ASPEX UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-04
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+67.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-4.1% vs 2023
Employees
109
+23.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-13.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-04.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,855,479 | £23,446,074 | |
| Operating profit | £2,762,004 | £2,412,786 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,750,892 | £2,390,629 | |
| Net profit | £2,082,685 | £1,777,011 | |
| Cash | £1,732,566 | £2,895,481 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,268,151 | £5,931,509 | |
| Net assets | £5,780,616 | £5,544,231 | |
| Equity | £5,780,616 | £5,544,231 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 109 | |
| Wages | £3,069,663 | £3,719,087 |
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 | 11.6% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.1% | 40.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.14x | 2.58x | |
| Interest cover | 154.67x | 93.80x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Somerbys Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- ASPEX UK LIMITED · parent
- Aspex Scotland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “a company purchase of 16.5% of its own shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALCOLM, Alexander Ramsay | Secretary | 2020-11-10 | — | — |
| ASHBERRY, Paul Craig | Director | 2006-04-20 | Jun 1965 | British |
| BURBERY, Ashley | Director | 2006-05-03 | Oct 1965 | British |
| BURBERY, Shaun Quentin | Director | 2006-05-03 | May 1963 | British |
| DRAPER, Paul | Director | 2018-05-18 | May 1973 | British |
| MALCOLM, Alexander Ramsay | Director | 2007-11-12 | Jan 1948 | British |
| MCGINNISS, Martin | Director | 2007-11-12 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JINKS, Martin Philip | Secretary | 2006-04-20 | 2020-11-10 |
| WATSON, Gary Kenneth | Director | 2006-05-03 | 2024-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Burbery | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-01-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-11-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 3
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.7%
£23,855,479 £23,446,074
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Cash
+67.1%
£1,732,566 £2,895,481
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Net assets
-4.1%
£5,780,616 £5,544,231
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Employees
+23.9%
88 109
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Operating profit
-12.6%
£2,762,004 £2,412,786
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Profit before tax
-13.1%
£2,750,892 £2,390,629
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Wages
+21.2%
£3,069,663 £3,719,087
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