ACAL BFI UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-10 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-64.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+14.7% vs 2024
Employees
96
-7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+10% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ACAL BFI UK LIMITED 2010-10-07 → present
- ACAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2003-03-25 → 2010-10-07
- ALPHACOM LIMITED 1984-03-28 → 2003-03-25
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 | £33,265,000 | £29,710,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,767,000 | £1,944,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,634,000 | £1,797,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,343,000 | £1,509,000 | |
| Cash | £3,311,000 | £1,171,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,615,000 | £15,393,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,292,000 | £11,801,000 | |
| Equity | £10,292,000 | £11,801,000 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 96 | |
| Wages | £4,916,000 | £4,439,000 |
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 | 5.3% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.1% | 12.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.75x | |
| Interest cover | 2.90x | 2.40x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are required to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis of accounting, unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business. Acal BFi Group Limited has confirmed that support will be provided to ensure that the Company can meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these accounts. Management has prepared cash flow forecasts through to December 2026 that show the Group will continue to generate positive cash flows over this period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATLEY, Susan | Director | 2018-11-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
| GRAY, Darren Louis | Director | 2009-10-15 | Oct 1971 | British |
| SYNNOTT, Vincent | Director | 2019-04-01 | Sep 1964 | Irish |
| WEBSTER, Paul Graham | Director | 2010-09-01 | Apr 1954 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON-SHRINE, Gregory | Secretary | 2019-12-04 | 2022-03-03 |
| DAVIES, Neil | Secretary | 2003-03-17 | 2004-06-21 |
| GREATOREX, Ian Russell | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2010-09-01 |
| HARKUS MADGE, Joanna Alwen | Secretary | 2017-04-01 | 2019-09-02 |
| LOVERIDGE, James Douglas | Secretary | 1999-09-01 | 2000-05-31 |
| POMEROY, John Victor | Secretary | — | 1999-09-01 |
| PRIOR, Robert Michael | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2006-08-31 |
| ROWE, Nicholas | Secretary | 2019-09-02 | 2019-12-04 |
| SHILLINGLAW, Gary Preston | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| ALLEN, Richard | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2005-10-25 |
| AXTEN, Wayne Ronald | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2006-03-31 |
| BARRON, Philip | Director | 2005-04-05 | 2006-03-31 |
| BRIAND, Monica Jane | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-11-01 |
| BROWN, Diane Marie | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2014-11-05 |
| BUCKNELL, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2005-03-24 | 2005-12-31 |
| CARR, Steven | Director | 2005-04-05 | 2010-09-01 |
| CLARKSON, Geoffrey | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2004-06-30 |
| DAVIES, Neil | Director | 2003-03-17 | 2004-06-21 |
| FROOME, Shaun Douglas Lawler | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2003-12-05 |
| GIBBINS, Simon Mark | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2022-03-03 |
| GIBBINS, Simon Mark | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2012-05-11 |
| GREATOREX, Ian Russell | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2022-03-03 |
| GREATOREX, Ian Russell | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2010-09-01 |
| GRUSON, Philippe Robert Marie | Director | 2010-02-03 | 2012-04-30 |
| HOOPER, Denis Leon | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2006-03-31 |
| HOOPER, Denis Leon | Director | — | 2004-08-28 |
| JEFFERIES, Nicholas John | Director | 2014-05-29 | 2014-06-09 |
| LAFFERTY, Marc | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2014-02-21 |
| LAUGHTON, Anthony Joseph | Director | — | 2008-10-17 |
| LIOVERI, Antonio Michael | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2016-04-08 |
| NEVILLE, Paul Howard | Director | 2010-02-03 | 2010-09-01 |
| PANGELS, Martin Franz Eckhard | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2022-03-03 |
| RUSH, Simon | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| SAVORY, George Charles Edmund | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2006-04-01 |
| SENESCALL, Edward | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2006-03-31 |
| SUMPTER, Andrew John | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2012-05-11 |
| SYDES, Stephen Charles | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2009-06-05 |
| TURNER, Neal | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2007-04-20 |
| WARD, James Antony | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| WHITE, David Andrew | Director | 2024-07-15 | 2025-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acal Bfi Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-23 | Active |
| Acal Electronics Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-14 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-10.7%
£33,265,000 £29,710,000
-
Cash
-64.6%
£3,311,000 £1,171,000
-
Net assets
+14.7%
£10,292,000 £11,801,000
-
Employees
-7.7%
104 96
-
Operating profit
+10%
£1,767,000 £1,944,000
-
Profit before tax
+10%
£1,634,000 £1,797,000
-
Wages
-9.7%
£4,916,000 £4,439,000
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