AVISON YOUNG HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-10
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-52.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£243M
-69.8% vs 2023
Employees
1,439
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£102M
0% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-10.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AVISON YOUNG HOLDINGS LIMITED 2020-02-12 → present
- AVISON YOUNG (UK) LIMITED 2014-03-27 → 2020-02-12
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 | £211,066,000 | £212,592,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£85,512,000 | -£84,636,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£101,895,000 | -£101,889,000 | |
| Net profit | -£101,276,000 | -£102,410,000 | |
| Cash | £7,362,000 | £3,491,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£126,214,000 | -£9,326,000 | |
| Net assets | -£143,081,000 | -£242,889,000 | |
| Equity | -£143,081,000 | -£242,889,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,519 | 1,439 | |
| Wages | £94,199,000 | £91,380,000 |
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 | -40.5% | -39.8% | |
| Net margin | -48.0% | -48.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 67.8% | 907.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 191.0% | 425.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.22x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | -5.21x | -4.90x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the group or the company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the group and the company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- AVISON YOUNG HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Avison Young (UK) Limited 100%
- Avison Young Project Management Limited 100%
- Avison Young Planning and Regeneration Limited 100%
- Avison Young Real Estate Finance Limited 100%
- Avison Young Workplace Limited 100%
- Avison Young Infrastructure Management Limited 100%
- Avison Young Polska sp. z o.o. 100%
- Avison Young Investment Management Services (France) SAS 100%
- Avison Young (France) SAS 100%
Significant events
- “There was an impairment of goodwill during the year of £70.0m, following a review of future expected cash flows which have been derisked in line with UK economic growth estimates.”
- “Restructuring several departments in 2023, to position a revised service offering for 2024 resulted in staff costs being £8.4m lower in the year.”
- “Other operating expenses in the year were £107.1m (2023: £98.4m), an increase of 9% driven largely by inflationary pressures, which further increased the losses in the year.”
- “Management have reviewed forecasts, understanding that through 2025, revenues will continue to be challenged due to the general market downturn evidenced by recent Governmental announcements and economic forecasts.”
- “The directors anticipate gradual recovery of the UK and European economy from Q3-2025 with the Real Estate market recovering and thus resulting in an increased demand for the Group's services.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE SOUSA, Usha | Secretary | 2021-03-05 | — | — |
| WHITE, Nicole | Secretary | 2022-12-01 | — | — |
| CRESSWELL, Stephen James | Director | 2025-04-23 | Nov 1965 | British |
| DOCKRILL, Martin | Director | 2025-04-23 | Oct 1968 | Canadian |
| DUNCAN, Bryan | Director | 2025-04-23 | May 1969 | American |
| JENKINS, Ricardo | Director | 2024-01-24 | Apr 1975 | American |
| ROSE, Mark Edward | Director | 2014-05-12 | Dec 1963 | American |
| TATE, Victoria | Director | 2025-04-23 | May 1982 | American |
| THAKAR, Hiren Hemchand | Director | 2014-03-27 | Jan 1975 | American |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLAUGHTER, Robert | Secretary | 2021-03-05 | 2022-12-01 |
| BATTIST, Christine | Director | 2018-01-16 | 2023-04-14 |
| HAYWARD-COOK, Nicolas James | Director | 2014-05-12 | 2016-09-14 |
| HAYWARD-COOK, Sarah Aida | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2019-03-25 |
| HUBBARD, Gary Michael | Director | 2014-05-12 | 2018-01-16 |
| SIBTHORPE, Jason Richard | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2024-01-30 |
| SOOR, Sharna | Director | 2019-03-25 | 2020-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+0.7%
£211,066,000 £212,592,000
-
Cash
-52.6%
£7,362,000 £3,491,000
-
Net assets
-69.8%
-£143,081,000 -£242,889,000
-
Employees
-5.3%
1,519 1,439
-
Operating profit
+1%
-£85,512,000 -£84,636,000
-
Profit before tax
0%
-£101,895,000 -£101,889,000
-
Wages
-3%
£94,199,000 £91,380,000
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