ML INVEST HOLDINGS
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Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-0.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£100M
+6.1% vs 2023
Employees
4
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-37.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ML INVEST HOLDINGS 1997-11-18 → present
- AZTECLEGEND LIMITED 1997-11-13 → 1997-11-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,634,000 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | £1,548,000 | -£1,105,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,836,000 | £3,646,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,329,000 | £4,168,000 | |
| Cash | £5,173,000 | £5,134,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £107,737,000 | £111,796,000 | |
| Net assets | £94,126,000 | £99,842,000 | |
| Equity | £94,126,000 | £99,842,000 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | |
| Wages | £866,000 | £183,000 |
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 | 58.8% | — | |
| Net margin | 240.3% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | -7.31x | -12.96x | |
| Interest cover | 1.11x | -1.14x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation, based on current and anticipated future performance, that the Company will continue in operational existence and has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the annual report and financial statements. The financial statements of the Company have, therefore, been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-28 | — | — |
| GRINDROD, Neil Stuart | Director | 2026-01-27 | Nov 1977 | British |
| MARTIN, Trevor Caleb | Director | 2006-07-19 | Aug 1960 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANGHAM, Carol Ann | Secretary | 1997-11-18 | 2000-10-30 |
| LEWIS, Bernadette | Secretary | 2000-10-30 | 2003-12-01 |
| SEARLE, Debra Anne | Secretary | 2000-10-30 | 2003-12-01 |
| SEARLE, Debra Anne | Secretary | 1997-11-18 | 2000-11-02 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-18 |
| BLIZARD, Christopher John | Director | 2006-07-19 | 2009-07-01 |
| BRAITHWAITE III, Allen George | Director | 1998-03-06 | 1999-09-01 |
| BROWN, Brian James | Director | 2008-01-30 | 2016-01-08 |
| DEVINE, John | Director | 2000-02-29 | 2001-11-30 |
| GENDRON, David Brooks | Director | 2001-12-21 | 2004-04-21 |
| GENDRON, David Brooks | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2000-02-03 |
| HALE, Matthew John | Director | 2004-10-22 | 2004-10-31 |
| HALL, Nicholas Charles Dalton | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2006-09-29 |
| JOLOWICZ, Philip Leonard | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2001-01-26 |
| JONES, Richard Ian | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2016-10-19 |
| LANGHAM, Carol Ann | Director | 1997-11-18 | 1999-01-29 |
| LEE, Jonathan Howard Redvers | Director | 2016-10-25 | 2021-09-01 |
| MACPHEE, Martyn George | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2001-04-09 |
| MARKS, Michael John Paul | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2002-09-10 |
| MCDERMOTT, John Jerome | Director | 1997-11-18 | 1997-12-18 |
| MERRIMAN, John | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2026-01-27 |
| MICHAELIDES, Costas, Chair Of The Board Of Directors | Director | 1997-11-18 | 1999-06-18 |
| OLLWERTHER, Robert Dennis | Director | 1997-11-18 | 1998-03-01 |
| PEARSON, Keith Lindsay | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2013-03-28 |
| PEDROLI, Hubert Jean Charles | Director | 2003-01-06 | 2003-03-06 |
| REEVES, Christopher Reginald | Director | 1997-11-18 | 1999-01-29 |
| RIMMER, Christopher John | Director | 2005-03-08 | 2006-03-21 |
| SEARLE, Debra Anne | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2002-09-10 |
| SEARLE, Debra Anne | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2001-01-26 |
| SHIRCLIFF, Katherine Marianne | Director | 2005-07-26 | 2006-09-29 |
| STRUDWICK, Richard | Director | 2003-03-13 | 2008-01-30 |
| THOMSON, David Fraser | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2011-03-28 |
| WALKER, Nigel | Director | 1999-09-22 | 1999-11-08 |
| WILLEMS, Emiel August Jean | Director | 1999-10-22 | 2002-12-12 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Of America Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-100%
£2,634,000 £0
-
Cash
-0.8%
£5,173,000 £5,134,000
-
Net assets
+6.1%
£94,126,000 £99,842,000
-
Employees
0%
4 4
-
Operating profit
-171.4%
£1,548,000 -£1,105,000
-
Profit before tax
-37.5%
£5,836,000 £3,646,000
-
Wages
-78.9%
£866,000 £183,000
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