ALBANY BECK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
Cash
£694K
+305.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+5,914.6% vs 2023
Employees
225
-20.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£282K
-77.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ALBANY BECK HOLDINGS LIMITED 2022-09-22 → present
- INTERQUEST HOLDINGS LIMITED 2018-10-04 → 2022-09-22
- CHISBRIDGE LIMITED 2016-10-28 → 2018-10-04
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 | £25,880,000 | £23,091,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,992,000 | £375,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,269,000 | £282,000 | |
| Net profit | £771,000 | £7,756,000 | |
| Cash | £171,000 | £694,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,405,000 | £9,749,000 | |
| Net assets | -£123,000 | £7,152,000 | |
| Equity | -£123,000 | £7,152,000 | |
| Average employees | 284 | 225 | |
| Wages | £27,903,000 | £16,571,000 |
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 | 7.7% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 33.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.9% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.5% | 51.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | 2.76x | 4.03x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ALBANY BECK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- AB Inter Holdings Limited -1 100%
- InterQuest Accelerated Development Ltd - 1 100%
- InterQuest GMBH 100%
- InterQuest Group Inc. 100%
- Goldcrest Payroll Solutions Limited - 1 100%
- RDW-RD Limited - 1 100%
- Rees Draper Wright Limited - 1 100%
- Rees Draper Wright Inc. 100%
- Albany Beck Worldwide Limited - 1 97.5%
- Albany Beck Ireland Limited - 2 100%
- Albany Beck IQ Inc 100%
- Albany Beck APAC Pty Limited - 3 100%
Significant events
- “On 9th January 2024 the trade and operations of the entire recruitment division was sold to Morson Holdings Ltd.”
- “On the 9th January 2024 the Group sold the business operations of the InterQuest recruitment group. This included the sale of the entire share capital of group subsidiaires InterQuest Group (UK) Limited, Astraeus Consulting Limited and InterQuest Europe BV.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FELTON, Ben | Secretary | 2022-07-01 | — | — |
| ASWORTH, Gary Peter | Director | 2016-10-28 | Apr 1960 | British |
| CONSTABLE, James | Director | 2021-12-13 | Nov 1978 | British |
| FELTON, Ben | Director | 2019-10-02 | Feb 1981 | British |
| JOHNSON, Luke Oliver | Director | 2017-05-17 | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH, Clare | Secretary | 2017-05-17 | 2022-07-01 |
| ASHWORTH, Clare Susannah | Director | 2016-10-28 | 2017-05-17 |
| BYGRAVE, David Charles | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2019-08-20 |
| ELDRIDGE, Christopher Ernest | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2023-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gary Peter Ashworth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-16 | Active |
| Mrs Mary Louise Ashworth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-16 | Active |
| Mrs Mary Louise Ashworth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-02 | Ceased 2026-03-16 |
| Mr Gary Peter Ashworth | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-28 | Ceased 2025-04-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-12 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-09-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
-10.8%
£25,880,000 £23,091,000
-
Cash
+305.8%
£171,000 £694,000
-
Net assets
+5,914.6%
-£123,000 £7,152,000
-
Employees
-20.8%
284 225
-
Operating profit
-81.2%
£1,992,000 £375,000
-
Profit before tax
-77.8%
£1,269,000 £282,000
-
Wages
-40.6%
£27,903,000 £16,571,000
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