A.B.E. (LEDBURY) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£602K
+3.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+11.8% vs 2023
Employees
75
+2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£300K
+140.5% vs 2023
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 | £7,489,566 | £7,649,632 | |
| Operating profit | £189,296 | £358,744 | |
| Profit before tax | £124,896 | £300,335 | |
| Net profit | -£102,211 | £324,499 | |
| Cash | £580,130 | £602,215 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,523,651 | £4,619,279 | |
| Net assets | £2,738,920 | £3,063,419 | |
| Equity | £2,738,920 | £3,063,419 | |
| Average employees | 73 | 75 | |
| Wages | £2,240,634 | £2,252,615 |
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 | 2.5% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.4% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.7% | 47.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 2.94x | 6.14x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The parent company has confirmed that, if required, it will provide financial support as necessary to enable the company to meet its liabilities as they fall due, and will not seek repayment of balances until the company has sufficient financial resources to enable any payment to be made without detriment to the company's trading position. On this basis, the directors are confident that the company has adequate resources to continue in operation and, accordingly, have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The business is directly influenced by the state of the UK and Global economy. The energy crisis, cost of living increase and conflict in Eastern Europe suppressed activity during the year and reduced profitability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Glenn | Director | 2017-02-02 | Mar 1966 | British |
| BANDHA, Baljinder Kumar | Director | 2024-07-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| BROOKS, Clive | Director | 2017-02-02 | Jun 1965 | British |
| LEITCH, Graham | Director | 2017-02-02 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, Julia Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 2017-02-02 |
| MCCOLL, Mark | Secretary | 2017-02-02 | 2021-01-01 |
| RODER, Michelle Louise | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-08 |
| BOYLE, Andrew Patrick Keith | Director | — | 2017-02-02 |
| BOYLE, Julia Elizabeth | Director | — | 2017-02-02 |
| ELSON, Paul Edward | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2025-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palletline Logistics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-22 | Active |
| Palletline Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-02 | Ceased 2018-02-22 |
| Mr Andrew Patrick Keith Boyle | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-02-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-20 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-12-20 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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
+2.1%
£7,489,566 £7,649,632
-
Cash
+3.8%
£580,130 £602,215
-
Net assets
+11.8%
£2,738,920 £3,063,419
-
Employees
+2.7%
73 75
-
Operating profit
+89.5%
£189,296 £358,744
-
Profit before tax
+140.5%
£124,896 £300,335
-
Wages
+0.5%
£2,240,634 £2,252,615
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