ACER U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-17 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+115% vs 2023
Net assets
£36M
+2.5% vs 2023
Employees
54
+5.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+17.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ACER U.K. LIMITED 1992-02-04 → present
- ACER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1988-05-09 → 1992-02-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £148,439,000 | £170,979,000 | |
| Operating profit | £909,000 | £978,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £991,000 | £1,168,000 | |
| Net profit | £749,000 | £863,000 | |
| Cash | £5,150,000 | £11,072,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,117,000 | £36,641,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,117,000 | £35,980,000 | |
| Equity | £35,117,000 | £35,980,000 | |
| Average employees | 51 | 54 | |
| Wages | £4,044,000 | £4,207,000 |
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 | 0.6% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | 2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.1% | 56.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 227.25x | 108.67x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, having made appropriate enquiries, consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The UK market for computer products remained resilient throughout 2024 despite a backdrop of global macroeconomic challenges and geopolitical tensions. Turnover increased by 15%, gross profit percentage fell marginally. Company recorded a profit before tax of £1,168,000 in 2024 (2023: £991,000). Market share increased from 11.5% in 2023 to 11.9% in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLOP, Adam | Secretary | 2016-06-18 | — | — |
| BOOTH, Craig | Director | 2019-12-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| FROMONT, Emmanuel Pierre Marie | Director | 2015-06-09 | Jan 1967 | French |
| SHIH, Tai-Chi | Director | 2015-06-09 | Dec 1965 | Taiwanese |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOBBIN, Paul Robert | Secretary | 2002-02-26 | 2012-02-22 |
| JACKSON, Graham Richard | Secretary | 1991-08-29 | 1996-02-23 |
| LAM, Cheok Peng | Secretary | 1996-02-23 | 2002-02-26 |
| LEACH, David | Secretary | 2015-08-26 | 2016-06-17 |
| MARSDEN, Richard | Secretary | — | 1991-08-29 |
| MCPHERSON, Mark | Secretary | 2012-02-27 | 2015-08-25 |
| AHRENS, Oliver | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2015-06-08 |
| CHENG, Eugene | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1994-03-18 |
| COOK, Paul | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2006-01-26 |
| DEPPELER, Walter | Director | 2011-08-11 | 2012-02-21 |
| DODDS, Scott | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2003-11-03 |
| DRUMMOND, Ian David | Director | 2008-04-10 | 2009-03-31 |
| GOBLE, Colin Edward | Director | — | 1992-01-17 |
| JACKSON, Graham Richard | Director | — | 1998-10-10 |
| LAI, Tai Yueh | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2009-04-01 |
| LANCI, Gianfranco | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2011-05-02 |
| LU, Teddy | Director | — | 1998-12-23 |
| MARSDEN, Richard | Director | — | 1991-08-29 |
| MORBELLO, Gianpiero | Director | 2006-02-13 | 2011-08-08 |
| MORBELLO, Gianpiero | Director | 2006-02-13 | 2011-05-02 |
| MUUSS, Klaus Michael Robert | Director | 1998-12-23 | 2000-05-01 |
| TAUREAU, Edgard Jules | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| TIEN, Eric | Director | 1998-12-23 | 2002-02-26 |
| TU, Che Min | Director | 2006-05-05 | 2012-02-14 |
| WANG, Cheng-Tang | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2013-12-12 |
| WANG, Jerry | Director | 1994-03-18 | 1998-12-23 |
| WANG, Lilia | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2015-06-08 |
| WEISLER, Dion | Director | 1998-10-20 | 2001-06-10 |
| WONG, Jim | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2013-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer Europe B.V | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+15.2%
£148,439,000 £170,979,000
-
Cash
+115%
£5,150,000 £11,072,000
-
Net assets
+2.5%
£35,117,000 £35,980,000
-
Employees
+5.9%
51 54
-
Operating profit
+7.6%
£909,000 £978,000
-
Profit before tax
+17.9%
£991,000 £1,168,000
-
Wages
+4%
£4,044,000 £4,207,000
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