ANCROFT TRACTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£24K
+880.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-9.7% vs 2023
Employees
29
-6.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£235K
-571.6% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £13,340,857 | £13,121,013 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £48,323 | -£114,734 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£34,958 | -£234,789 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£17,677 | -£217,294 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £2,459 | £24,109 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £2,516,921 | £2,213,760 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £2,229,848 | £2,012,554 | |
| Equity | £1,436,817 | £1,513,393 | — | — | — | £2,229,848 | £2,012,554 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 29 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,376,118 | £1,341,365 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9% | -5.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.11x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 0.58x | -0.96x |
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
- Greaves West & Ayre
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. While certain events and conditions have been identified that could, if not mitigated, cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, the directors have concluded that these are not material uncertainties.”
Significant events
- “The business continued to trade under challenging conditions in 2024. Competition within an over stocked market placed significant pressure on sales prices and margins.”
- “Turnover for the year reducing by 1.65% to £13.12m (2023: £13.34m).”
- “The directors made loans to support the operating needs of the business after the Balance Sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Yvonne Shona | Secretary | 2000-05-11 | — | British |
| ASTOR, William Waldorf, Viscount | Director | 1996-01-01 | Dec 1951 | British |
| BROWN, Thomas Charles | Director | 2000-05-11 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTOR, Annabel Lucy Veronica, The Viscountess Astor | Secretary | — | 1996-01-01 |
| REAY, Peter | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2000-05-11 |
| ASTOR, Annabel Lucy Veronica, The Viscountess Astor | Director | — | 1996-01-01 |
| BROWN, Thomas Muir Gardiner | Director | — | 2022-03-18 |
| THOMPSON, Walter | Director | 2000-07-15 | 2015-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rt. Hon. Viscount William Waldorf Astor | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
-
Turnover
-1.6%
£13,340,857 £13,121,013
-
Cash
+880.4%
£2,459 £24,109
-
Net assets
-9.7%
£2,229,848 £2,012,554
-
Employees
-6.5%
31 29
-
Operating profit
-337.4%
£48,323 -£114,734
-
Profit before tax
-571.6%
-£34,958 -£234,789
-
Wages
-2.5%
£1,376,118 £1,341,365
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