ABM FACILITY SERVICES UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-11
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£14M
+60.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
-52% vs 2023
Employees
5,329
+0.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
+23.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-11.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ABM FACILITY SERVICES UK LIMITED 2015-10-23 → present
- GBM SERVICES LIMITED 1998-03-05 → 2015-10-23
- SPECINVEST LIMITED 1997-11-06 → 1998-03-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £184,104,000 | £203,173,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,173,000 | £12,420,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,398,000 | £14,027,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,833,000 | £11,077,000 | |
| Cash | £8,976,000 | £14,388,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,353,000 | £22,172,000 | |
| Net assets | £37,253,000 | £17,869,000 | |
| Equity | £37,253,000 | £17,869,000 | |
| Average employees | 5,318 | 5,329 | |
| Wages | £125,233,000 | £137,223,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.6% | 56.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.7% | 78.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.32x |
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
- Kreston Reeves LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-03-31 | — | — |
| MURDOCH, James Campbell | Director | 2024-03-31 | Aug 1971 | British |
| PARTRIDGE, Niall | Director | 2024-03-31 | Jun 1971 | Irish |
| SYKES, Richard Ian | Director | 2023-07-03 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGDEN, Derek William | Secretary | 1997-11-18 | 2014-09-30 |
| SMITH, Michael | Secretary | 2014-08-30 | 2016-03-10 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-06 | 1997-11-18 |
| BRAMBLE, Ian Charles Paul | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-09-23 |
| DENNY, Nigel John | Director | 1999-07-28 | 2000-03-24 |
| DONNELL, Andrew | Director | 2016-11-09 | 2018-04-30 |
| DONOVAN, David Anthony | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2018-01-20 |
| FIELD, Andrew John Stanley | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2001-12-28 |
| FITZGERALD, Francis Thomas | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2007-03-14 |
| FORD, David Stuart | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2015-09-18 |
| KING, John David | Director | 2021-10-08 | 2024-08-31 |
| MCPHERSON, John | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2023-06-23 |
| OGDEN, Derek William | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2014-09-30 |
| PARR, Sandra | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2016-03-10 |
| PATTERSON, Ernest | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2017-03-31 |
| PYNER, James | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2011-02-17 |
| SMITH, Michael James | Director | 2015-09-18 | 2016-03-10 |
| SPENCER, John Robert | Director | 2015-09-18 | 2016-03-31 |
| STEVENSON, Colin Andrew | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-06 | 1997-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abm Group Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
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Turnover
+10.4%
£184,104,000 £203,173,000
-
Cash
+60.3%
£8,976,000 £14,388,000
-
Net assets
-52%
£37,253,000 £17,869,000
-
Employees
+0.2%
5,318 5,329
-
Operating profit
+22.1%
£10,173,000 £12,420,000
-
Profit before tax
+23.1%
£11,398,000 £14,027,000
-
Wages
+9.6%
£125,233,000 £137,223,000
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