ABP MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£506K
-23.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+70.2% vs 2023
Employees
68
+11.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+28.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ABP MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LIMITED 2002-01-31 → present
- ABP RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY LTD. 1985-12-03 → 2002-01-31
- VORAMBO LIMITED 1985-11-11 → 1985-12-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,805,000 | £9,208,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,101,000 | £1,385,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,094,000 | £1,407,000 | |
| Net profit | £793,000 | £1,057,000 | |
| Cash | £660,000 | £506,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,547,000 | £2,620,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,506,000 | £2,563,000 | |
| Equity | £1,506,000 | £2,563,000 | |
| Average employees | 61 | 68 | |
| Wages | £2,735,000 | £3,104,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 11.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 71.2% | 52.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.3% | 36.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 2.59x | |
| Interest cover | 157.29x | 1385.00x |
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 confirm that, in their opinion, the company has sufficient financial resources and facilities available to continue to trade for the foreseeable future and until at least 31 December 2026. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Annual Report and Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “In 2024 we continued to make good progress in each area of the strategy.”
- “ABPMer's performance has improved through 2024 as a result of demand for services related to new infrastructure and renewable projects.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABP SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-05-31 | — | — |
| BRISTOWE, Paul Andrew | Director | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| COLLINGWOOD, Andrew Vinden, Mr | Director | 2018-06-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
| FROST, Natalie Jane | Director | 2022-06-15 | Jan 1975 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Damon John | Director | 2016-09-05 | Nov 1971 | British |
| UNDERHILL, Heidi | Director | 2022-06-15 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEAR, Kim Michele | Secretary | 2015-09-30 | 2017-05-31 |
| DIBBEN, Ann | Secretary | 2007-12-17 | 2015-02-17 |
| MASON, Geoffrey Keith Howard | Secretary | 2014-09-20 | 2015-09-30 |
| RICHARDSON, Elaine | Secretary | 2013-11-27 | 2014-01-17 |
| ROBINSON, Dianne Churchill | Secretary | 2002-06-13 | 2003-07-29 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Colleen Tracey | Secretary | 2003-07-29 | 2007-12-17 |
| WINSON, Avril Helen Winifred | Secretary | — | 2002-06-13 |
| BARHAM, Peter John | Director | 2001-05-17 | 2009-07-03 |
| CHAMBERS, Paul Thomas | Director | 2001-10-19 | 2005-10-05 |
| COOPER, David Henry | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| COOPER, William St John | Director | 2006-05-03 | 2016-09-05 |
| DENMAN, Norman Edward | Director | — | 1997-07-04 |
| GARTON, Christopher Charles | Director | 2017-06-06 | 2018-03-30 |
| HULL, Stephen Charles, Dr | Director | 2007-07-05 | 2022-03-31 |
| LAKE, Steven Richard | Director | 2006-05-03 | 2017-06-30 |
| MILES, Graham John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-11-30 |
| PRIDMORE, Brian Jon | Director | 2018-05-15 | 2019-02-28 |
| RABBITTS, Clifford Graham | Director | — | 2001-05-17 |
| SCHOFIELD, Ian Harvey | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2020-12-16 |
| TOWNEND, Ian Howard | Director | 1993-06-07 | 2006-05-26 |
| TWIDLE, David William | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| WALKER, Julian William | Director | 2019-09-23 | 2022-03-31 |
| WEEZEL, Harm Arnold Van | Director | 2021-03-30 | 2024-06-30 |
| YELL, Frank Denis Reginald | Director | — | 2002-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated British Ports Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+18%
£7,805,000 £9,208,000
-
Cash
-23.3%
£660,000 £506,000
-
Net assets
+70.2%
£1,506,000 £2,563,000
-
Employees
+11.5%
61 68
-
Operating profit
+25.8%
£1,101,000 £1,385,000
-
Profit before tax
+28.6%
£1,094,000 £1,407,000
-
Wages
+13.5%
£2,735,000 £3,104,000
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