,052 £30,471,450
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