ARIEL PLASTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-06 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
-47% vs 2023
Net assets
-£13M
-6.7% vs 2023
Employees
111
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£521K
+18.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARIEL PLASTICS LIMITED 1988-09-30 → present
- EDENMOOR LIMITED 1988-05-13 → 1988-09-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,355,739 | £17,403,093 | |
| Operating profit | -£510,613 | -£342,800 | |
| Profit before tax | -£637,353 | -£521,099 | |
| Net profit | -£637,353 | -£790,339 | |
| Cash | £1,988 | £1,054 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£11,292,041 | -£11,834,416 | |
| Net assets | -£11,737,090 | -£12,527,429 | |
| Equity | -£11,737,090 | -£12,527,429 | |
| Average employees | 109 | 111 | |
| Wages | £3,862,660 | £4,073,507 |
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 | -2.9% | -2.0% | |
| Net margin | -3.7% | -4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 184.0% | 189.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.48x | 0.46x | |
| Interest cover | -4.03x | -1.92x |
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
- Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the accounts on a going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the parent company, Brett Martin Holdings Ltd. The directors have received confirmation that Brett Martin Holdings Ltd intend to support the company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, Stephen | Secretary | 2018-04-16 | — | — |
| MARTIN, Brian James | Director | 1993-09-17 | Apr 1961 | British |
| MARTIN, William Laurence | Director | — | Nov 1957 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLS, Andrew John | Secretary | 1998-03-02 | 2000-01-06 |
| DOWNS, John Roger | Secretary | 1996-12-02 | 1998-03-02 |
| FITZSIMONS, Gordon William | Secretary | 2004-07-26 | 2012-03-28 |
| FORD, Anthony John | Secretary | — | 1996-11-30 |
| GRAY, Michael Samuel | Secretary | 2012-03-28 | 2017-12-05 |
| HOPKINS, James Gerard | Secretary | 2000-02-01 | 2004-07-26 |
| MARTIN, Brian James | Secretary | 2017-12-05 | 2018-06-25 |
| FITZSIMONS, Gordon William | Director | 2001-03-15 | 2012-03-28 |
| FORD, Anthony John | Director | — | 1996-11-30 |
| HOPKINS, James Gerard | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2004-07-26 |
| JAMISON, Michael William | Director | 1993-09-17 | 1999-06-18 |
| KELLY, Robert Cameron | Director | — | 1995-05-12 |
| PORTER, Michael William | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2017-12-06 |
| REYNOLDS, Peter James | Director | — | 1995-01-10 |
| THOMAS, David Robert | Director | — | 1995-01-10 |
| VEYSEY, Mark | Director | 1998-10-14 | 2006-02-17 |
| WHITLOW, Christopher Mark | Director | 1994-09-05 | 2017-12-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Martin Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-04-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2017-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2017-12-06 | 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
+0.3%
£17,355,739 £17,403,093
-
Cash
-47%
£1,988 £1,054
-
Net assets
-6.7%
-£11,737,090 -£12,527,429
-
Employees
+1.8%
109 111
-
Operating profit
+32.9%
-£510,613 -£342,800
-
Profit before tax
+18.2%
-£637,353 -£521,099
-
Wages
+5.5%
£3,862,660 £4,073,507
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