ASTA MANAGING AGENCY LTD

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. ASTA MANAGING AGENCY LTD 2012-05-09 → present
2. WHITTINGTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2006-05-25 → 2012-05-09
3. OMNI WHITTINGTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD. 2000-05-26 → 2006-05-25
4. WHITTINGTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1999-11-05 → 2000-05-26
5. MURRAY LAWRENCE CORPORATE LIMITED 1996-12-16 → 1998-11-02
6. WHITTINGTON SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1994-03-23 → 1996-12-16
7. WHITTINGTON M.L.P. LIMITED 1993-06-08 → 1994-03-23
8. BPC UNDERWRITING AGENCIES LIMITED 1990-08-13 → 1993-06-08
9. BPC (PARTNERS) LIMITED 1986-03-14 → 1990-08-13
10. BPC PARTICIPATION LIMITED 1985-08-16 → 1986-03-14
11. SHANGFORD LIMITED 1985-06-03 → 1985-08-16

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The principal risks and uncertainties of the business have been addressed within the Strategic Report. The company has considerable financial resources and remains profitable, with clients typically agreeing long term contracts including 12 month notice periods. Further, the company has performed stress testing on the business plan to reflect the inherent uncertainty of these plans whilst taking into account the long-term nature of its contracts with the syndicates. As a consequence, the directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and after review of the company's forecasts and budgets, the company can continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts for 12 months from the approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. ASTA MANAGING AGENCY LTD · parent
   1. AMA Underwriting Services Ltd 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading

Significant events

• “There are no post balance sheet events to report.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +21.1%

  £54,235,000 → £65,677,000

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -33.4%

  £14,123,000 → £9,405,000

• Employees

  +15.8%

  146 → 169

• Operating profit

  +20.7%

  £16,752,000 → £20,228,000

• Profit before tax

  +20.8%

  £16,745,000 → £20,228,000

• Wages

  +19.2%

  £18,368,000 → £21,901,000

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