AMERICAN EXPRESS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
284
-8.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£39M
+18.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £77,488,000 | £78,413,000 | |
| Operating profit | £19,059,000 | £20,435,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £33,327,000 | £39,456,000 | |
| Net profit | £25,898,000 | £29,698,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | 309 | 284 | |
| Wages | £33,554,000 | £32,414,000 |
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 | 24.6% | 26.1% | |
| Net margin | 33.4% | 37.9% |
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
“After making enquiries, the Directors consider the Company to have a strong capital and liquidity position and be well supported by the American Express Group, therefore having a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 30 April 2024, in order to rationalise the Group structure ahead of the sale of the Accertify business to a third party, the Company transferred its related servicing business and transferable net assets to another group company. The Company received consideration of £3.95m in relation to this.”
- “During 2024 the Company recognised £0.9m (2023: £0.8m) of restructuring charges.”
- “There are no significant events that have occurred since the Balance Sheet date that affect the financial statements of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, Gurinderjit Kaur | Secretary | 2021-08-21 | — | — |
| BLACKWELL, Nick | Director | 2024-02-27 | Sep 1983 | British |
| HUSON, Julia Anne | Director | 2024-11-19 | Dec 1977 | British |
| MANSFIELD, Louise Maxine | Director | 2022-12-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
| SEVINTI, Deyvi | Director | 2024-11-19 | Nov 1983 | Italian |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, James | Secretary | 2016-01-29 | 2017-08-31 |
| MUDDIMAN, David James | Secretary | 2017-09-06 | 2021-08-20 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-10-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-06-06 | 2008-09-30 |
| ALLEN, Colin Derek, Mr. | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2021-11-24 |
| BATCHELOR, Stuart Charles | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2024-11-20 |
| BATES, Andrew Peter | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2015-07-22 |
| EDWARDS, Michael Ronald, Dr | Director | 2008-09-24 | 2012-10-31 |
| FADIL, Susan Carol | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2008-06-20 |
| GALANI, Paraskevi | Director | 2017-04-28 | 2019-03-05 |
| GREENWOOD, Nigel Francis | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2012-12-31 |
| HILLHOUSE, Robert James | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2008-06-06 |
| HIPKIN, Jonathan Anthony David | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2022-11-30 |
| HIPKIN, Jonathan Anthony David | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2015-11-27 |
| KEARNEY, Julian Patrick | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2015-07-22 |
| KEMP, Catherine Holly | Director | 2015-07-20 | 2017-03-02 |
| MALEC, Catherine Louise, Ms. | Director | 2019-03-05 | 2024-02-27 |
| ROBERTS, Katrina Elizabeth | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2016-02-01 |
| RUMBAL, Colleen Margaret | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2011-09-08 |
| RUMBAL, Colleen Margaret | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2011-09-08 |
| STEWART, Andrew | Director | 2015-07-20 | 2017-04-28 |
| WELLS, Karen | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2018-07-31 |
| WRIGHT, Sean David | Director | 2011-10-10 | 2013-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Express Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.2%
£77,488,000 £78,413,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
-8.1%
309 284
-
Operating profit
+7.2%
£19,059,000 £20,435,000
-
Profit before tax
+18.4%
£33,327,000 £39,456,000
-
Wages
-3.4%
£33,554,000 £32,414,000
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