QUANEX ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
Cash
£266K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2M
-259.6% vs 2023
Employees
75
-18.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-10-10
- QUANEX ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2025-10-10 → present
- BILCO ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2018-11-05 → 2025-10-10
- (PROFAB) HOLDING LIMITED 2014-01-21 → 2018-11-05
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 | £5,766,000 | £3,679,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,321,000 | -£3,956,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,991,000 | -£2,952,000 | |
| Cash | — | £266,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,341,000 | -£647,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,137,000 | -£1,815,000 | |
| Equity | £1,137,000 | -£1,815,000 | |
| Average employees | 92 | 75 | |
| Wages | £3,086,000 | £2,566,000 |
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 | -92.3% | -107.5% | |
| Net margin | -69.2% | -80.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -227.3% | 611.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.40x | 0.26x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared their cash forecast and have a reasonable expectation that the liabilities will be paid as they fall due over the next twelve months. The Company is part of Quanex Group and hence it is important to. consider the support of the Group. Quanex Building Products Corporation has confirmed it will provide financial support for the period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. On the basis that the Group has provided support, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- QUANEX ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Howe Green Limited 100%
- Profab Access Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 August 2024 Tyman plc (previous ultimate parent) was acquired by Quanex Building Products Corporation. Effective from this date, the ultimate parent of the Company was Quanex Building Products Corporation, a company incorporated in the United States.”
- “After the balance sheet date Quanex Group started a restructuring project whereby the two dormant companies in which the Company has got an investment will be starting the process of voluntary strike off. This will result in disposal of those investments and offsetting current intercompany creditors with the distributions by those companies.”
- “As part of the Quanex Group restructuring project on 1 August 2025 the immediate holding company has been changed from ERA Home Security Limited to Bilco Holdco Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERSTONE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2024-12-02 | — | — |
| CORNETT, Paul Boyd | Director | 2024-11-28 | Mar 1977 | American |
| KUCHENMEISTER, Randal Joseph | Director | 2026-03-01 | Aug 1966 | American |
| ZUEHLKE, Scott Michael | Director | 2024-11-28 | Aug 1976 | American |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON, Carolyn Ann | Secretary | 2018-07-31 | 2019-10-31 |
| HO, Peter Zhiwen | Secretary | 2024-05-01 | 2024-11-25 |
| VAN DUUREN, Sinead | Secretary | 2022-10-10 | 2023-04-06 |
| EBONSTONE CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-04-06 | 2024-05-01 |
| ALLBRIGHTON, Adrian Gary | Director | 2014-01-21 | 2018-07-31 |
| BIRCH, Karen Marie | Director | 2014-01-21 | 2020-07-31 |
| DOWNER, Helen Ann | Director | 2021-03-25 | 2024-11-28 |
| FISHER, James Edward | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2020-06-30 |
| FITTER, Timothy Andrew | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2021-08-20 |
| GLEN, Geraint Robert Andrew | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2023-05-05 |
| MAIN, David Robert | Director | 2022-08-18 | 2024-11-28 |
| OOI, Sheener | Director | 2020-09-21 | 2021-08-20 |
| SANTO, Peter Reginald | Director | 2026-01-15 | 2026-01-31 |
| SANTO, Peter Reginald | Director | 2024-11-28 | 2026-01-15 |
| STONE, Austin Richard | Director | 2014-01-21 | 2020-07-21 |
| TURNER, Mark Richard | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2020-09-15 |
| WATERS, Darren Andrew | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2021-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilco Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-01 | Active |
| Era Home Security Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-31 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
| Mr Adrain Gary Allbrighton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
| Mrs Angela Louise Allbrighton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
| Mr Austin Richard Stone | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-10 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-10-10 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-36.2%
£5,766,000 £3,679,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-259.6%
£1,137,000 -£1,815,000
-
Employees
-18.5%
92 75
-
Operating profit
+25.7%
-£5,321,000 -£3,956,000
-
Wages
-16.9%
£3,086,000 £2,566,000
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