ASTER PROPERTY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-17 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-03
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
+26.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+12.1% vs 2024
Employees
543
-6.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£393K
-187.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- ASTER PROPERTY LIMITED 2011-09-21 → present
- ASTER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2005-03-16 → 2011-09-21
- SILBURY FIRST LIMITED 2003-06-13 → 2005-03-16
- COBCO (548) LIMITED 2003-04-24 → 2003-06-13
- SILBURY FIRST LIMITED 2003-03-03 → 2003-04-24
- COBCO (548) LIMITED 2003-01-03 → 2003-03-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £125,020,000 | £138,089,000 | |
| Operating profit | £322,000 | -£794,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £450,000 | -£393,000 | |
| Net profit | £75,000 | -£847,000 | |
| Cash | £5,442,000 | £6,889,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,848,000 | £13,346,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,803,000 | £12,108,000 | |
| Equity | £10,803,000 | £12,108,000 | |
| Average employees | 581 | 543 | |
| Wages | £22,614,000 | £22,416,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.3% | -0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | -5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.9% | 57.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 1.74x | |
| Interest cover | 18.94x | -9.02x |
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 LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, after reviewing the company's budgets for 2025/26 and the group's medium term financial position as detailed in the 30-year business plan, taking account of severe but plausible downsides, are of the opinion that, the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLER-STEVENS, Dawn Marie | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| BENN, Christopher | Director | 2019-11-06 | Sep 1969 | British |
| COOLING, Mathew Philip | Director | 2025-11-08 | Oct 1985 | British |
| DESAI, Mehul | Director | 2023-10-01 | Apr 1975 | English,American |
| FRAYNE, Nicola Marie | Director | 2025-10-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| HOWARD, Bjorn Axel | Director | 2014-09-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
| HUGHES, Richard William | Director | 2025-09-08 | Apr 1966 | British |
| MCCULLEN, Michael Barry | Director | 2018-10-01 | Feb 1962 | British |
| TRUSLER, Stephen John | Director | 2023-11-03 | Sep 1961 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Amanda Susan | Director | 2017-11-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETTERIDGE, David Allen | Secretary | 2018-02-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| FILMORE, Carolyn Anne | Secretary | 2008-05-27 | 2014-09-01 |
| GOOCH, Barry John | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | 2014-09-19 |
| MURPHY, Niall Peter | Secretary | 2003-06-17 | 2008-05-27 |
| SMITH, Douglas Eric | Secretary | 2014-09-19 | 2018-02-01 |
| COBBETTS (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-01-03 | 2003-06-16 |
| BARNETT, Clive John | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2025-09-07 |
| BENSON, Steven John | Director | 2007-11-13 | 2011-09-20 |
| BILES, Michael Edwin | Director | 2015-11-03 | 2023-11-02 |
| BRACE, John | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-10-31 |
| BRACE, John | Director | 2006-02-21 | 2011-09-20 |
| BRACE, John | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2005-03-31 |
| CLEVETT, Alan George | Director | 2012-05-15 | 2014-09-01 |
| COOK, Melvyn John | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| DALZIEL, Jean Maria | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2014-09-01 |
| FISHER, Douglas John | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2011-09-20 |
| HEFFER, John | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2005-03-31 |
| HIGHAM, Sally Kay | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| HOWARD, Bjorn | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2011-09-20 |
| JACKSON, Andrew Philip | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2019-09-30 |
| KEMP, David John | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2014-07-31 |
| KITSON, Richard Philip | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2009-09-15 |
| KLUTH, Andrew George Henry | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| MERCHANT, Arthur Edward | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| OWENS, Phillip Lloyd | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2018-09-30 |
| PETERS, Tracey Mary Ann | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| REECE, Michael Timothy | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2019-11-05 |
| REECE, Michael Timothy | Director | 2008-05-27 | 2014-09-01 |
| SHELTON, David | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-10-20 |
| SHEPHERD, Roger Colston | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2011-09-20 |
| SHERWOOD, Mark Terence | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2009-09-15 |
| SPENS, John Hope | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-05-31 |
| TRUSCOTT, Alan Leslie | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2006-01-31 |
| TRUSLER, Stephen John | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-10-31 |
| WATKINS, Mary Jane, Baroness | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| WEHRLE, Caroline Sheila | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2025-11-07 |
| WHITAKER, Claire Lois | Director | 2021-08-12 | 2026-03-31 |
| WIGHTMAN, Mark Hugh | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2011-09-20 |
| COBBETTS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-01-03 | 2003-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+10.5%
£125,020,000 £138,089,000
-
Cash
+26.6%
£5,442,000 £6,889,000
-
Net assets
+12.1%
£10,803,000 £12,108,000
-
Employees
-6.5%
581 543
-
Operating profit
-346.6%
£322,000 -£794,000
-
Profit before tax
-187.3%
£450,000 -£393,000
-
Wages
-0.9%
£22,614,000 £22,416,000
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