ALLAN REEDER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-04 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-21
Watchouts
Cash
£586K
+13.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£6M
+18.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
110
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-34.3% first positive since 2021
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ALLAN REEDER LIMITED 1990-01-23 → present
- A. REEDER LIMITED 1975-10-02 → 1990-01-23
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £20,513,942 | — | £47,488,564 | £46,358,468 | £50,708,637 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£1,079,342 | — | £3,148,764 | £2,364,363 | £1,560,162 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,129,385 | — | £2,880,818 | £2,268,456 | £1,490,826 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£1,103,063 | — | £2,712,093 | £1,664,113 | £1,092,529 | |
| Cash | — | — | £141,909 | — | £449,825 | £516,064 | £585,922 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,892,497 | — | £4,226,524 | £5,496,386 | £6,433,227 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £678,693 | — | £3,630,470 | £4,838,583 | £5,723,167 | |
| Equity | £4,209,890 | £1,781,666 | £678,693 | £1,851,379 | £3,630,470 | £4,838,583 | £5,723,167 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 84 | — | 105 | 111 | 110 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,666,162 | — | £3,847,655 | £4,279,647 | £4,434,075 |
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 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -5.3% | — | 6.6% | 5.1% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -5.4% | — | 5.7% | 3.6% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -57.0% | — | 74.5% | 43.0% | 24.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 53.6% | 46.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.97x | 2.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -21.57x | — | 11.75x | 24.65x | 21.91x |
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
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “Kreston Reeves LLP, resigned as auditors on 6 October 2025 and Kreston Reeves Audit LLP were appointed as auditors on 6 October 2025”
- “Annual turnover increased by almost 9.4% to £50.7m (2024 £46.4m) with gross profit margin decreasing to 21% (2024 - 23.3%) due to cost pressure inflation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REEDER, Heidi Joanne | Secretary | 1998-06-22 | — | British |
| REEDER, Allan | Director | — | Feb 1938 | British |
| REEDER, Heidi Joanne | Director | 2008-07-17 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CR SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1992-09-01 |
| SP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-09-17 | 1998-06-22 |
| REEDER, Christopher Michael | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2023-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Allan Reeder | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-18 |
| Mr Christopher Michael Reeder | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-27 |
| Miss Heidi Joanne Reeder | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-14 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-14 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-07-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-05-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 5
- 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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
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Turnover
+9.4%
£46,358,468 £50,708,637
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+13.5%
£516,064 £585,922
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+18.3%
£4,838,583 £5,723,167
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-0.9%
111 110
-
Operating profit
-34%
£2,364,363 £1,560,162
first positive since 2021
-
Profit before tax
-34.3%
£2,268,456 £1,490,826
first positive since 2021
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Wages
+3.6%
£4,279,647 £4,434,075
highest in 4 filed years
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