A.L. YOUNGER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£739K
+56.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+0.2% vs 2024
Employees
79
-6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£620K
-38.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,805,131 | £10,142,065 | |
| Operating profit | £1,030,993 | £681,398 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,015,203 | £620,154 | |
| Net profit | £721,477 | £469,989 | |
| Cash | £471,667 | £739,006 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,059,290 | £7,726,138 | |
| Net assets | £7,382,753 | £7,400,239 | |
| Equity | £7,382,753 | £7,400,239 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 79 | |
| Wages | £2,428,618 | £2,493,031 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 2.08x | |
| Interest cover | 11.58x | 7.85x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Profits and cashflows are forecast for the next three financial years and are reviewed at regular intervals. The company meets day to day working capital requirements through its banking facilities, and the banking relationship with HSBC remains strong. The company has adequate funds available to discharge its obligations as they fall due for a period at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The board is confident that the company has sufficient liquidity to meet all its financial and trading requirements. Based on the above and information available to the board at the date of signing, the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- A.L. YOUNGER LIMITED · parent
- Wessex Pictures Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 June 2025 the company repurchased 229 Ordinary B shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL, Sharon Heather | Secretary | 2023-03-15 | — | — |
| TECONI, Martin Earle | Director | 2003-04-01 | Aug 1964 | British |
| YOUNGER, Ashley Robert | Director | — | May 1961 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNGER, Albert Leonard | Secretary | — | 2010-01-21 |
| DE LISLE, Richard Godfray | Director | 1995-11-08 | 2009-03-30 |
| PALMER, David Douglas | Director | 2013-02-04 | 2014-03-28 |
| YOUNGER, Albert Leonard | Director | — | 2010-01-20 |
| YOUNGER, Josephine | Director | — | 2005-03-01 |
| YOUNGER, Philip David | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2022-11-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Angela Younger | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-06-24 | Active |
| Philip David Younger | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-24 |
| Mr Ashley Robert Younger | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Martin Earle Teconi | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-18 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-07-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-08-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-08-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-07-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-03-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 4
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-6.1%
£10,805,131 £10,142,065
-
Cash
+56.7%
£471,667 £739,006
-
Net assets
+0.2%
£7,382,753 £7,400,239
-
Employees
-6%
84 79
-
Operating profit
-33.9%
£1,030,993 £681,398
-
Profit before tax
-38.9%
£1,015,203 £620,154
-
Wages
+2.7%
£2,428,618 £2,493,031
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers