AO DEUTSCHLAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
During 2022, the directors took the decision to cease trading. Accordingly, the directors have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AO DEUTSCHLAND LIMITED 2014-04-14 → present
- DRL WARRANTY SERVICES LIMITED 2011-11-23 → 2014-04-14
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“During 2022, the directors took the decision to cease trading. Accordingly, the directors have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “AO Deutschland Limited ("Company") ceased trading in June 2022.”
- “On 28 August 2024, following a period of negotiation, the landlord and the Company agreed to the early termination of the lease.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINNEMORE, Julie Angela Louise | Secretary | 2014-04-15 | — | — |
| ASHWELL, David Michael | Director | 2021-10-05 | Mar 1967 | British |
| HIGGINS, Jonathan Mark Stephen | Director | 2014-04-15 | Mar 1978 | British |
| ROBERTS, John Charles | Director | 2019-04-15 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAUNCE, Stephen | Secretary | 2011-11-23 | 2014-04-15 |
| ASHWELL, David Michael | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2018-03-16 |
| CAUNCE, Stephen | Director | 2011-11-23 | 2017-06-13 |
| CROWTHER, John | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2014-09-12 |
| EMMETT, Daniel Anthony | Director | 2019-04-15 | 2022-09-16 |
| GUENER, Alpay | Director | 2017-08-29 | 2019-04-30 |
| LAWSON, David William | Director | 2021-10-05 | 2021-12-10 |
| MONK, Kevin Charles | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2018-02-14 |
| ROBERTS, John | Director | 2011-11-23 | 2014-09-18 |
| SCHLACHTER, Wulf Cornelius | Director | 2018-02-09 | 2019-01-11 |
| STEINLE, Michael Franz | Director | 2018-07-19 | 2019-01-11 |
| THIEME, Christian | Director | 2021-10-05 | 2022-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worry Free Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-10-09 | Active |
| Appliances Online Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-10-09 | Active |
| Ao World Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one