APEKS MARINE EQUIPMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-03 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£166K
+142.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-392.1% vs 2023
Employees
137
-5.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
+24.8% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-30 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £11,087,418 | £9,120,674 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£4,960,152 | -£3,382,055 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£5,362,662 | -£4,034,066 | |
| Net profit | — | -£5,362,930 | -£3,968,574 | |
| Cash | — | £68,232 | £165,503 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,552,874 | -£2,601,046 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,012,179 | -£2,956,395 | |
| Equity | £4,181,896 | £1,012,179 | -£2,956,395 | |
| Average employees | — | 145 | 137 | |
| Wages | — | £4,690,149 | £4,380,047 |
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 | 2022-12-30 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -44.7% | -37.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -48.4% | -43.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -319.4% | 130.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 91.4% | 126.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.73x | 0.51x | |
| Interest cover | — | -12.32x | -5.19x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Pierce C A Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is reliant upon support from its parent and fellow group companies. The director has, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources, supported by its parent and connected companies, to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus he continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In June 2025, following the period end, the company's parent group Aqualung, was acquired by HEAD Sports, an international sports brand. Whilst this transaction occurred after the period end, and has not impacted the results for the period under review, the acquisition has significantly strengthened the company and group's financial future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKROBANEK, Gerald | Director | 2025-07-17 | Jan 1966 | Austrian |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELSBY, Landon | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2020-12-01 |
| MELIA, David John | Secretary | — | 1999-12-06 |
| PROCTOR, Dominic Alain | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2023-03-29 |
| WHALLEY, Terence | Secretary | 1999-12-06 | 2008-01-01 |
| AINSCOUGH, Kenneth Smith | Director | — | 2003-06-27 |
| AINSCOUGH, Rosalind Faye | Director | 1993-03-12 | 1997-06-05 |
| CLARKE, Alan John | Director | 2000-05-10 | 2002-12-05 |
| COELHO, Pedro | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2023-06-22 |
| DAVISON, Richard Merryn | Director | 1997-06-05 | 2000-05-10 |
| DELORME, Jean Paul | Director | 1997-06-05 | 2004-08-06 |
| DIAINVILLE, Jean-Luc | Director | 2000-05-10 | 2018-12-12 |
| DUDON, Arnaud | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2022-01-14 |
| GILLES, Carole Clotilde Jaqueline | Director | 2014-10-23 | 2016-12-08 |
| GLEAVE, Joseph | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2023-12-29 |
| HELSBY, Landon | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2020-12-01 |
| HILL, Darren Michael | Director | 2023-06-22 | 2024-03-06 |
| KENCH, Angelika | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2021-01-31 |
| LEFRANC, Eric Etienne Georges Leon | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2022-07-15 |
| MELIA, David John | Director | — | 1997-06-05 |
| PRADES, Eric | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2010-03-22 |
| PROCTOR, Dominic Alain | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2023-03-29 |
| ROCKWELL, Donald Robert | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2018-12-12 |
| ROSSER, Mark Eric | Director | 2024-03-04 | 2025-05-14 |
| ROUSSELET, Luc | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2025-07-17 |
| SHORE, Beryl Ann | Director | — | 1993-03-12 |
| WHALLEY, Terence | Director | 1992-09-16 | 2008-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqualung International | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2023-12-07 | Active |
| Mpe (General Partner V) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-07-01 | Ceased 2023-12-07 |
| Montagu Private Equity Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-07-01 | Ceased 2023-12-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-08-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-12-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-12-24 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
-17.7%
£11,087,418 £9,120,674
-
Cash
+142.6%
£68,232 £165,503
-
Net assets
-392.1%
£1,012,179 -£2,956,395
-
Employees
-5.5%
145 137
-
Operating profit
+31.8%
-£4,960,152 -£3,382,055
-
Profit before tax
+24.8%
-£5,362,662 -£4,034,066
-
Wages
-6.6%
£4,690,149 £4,380,047
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