AUTO BODY LANGUAGE LIMITED

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have reviewed the group cashflow for the following twelve months and have reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue under going concern principles and is expected to be able to meet all its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis across the group in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “2024 has been a year of continued investment for Auto Body Language Limited to ensure we continue to service our customer base to a high standard and to position the business for further growth. Notable investments include over £2.1m in capital expenditure, supporting new.sites in Bilston, Sunderland and Birmingham, with Middlesborough late in the year alongside investment in core operational systems.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +21.2%

  £49,729,150 → £60,282,809

  highest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  +167.9%

  £892,609 → £2,390,971

  highest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  +38.3%

  £13,181,735 → £18,225,870

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  +17%

  317 → 371

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -56.8%

  £12,598,755 → £5,448,816

  first positive since 2020

• Profit before tax

  -57.8%

  £12,430,650 → £5,243,927

  first positive since 2020

• Wages

  +25%

  £12,308,030 → £15,386,699

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