ASCONA RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-87.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+71.8% vs 2024
Employees
470
-4.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
-4.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ASCONA RETAIL LIMITED 2017-04-11 → present
- DRAGON SERVICE STATIONS LIMITED 2011-01-19 → 2017-04-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £284,303,310 | £279,374,416 | |
| Operating profit | £8,475,973 | £8,121,265 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,610,856 | £8,240,469 | |
| Net profit | £6,952,107 | £7,558,423 | |
| Cash | £8,454,480 | £1,056,376 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,637,470 | £19,679,582 | |
| Net assets | £11,014,846 | £18,918,602 | |
| Equity | £11,014,846 | £18,918,602 | |
| Average employees | 491 | 470 | |
| Wages | £13,725,869 | £14,308,616 |
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 | 3.0% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 72.8% | 41.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 1033.40x | 127.69x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board believe that preparing the accounts on a going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued support of investors. Accordingly, the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ASCONA RETAIL LIMITED · parent
- J.J. Service Station Limited 100%
- Cornwall Garage (Henlow) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end 31 March 2025 the company has disposed of one site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, Darren Charles | Director | 2011-01-19 | Sep 1970 | British |
| HIGGON, Shane David | Director | 2018-02-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| MORRIS, Duncan | Director | 2018-02-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascona Group Holdings Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-11 | Active |
| Ascona Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-07 | Ceased 2024-10-11 |
| Mr Darren Charles Briggs | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-19 | Ceased 2018-08-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-1.7%
£284,303,310 £279,374,416
-
Cash
-87.5%
£8,454,480 £1,056,376
-
Net assets
+71.8%
£11,014,846 £18,918,602
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Employees
-4.3%
491 470
-
Operating profit
-4.2%
£8,475,973 £8,121,265
-
Profit before tax
-4.3%
£8,610,856 £8,240,469
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Wages
+4.2%
£13,725,869 £14,308,616
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