ASCO UK LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-24 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£29K

-94.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£34M

-61.4% vs 2023

Employees

949

+10.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£16M

+646.9% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

ASCO UK LIMITED 1998-03-31 → present
ABERDEEN SERVICE COMPANY (NORTH SEA) LIMITED 1954-03-15 → 1998-03-31

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ASCO UK LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£407,286,000	£342,635,000
Operating profit	£5,059,000	£20,379,000
Profit before tax	£2,155,000	£16,095,000
Net profit	£1,095,000	£14,919,000
Cash	£489,000	£29,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£122,836,000	£70,379,000
Net assets	£87,215,000	£33,701,000
Equity	£87,215,000	£33,701,000
Average employees	860	949
Wages	£36,158,000	£36,668,000

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	1.2%	5.9%
Net margin	0.3%	4.4%
Return on capital employed	4.1%	29.0%
Current ratio	2.19x	1.18x
Interest cover	1.66x	4.61x

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 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Company has received a letter of support confirming that the Group will provide or procure sufficient funds as necessary to allow ASCO UK Limited to continue its operations for at least 12 months after these financial statements are signed.”

Group structure

ASCO UK LIMITED · parent
1. Enviroco Limited 100% · England · dormant

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 43 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
MCINTYRE, Fraser Nicol	Secretary	2012-05-28	—	—
MITCHELL, Stephen	Director	2018-09-10	Jul 1968	British
PETTIGREW, Timothy Michael Robert	Director	2023-08-29	Jan 1967	British
SCOTT, Allan Douglas	Director	2025-07-23	Apr 1970	British
STEWART, Fraser Gordon	Director	2025-07-23	Sep 1978	British
WRIGHT, Antony Robert William	Director	2023-07-03	Nov 1971	British

Show 43 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GUY, William Nelson	Secretary	—	1989-12-21
KENNEDY, William Stewart	Secretary	1998-08-26	2011-03-31
LLOYD, Christopher Paul	Secretary	1996-12-09	1998-08-26
MCKENZIE, Lindsay-Anne	Secretary	2011-03-31	2012-05-28
NICHOL, Colin Miller	Secretary	1989-12-21	1996-10-17
PAULL & WILLIAMSONS	Corporate Secretary	1996-10-17	1996-12-09
ALLAN, William Macdonald	Director	2006-10-25	2014-12-08
BODIE, Ian Ross	Director	1991-01-01	1996-10-17
BOYD, James Adams	Director	1994-08-01	1998-02-11
BROWN, Alan John	Director	2014-12-09	2018-09-25
CARDALE, Thomas Arthur	Director	—	1993-09-29
CLYNE, Alexander	Director	—	1989-04-25
DALY, Jeremy De Burgh	Director	1993-12-01	1996-10-17
DONALD, Scott	Director	2013-02-27	2016-01-01
EVERITT, Roger Michael	Director	2007-01-01	2009-06-03
FRANCE, Peter Ian	Director	2018-10-01	2023-08-29
GRAHAM, William	Director	2003-07-11	2004-02-25
LENNOX, Craig John	Director	2014-08-21	2018-08-31
LIPP, Marianne Hope	Director	2019-05-01	2020-03-20
LITTLE, John	Director	2011-07-01	2012-05-28
LITTNER, Claude Manuel	Director	2006-07-01	2006-10-25
LLOYD, Christopher Paul	Director	1997-02-05	2006-10-25
MACDONALD, Andrew David	Director	2012-05-28	2014-04-08
MACFARLANE, James Clarke	Director	—	1990-09-28
MAIR, Alexander Keith	Director	2003-04-08	2004-01-09
MAITLAND, David Young	Director	1991-12-02	1996-02-23
MALLETT, Andrew Howard	Director	2004-01-09	2006-10-25
MANDERSON, Colin Bruce	Director	1996-10-17	2003-11-27
MANDERSON, Colin Bruce	Director	1989-01-26	1996-08-21
MARPLES, Steven Trevor	Director	1998-10-02	2003-07-17
MORROW, Digby Wilson	Director	—	1996-05-07
NISBET, Douglas James	Director	—	1990-07-31
PATTERSON, Neil Jamieson	Director	1993-07-23	1995-01-27
PAVER, Gary Neil	Director	2020-03-20	2023-06-30
POWELL, Michael Anthony	Director	2003-07-11	2004-02-25
RAESIDE, David	Director	1996-01-29	1998-12-16
RITCHIE, Steven Alan	Director	2011-07-01	2013-08-30
ROBERTSON, Walter Clark	Director	2007-01-01	2011-07-01
ROSS, Ian Macarthur	Director	2006-10-25	2013-02-27
SMITH, Derek	Director	2007-11-06	2014-12-04
SNELL, John David Samson	Director	1990-11-29	1991-04-09
WALKER, Mark Johnstone	Director	2013-02-27	2019-05-01
WALLACE, James Keillor	Director	1995-04-10	1997-03-21

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Hsbc Corporate Trustee Company (Uk) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2023-08-11
Asco Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 389 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-11-18	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2025-11-14	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-07-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-07-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-07-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-09-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-18	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2024-07-12	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2024-07-04	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-07-04	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-07-02	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-05-07	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2024-05-02	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-01-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-29	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-08-29	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-08-24	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 0

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

Turnover

-15.9%

£407,286,000 £342,635,000
Cash

-94.1%

£489,000 £29,000
Net assets

-61.4%

£87,215,000 £33,701,000
Employees

+10.3%

860 949
Operating profit

+302.8%

£5,059,000 £20,379,000
Profit before tax

+646.9%

£2,155,000 £16,095,000
Wages

+1.4%

£36,158,000 £36,668,000

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

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