ANT GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+17.7% vs 2024
Employees
49
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+100.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ANT GROUP LIMITED 2004-06-15 → present
- ANTI-STAT LIMITED 1994-06-15 → 2004-06-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,368,870 | £14,748,517 | |
| Operating profit | £914,208 | £1,740,193 | |
| Profit before tax | £852,081 | £1,711,674 | |
| Net profit | £645,022 | £1,195,065 | |
| Cash | £1,819,371 | £1,674,451 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,617,559 | £6,519,337 | |
| Net assets | £5,532,308 | £6,512,252 | |
| Equity | £5,532,308 | £6,512,252 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 49 | |
| Wages | £2,187,271 | £2,222,349 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 11.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.3% | 26.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.4% | 46.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 2.13x | |
| Interest cover | 6.54x | 11.60x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has continued to generate profits for the year ended 31 December 2025 despite challenging economic conditions. The directors consider that the financial strength of the Group, when taking account of the most recent management information, cash flow forecasts and availability of financing through import loans and debt factoring arrangements, will allow the Group to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ANT GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Antistat Limited 100%
- The E.S.D. Control Centre Limited 100%
- Cygna Limited 100%
- Antistat Inc. 100%
- ANT Antiques Limited 100%
- ANT Components Limited 100%
- Antistat GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “The group merged its UK trading entities as of 1 January 2025 for operational reasons.”
- “The group has historically retained a diverse investment portfolio that includes property, listed stocks, wine, and Fine Art. All non business investments have been disposed of at 31 December 2025. The group will not be reinvesting in the future in listed stocks or in unlisted non business assets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Michele Ann | Secretary | 2006-03-31 | — | British |
| HENSLEY, John Andrew | Director | — | May 1966 | British |
| KING, Michele Ann | Director | 2022-07-01 | May 1967 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEY, Martin | Secretary | 1998-06-29 | 2000-06-27 |
| DURELL, Andrew Edward | Secretary | 1997-04-25 | 1998-06-29 |
| EMSDEN, Kelly Marie | Secretary | 2000-07-26 | 2006-03-31 |
| HEWES, Graham Brian | Secretary | 2000-06-27 | 2000-07-26 |
| KENNEDY, Martin Stephen | Secretary | 1994-06-15 | 1997-04-25 |
| SEMKEN LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-06-15 | 1994-06-17 |
| LUFMER LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-06-15 | 1994-06-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Andrew Hensley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-09-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-09-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-09-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-09-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-09-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.3%
£13,368,870 £14,748,517
-
Cash
-8%
£1,819,371 £1,674,451
-
Net assets
+17.7%
£5,532,308 £6,512,252
-
Employees
0%
49 49
-
Operating profit
+90.3%
£914,208 £1,740,193
-
Profit before tax
+100.9%
£852,081 £1,711,674
-
Wages
+1.6%
£2,187,271 £2,222,349
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