ACM ULR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
Cash
£751K
-10% vs 2023
Net assets
£37M
+27.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11M
-7.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ACM ULR LIMITED 2003-04-08 → present
- ADVANCED CLAIMS MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1999-11-08 → 2003-04-08
- WHIZCHART LIMITED 1999-08-27 → 1999-11-08
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 | £29,387,000 | £26,156,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,458,000 | £8,231,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,508,000 | £10,654,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,802,000 | £7,991,000 | |
| Cash | £834,000 | £751,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,774,000 | £36,765,000 | |
| Net assets | £28,774,000 | £36,765,000 | |
| Equity | £28,774,000 | £36,765,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 32.2% | 31.5% | |
| Net margin | 30.0% | 30.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.9% | 22.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.4% | 13.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.24x | 5.63x | |
| Interest cover | — | 265.52x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's intermediate parent, Markerstudy Group Limited (“MGL”), has provided a letter of support confirming that it will continue to provide financial support to the Company such that it will continue to be able to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Markerstudy Group meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its cash reserves and borrowings. The Markerstudy Group’s forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Group should be able to operate within the level of its current cash reserves and borrowings. The Directors are therefore confident that there will be sufficient positive cash flows to support the liquidity and solvency of the Company. On this basis, the Directors continue to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Following the Markerstudy Group acquisition of the UK personal lines broking businesses of the Ardonagh Group (completed in June 2024), the business was integrated into a new broader operating division within the Markerstudy Group, known as Markerstudy Distribution.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYNE, Christopher James | Secretary | 2022-04-29 | — | — |
| MACKLE, Feilim | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jul 1967 | Irish |
| PATEL, Tushar Surendra | Director | 2025-08-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| RAWLINSON, Emma Jane | Director | 2025-03-07 | Sep 1980 | British |
| THOMSON, Kartina Tahir | Director | 2025-09-18 | May 1976 | British |
| WINLOW, Mark | Director | 2026-01-02 | Apr 1962 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Julian Charles | Secretary | 2018-02-14 | 2021-09-30 |
| HOBLEY, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2021-10-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| LEECH, Ian Robert | Secretary | 1999-10-17 | 2001-03-19 |
| SIMMS, Ronald Fitzgerald | Secretary | 2015-09-23 | 2016-10-20 |
| WATERS, Paul | Secretary | 2016-10-20 | 2018-02-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Jonathan Martin | Secretary | 1999-09-16 | 1999-10-17 |
| WRIGHT, Neville Eric | Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2015-09-23 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-08-27 | 1999-09-16 |
| BAILIE, Mark Mccracken | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-07-01 |
| BALL, Craig David | Director | 2024-06-26 | 2025-03-07 |
| BARLOW, Ellie | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| CASTAGNO, Giovanni (John) | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2024-02-15 |
| CHRISTMAS, Adrian John Collis | Director | 1999-09-16 | 1999-10-17 |
| CHUNG, Katherine Hae-Eun | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| COLLINGS, Christopher Thomas | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2026-02-28 |
| DESPAS, Gilles | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| DONALDSON, Ian James | Director | 2024-06-26 | 2025-03-07 |
| DONALDSON, Matthew Oliver | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2023-03-29 |
| DONALDSON, Matthew Oliver | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2019-10-14 |
| ENGLAND, Michael James Peter | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2023-11-13 |
| FINCH, Duncan Alistair, Mr | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| HOSKINS, Richard | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| JACKSON, Patricia Doreen | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| KEATING, Seamus Declan | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2021-12-01 |
| LEECH, Ian Robert | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| LEECH, Ian Robert | Director | 1999-10-17 | 2013-06-30 |
| LENMAN, Alasdair Bruce | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| LEWIS, Catherine Ellen | Director | 2024-06-26 | 2025-06-20 |
| PLATT, Dominic James | Director | 2016-10-26 | 2022-04-29 |
| REGAN, Michael Robert | Director | 2022-04-29 | 2022-06-14 |
| REGAN, Michael Robert | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2021-07-01 |
| SCARR, Craig Anthony | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2024-02-15 |
| SHAKED, Golan | Director | 2019-07-19 | 2022-04-29 |
| SHEPHERD, Rebecca Jane, Ms | Director | 2024-06-26 | 2025-08-01 |
| SPENCER, Kevin Ronald | Director | 2022-06-18 | 2024-06-26 |
| THOMPSON, Peter | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2023-03-09 |
| WATSON, Andrew Stuart | Director | 2024-06-26 | 2025-05-31 |
| WINSLOW, Peter Anthony | Director | 1999-10-17 | 2014-06-30 |
| BGL GROUP LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-03-06 | 2013-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-08-27 | 1999-09-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisl Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
-11%
£29,387,000 £26,156,000
-
Cash
-10%
£834,000 £751,000
-
Net assets
+27.8%
£28,774,000 £36,765,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-13%
£9,458,000 £8,231,000
-
Profit before tax
-7.4%
£11,508,000 £10,654,000
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