ADVANCE TAPES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-11 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-27
Watchouts
Cash
£207K
-43.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-13% vs 2023
Employees
98
-4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£898K
-571.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £18,248,136 | £15,840,611 | |
| Operating profit | — | £257,101 | -£837,912 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £190,389 | -£898,265 | |
| Net profit | — | £199,466 | -£967,250 | |
| Cash | — | £365,427 | £207,264 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,556,758 | £7,964,625 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,672,845 | £6,678,025 | |
| Equity | £5,660,610 | £7,672,845 | £6,678,025 | |
| Average employees | — | 103 | 98 | |
| Wages | — | £3,217,815 | £3,086,330 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.4% | -5.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.1% | -6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.0% | -10.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.86x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.51x | -6.79x |
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
- BK Plus Audit 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 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
- ADVANCE TAPES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Advance Tapes France SAS 100%
- Advance Tapes Deutschland GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “The progress on service improvement in early 2024 was adversely affected in the latter part of the year by the insolvency of two key suppliers.”
- “the Group also had to deal with a major quality problem caused by a faulty raw material. This fault required the recall of a substantial quantity of finished product.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYRES, Michael David | Director | 1993-05-02 | Jun 1963 | British |
| BOYLE, Sharon Mary | Director | 2010-01-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| ELLINGTON, Kym Christopher | Director | 2017-04-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYRES, David Anthony | Secretary | 1998-01-01 | 1998-04-30 |
| DUNN, Alice Margaret | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2010-02-05 |
| JOHNSON, Barry Cooper | Secretary | — | 1997-12-31 |
| NEWELL, Christopher Ian | Secretary | 1998-05-01 | 1999-05-31 |
| AYRES, David Anthony | Director | — | 1998-12-10 |
| CHEDOTAL, Jean-Francois | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2001-11-19 |
| DUNN, Alice Margaret | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2010-02-05 |
| DUNWELL, Mark Lloyd | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2014-10-31 |
| HARGRAVE, Peter John William | Director | — | 1999-09-01 |
| HARGRAVE, Simon Neil | Director | 1993-05-02 | 2000-04-05 |
| JOHNSON, Barry Cooper | Director | 1993-05-02 | 1997-10-31 |
| KONIECZKO, Michael Boguslaw, Dr | Director | 1993-05-02 | 1996-10-31 |
| NEWELL, Christopher Ian | Director | 1998-05-01 | 1999-05-31 |
| REYNOLDS, Nicholas | Director | 1993-05-02 | 1995-04-30 |
| SOLWAY, Trevor John | Director | 1993-05-02 | 1999-03-19 |
| WOOD, Peter Robb | Director | — | 1996-10-31 |
| WOODWARD, Gillan James | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2020-07-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael David Ayres | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-08 | Ceased 2024-08-22 |
| Advance Tapes Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-13.2%
£18,248,136 £15,840,611
-
Cash
-43.3%
£365,427 £207,264
-
Net assets
-13%
£7,672,845 £6,678,025
-
Employees
-4.9%
103 98
-
Operating profit
-425.9%
£257,101 -£837,912
-
Profit before tax
-571.8%
£190,389 -£898,265
-
Wages
-4.1%
£3,217,815 £3,086,330
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