ASCO MARINE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-21 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£120K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
Equity attributable
Employees
18
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£335K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ASCO MARINE LIMITED 2007-05-15 → present
- FIRSTFILE LIMITED 2007-02-07 → 2007-05-15
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 | £4,332,000 | £2,672,000 | |
| Operating profit | £536,000 | £335,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £335,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £251,000 | |
| Cash | — | £120,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,785,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,785,000 | |
| Equity | — | £4,785,000 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 18 | |
| Wages | £1,089,000 | £1,232,000 |
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 | 12.4% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.57x |
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 Marine Limited to continue its operations for at least 12 months after these financial statements are signed. The directors, having considered all relevant risk factors, believe the Group has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and at least the going concern period. Accordingly, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 27 June 2024, the ASCO Group completed a £80.2m refinancing of the Balance Sheet.”
- “The contingent liability of the Company under these arrangements at 31 December 2024 amounted to £104,468,000 (2023: £97,385,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 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 |
| WRIGHT, Antony Robert William | Director | 2023-07-03 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY, William Stewart | Secretary | 2007-08-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| MCKENZIE, Lindsay-Anne | Secretary | 2011-03-31 | 2012-05-28 |
| P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-02-07 | 2007-08-01 |
| ALLAN, William Macdonald | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2014-12-08 |
| BROWN, Alan John | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2018-09-25 |
| EARDLEY, Shaun Nigel | Director | 2009-05-29 | 2015-07-17 |
| FLETCHER, Keith | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2010-07-29 |
| FRANCE, Peter Ian | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2023-08-29 |
| LENNOX, Craig John | Director | 2016-07-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| LENTHALL, Rodney Desmonde Morgan | Director | 2007-07-20 | 2011-12-21 |
| LIPP, Marianne Hope | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2020-03-20 |
| MACDONALD, Andrew David | Director | 2012-05-28 | 2014-04-08 |
| PAVER, Gary Neil | Director | 2020-03-20 | 2023-06-30 |
| ROSS, Ian Macarthur | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2013-02-27 |
| SMITH, Derek | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2014-12-04 |
| WALKER, Mark Johnstone | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2019-05-01 |
| P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-02-07 | 2007-08-01 |
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 129 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-07-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-24 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-08-22 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-08-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
-38.3%
£4,332,000 £2,672,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
0%
18 18
-
Operating profit
-37.5%
£536,000 £335,000
-
Wages
+13.1%
£1,089,000 £1,232,000
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