ABILITY PROJECTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£810K
+215.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+25.4% vs 2023
Employees
88
-5.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+22.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,065,000 | £24,135,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,607,000 | £2,913,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,700,000 | £3,297,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,054,000 | £2,530,000 | |
| Cash | £257,000 | £810,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,104,000 | £12,639,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,954,000 | £12,484,000 | |
| Equity | £9,954,000 | £12,484,000 | |
| Average employees | 93 | 88 | |
| Wages | £3,540,000 | £3,804,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.8% | 23.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.0% | 34.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.98x | 2.78x |
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
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue”
Significant events
- “No significant events occurred subsequent to 30 September 2024 that would require adjustment to the disclosures of the financial statements”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Yvonne | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | — | — |
| BURKE, Yvonne | Director | 2021-10-01 | Aug 1977 | Irish |
| NAUGHTON, Fergal John | Director | 2016-03-31 | Aug 1975 | Irish |
| NAUGHTON, Martin | Director | 2016-03-31 | May 1939 | Irish |
| STEWART, Neil | Director | 2016-03-31 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUCKWORTH, Mark John | Secretary | 2000-10-12 | 2016-03-31 |
| NAUGHTON, Fergal | Secretary | 2017-03-30 | 2025-03-31 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Sean | Secretary | 2016-03-31 | 2017-03-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 |
| DUCKWORTH, Mark John | Director | 2000-10-12 | 2018-03-31 |
| FLYNN, Donal Francis | Director | 2017-01-27 | 2021-10-01 |
| HUNT, Michael Ronald | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2006-02-27 |
| JOLLIFF, Gregory Elliott | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2015-09-11 |
| JOLLIFF, Gregory Elliott | Director | 2000-10-12 | 2001-01-08 |
| LEAMY, Fergal James | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2025-03-31 |
| LOWTHER, Peter | Director | 2001-01-08 | 2018-03-31 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Sean | Director | 2016-03-31 | 2017-03-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Naughton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+14.6%
£21,065,000 £24,135,000
-
Cash
+215.2%
£257,000 £810,000
-
Net assets
+25.4%
£9,954,000 £12,484,000
-
Employees
-5.4%
93 88
-
Operating profit
+11.7%
£2,607,000 £2,913,000
-
Profit before tax
+22.1%
£2,700,000 £3,297,000
-
Wages
+7.5%
£3,540,000 £3,804,000
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