A.POOLE & SON LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+1,038.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£22m
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
62
+5.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.1m
+874.9% highest in 3 filed years
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,415,191 | £5,067,374 | £5,714,385 | +12.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£460,618 | -£1,254,657 | £1,340,297 | +206.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £392,628 | -£276,138 | £2,139,896 | +874.9% | |
| Net profit | £392,865 | -£244,942 | £1,704,227 | +795.8% | |
| Cash | £1,556,046 | £1,312,280 | £14,936,680 | +1,038.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £22,119,025 | £22,543,083 | £21,794,310 | -3.3% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 55 | 59 | 62 | +5.1% | |
| Wages | £3,116,984 | £3,319,442 | £2,510,970 | -24.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,410,733 | £1,456,270 | £460,294 | -68.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £56,933 | £15,010 | -73.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £636,913 | £655,116 | £160,100 | -75.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.4% | -24.8% | 23.5% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | -4.8% | 29.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -20.9% | -31.2% | -15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 10.17x | 21.73x | 15.36x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has reassessed the going concern assumption and confirmed that it remains appropriate based on cash, investments and net asset levels remaining very strong.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POOLE, Christine Margaret | Secretary | — | — | British |
| LUPTON, Emma Louise | Director | 2022-11-07 | May 1971 | British |
| LUPTON, Stephen John | Director | 2022-11-07 | Dec 1968 | British |
| POOLE, Christine Margaret | Director | — | Jan 1946 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POOLE, Dorothy | Director | — | 2022-05-23 |
| THOMAS, Richard Keay | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| TOMPKIN, Carol Anne | Director | — | 2022-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Poole & Son Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-10-25 | Active |
| Ms Christine Margaret Poole | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Ms Carol Anne Tompkin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2022-07-03 |
| Ms Carol Anne Tompkin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-18 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-18 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-07-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-07-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.