ASOLVI UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-44.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-8.5% vs 2023
Employees
71
-2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£15K
-102.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ASOLVI UK LIMITED 2018-03-15 → present
- CRANBOX LIMITED 1987-06-02 → 2018-03-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,777,594 | £9,586,472 | |
| Operating profit | £1,005,550 | £402,133 | |
| Profit before tax | £606,280 | -£15,075 | |
| Net profit | £377,555 | -£143,404 | |
| Cash | £3,653,510 | £2,012,801 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,387,925 | £6,040,281 | |
| Net assets | £1,682,320 | £1,538,916 | |
| Equity | £1,682,320 | £1,538,916 | |
| Average employees | 73 | 71 | |
| Wages | £3,838,664 | £5,174,270 |
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 | 11.5% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.6% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.2% | 82.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.83x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | 2.49x | 0.90x |
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
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements having given due consideration to the net asset position of the Company and considering the support from the immediate parent company, Asolvi AS. The Directors have considered potential contingent liabilities and other risk factors in making their assessment.”
Group structure
- ASOLVI UK LIMITED · parent
- Cranbox Corporation 100%
Significant events
- “Operating profit has decreased due to a significant group restructuring which resulted in termination benefits of £882,868 (2023: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Nicholas David, Dr | Director | 2023-09-04 | Dec 1970 | British |
| SAVAGE, Ian David | Director | 2025-01-07 | Jan 1970 | British |
| SCIARD, Bertrand | Director | 2023-06-15 | Mar 1953 | French |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Colin Richard | Secretary | 1995-02-01 | 1999-10-01 |
| BROWN, Valeria Lenzi | Secretary | — | 1992-03-26 |
| HAWES, Julian Michael | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2018-06-19 |
| PALMER, Lorraine Joanne | Secretary | 1992-03-27 | 1996-02-01 |
| ANDREASSEN, Svein | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2024-02-28 |
| BROWN, Colin Richard | Director | 1991-12-31 | 2016-10-03 |
| DREIER, Sverre Ragnar | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2021-09-06 |
| HILTON, Graham Robert | Director | — | 2016-10-03 |
| RODSETH, Pal Marius | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2023-09-04 |
| RUST, Richard | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2024-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volpi Capital Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-04-05 | Active |
| Asolvi As | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-12 | Ceased 2016-09-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+9.2%
£8,777,594 £9,586,472
-
Cash
-44.9%
£3,653,510 £2,012,801
-
Net assets
-8.5%
£1,682,320 £1,538,916
-
Employees
-2.7%
73 71
-
Operating profit
-60%
£1,005,550 £402,133
-
Profit before tax
-102.5%
£606,280 -£15,075
-
Wages
+34.8%
£3,838,664 £5,174,270
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