AQUIS EXCHANGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-10 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-27
Watchouts
Cash
£14M
-7.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
-9.1% vs 2023
Employees
84
+12% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-142.9% vs 2023
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-07-01
- AQUIS EXCHANGE LIMITED 2025-07-01 → present
- AQUIS EXCHANGE PLC 2018-06-06 → 2025-07-01
- AQUIS EXCHANGE LIMITED 2012-03-23 → 2018-06-06
- AQUIS EQUITIES EXCHANGE LTD 2012-01-13 → 2012-03-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,710,941 | £23,772,015 | |
| Operating profit | £4,897,687 | -£2,843,816 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,194,887 | -£2,226,649 | |
| Net profit | £5,202,676 | -£2,461,940 | |
| Cash | £14,765,910 | £13,699,076 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,378,250 | £25,627,638 | |
| Net assets | £28,376,255 | £25,807,636 | |
| Equity | £28,376,255 | £25,807,636 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 84 | |
| Wages | £7,523,034 | £8,459,536 |
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 | 20.7% | -12.0% | |
| Net margin | 21.9% | -10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.3% | -11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.6% | 22.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.10x | 2.60x | |
| Interest cover | 47.44x | -33.75x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In our audit of 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
- AQUIS EXCHANGE LIMITED · parent
- Aquis Stock Exchange 100%
- Aquis Exchange Europe SAS 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 November 2024, the boards of SIX and Aquis were pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended Cash Offer for Aquis Exchange by SIX Group AG, expected to complete in Q2 2025.”
- “On 17 February 2025 Alasdair Haynes informed the Board of his decision to step back from the day-to-day running of the business for health reasons, and assumed the role of President of the Group.”
- “On the same day David Stevens assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer and was appointed as a Director of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLM, Philip | Secretary | 2020-09-09 | — | — |
| FISHER, Richard John | Director | 2022-03-28 | Feb 1973 | British |
| GUMPFER, Markus | Director | 2025-07-01 | Nov 1970 | Swiss |
| HAYNES, Alasdair Frederick Seton | Director | 2012-03-07 | Jan 1960 | British |
| KINDLER, Tomas | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jun 1971 | Swiss |
| SIBBERN, Bjørn | Director | 2025-07-01 | Feb 1974 | Danish |
| STEVENS, David James | Director | 2025-02-17 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTEW, David | Secretary | 2020-05-19 | 2020-09-09 |
| CLELLAND, Jonathan Charles | Secretary | 2018-06-05 | 2020-05-19 |
| BEATTIE, Nicola Jane | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2021-12-31 |
| BENNETT, Richard Ernest Tulloch | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| CLELLAND, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2024-04-18 |
| COLLINSON, Glenn | Director | 2021-09-16 | 2024-11-19 |
| COLLINSON, Glenn | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2020-04-07 |
| CZUPRYNA, Pawel Adrian | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2015-06-02 |
| FILIP, Agnieszka | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2017-04-20 |
| GOODLIFFE, Mark Robert | Director | 2018-03-21 | 2025-07-01 |
| GRYWINSKI, Jaroslaw | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-06-08 |
| MACIEJEWSKI, Adam Dariusz | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2014-10-20 |
| MCCANN, Donall | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2018-05-14 |
| MELNICK, Sean Alan | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2018-05-11 |
| OLSZEWSKA, Izabela | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-06-08 |
| SOMERS, Deidre | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2025-07-01 |
| SPANBROEK, Mark | Director | 2013-03-07 | 2023-04-25 |
| SZCZEPANSKI, Miroslaw Michal | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2015-07-17 |
| TAMBORSKI, Pawel | Director | 2015-06-02 | 2016-03-31 |
| VAILLANT, David Guy Thomas | Director | 2020-09-09 | 2025-07-01 |
| VALAITIS, Peter Anthony | Director | 2012-01-13 | 2012-03-07 |
| WANDHOFER, Ruth | Director | 2022-03-28 | 2025-07-01 |
| WICKER-MIURIN, Jane Fields | Director | 2022-03-28 | 2025-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Six Exchange Group Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-01 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2025-07-01 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2025-07-01 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-07-01 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-07-01 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+0.3%
£23,710,941 £23,772,015
-
Cash
-7.2%
£14,765,910 £13,699,076
-
Net assets
-9.1%
£28,376,255 £25,807,636
-
Employees
+12%
75 84
-
Operating profit
-158.1%
£4,897,687 -£2,843,816
-
Profit before tax
-142.9%
£5,194,887 -£2,226,649
-
Wages
+12.4%
£7,523,034 £8,459,536
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