A-GAS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+246% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
-6.5% vs 2023
Employees
79
+2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+9.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- A-GAS (UK) LIMITED 2000-03-10 → present
- A-GAS LIMITED 1992-11-09 → 2000-03-10
- OVAL (825) LIMITED 1992-10-01 → 1992-11-09
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 | £27,083,000 | £24,663,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,878,000 | £6,330,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,857,000 | £6,429,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,923,000 | £4,161,000 | |
| Cash | £729,000 | £2,522,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,743,000 | £29,702,000 | |
| Net assets | £28,324,000 | £26,485,000 | |
| Equity | £28,324,000 | £26,485,000 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 79 | |
| Wages | £3,393,000 | £3,587,000 |
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 | 21.7% | 25.7% | |
| Net margin | 18.2% | 16.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.5% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | 25.12x | 14.22x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position are set out in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report. The financial position of the Company is described in the Strategic Report. The directors have concluded that the company is in a position to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months following the approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AALBERS, Willem Benjamin | Director | 2024-02-21 | Sep 1983 | South African |
| FITZGERALD, John | Director | 2024-02-21 | May 1985 | British |
| STEWART, Richard Edward Marcel | Director | 2014-03-03 | Jun 1972 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEST, Redvers | Secretary | 2006-11-22 | 2010-10-29 |
| COOPER, John Anthony | Secretary | 1992-11-05 | 1996-02-01 |
| HEWITT, Tania Dawn | Secretary | 1996-02-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| MASTERS, Jonathan Patrick | Secretary | 2002-03-31 | 2007-02-15 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-10-01 | 1992-11-05 |
| BEST, Redvers | Director | 2006-11-22 | 2010-10-29 |
| BRIERE, Richard | Director | 2010-11-08 | 2013-06-26 |
| BUISSINNE, Ronald Owen | Director | 2008-07-08 | 2017-08-11 |
| COOPER, John Anthony | Director | 1992-11-05 | 2001-10-26 |
| FAIRMAN, Sally | Director | 1994-03-31 | 2007-02-15 |
| HEWITT, Tania Dawn | Director | 1997-03-27 | 2002-03-31 |
| JOYNER, Brian David | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1999-12-30 |
| LOGAN, Kenneth David | Director | 2004-11-05 | 2013-01-01 |
| MASTERS, Jonathan Patrick | Director | 1998-08-24 | 2017-08-11 |
| MINTO, Ian Albert | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| ORMEROD, John Lawrence | Director | 2010-12-22 | 2024-05-23 |
| PARKER, Robert Lee | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2024-02-21 |
| PODMORE, Ian Victor Stewart | Director | 2017-08-11 | 2023-12-14 |
| RUTLEY, John | Director | 1992-11-05 | 2014-07-31 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-10-01 | 1992-11-05 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-10-01 | 1992-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-Gas International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
-8.9%
£27,083,000 £24,663,000
-
Cash
+246%
£729,000 £2,522,000
-
Net assets
-6.5%
£28,324,000 £26,485,000
-
Employees
+2.6%
77 79
-
Operating profit
+7.7%
£5,878,000 £6,330,000
-
Profit before tax
+9.8%
£5,857,000 £6,429,000
-
Wages
+5.7%
£3,393,000 £3,587,000
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