ADVANCE TAPES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£85k
-59.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.8m
+2% vs 2024
Employees
91
-7.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£29k
+103.3% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £18,248,136 | £15,840,111 | £15,700,167 | -0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £257,101 | -£774,941 | £168,436 | +121.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £190,389 | -£898,265 | £29,314 | +103.3% | |
| Net profit | £199,466 | -£967,250 | -£22,673 | +97.7% | |
| Cash | £365,427 | £207,264 | £84,581 | -59.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,556,758 | £7,964,625 | £8,048,887 | +1.1% | |
| Net assets | £7,672,845 | £6,678,025 | £6,813,730 | +2% | |
| Equity | £7,672,845 | £6,678,025 | £6,813,730 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 103 | 98 | 91 | -7.1% | |
| Wages | £3,217,815 | £3,086,330 | £2,852,424 | -7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £171,051 | £162,625 | £146,725 | -9.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,825 | £12,825 | £12,825 | 0% |
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 | 1.4% | -4.9% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | -6.1% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | -9.7% | 2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.5% | 44.6% | 40.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 1.55x | 1.65x | |
| Interest cover | 3.51x | -6.28x | 1.21x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ADVANCE TAPES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1993-06-04 → present
- ADVANCE TAPES (U.K.) LIMITED 1968-04-01 → 1993-06-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BK Plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these forecasts, even under stressed results, the company can meet its liabilities as they fall due. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence... On that basis, the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ADVANCE TAPES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Advance Tapes France SAS 100%
- Advance Tapes Deutschland GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “During the early part of 2025, the business was subject to a cyberattack.”
- “During the year, the Group began marketing surplus land adjacent to its French site in Meaux, which it had acquired in 1994. A sale was agreed and the land was revalued in the financial statements to reflect the agreed consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYRES, Michael David | Director | 1993-05-02 | Jun 1963 | British |
| BOYLE, Sharon Mary | Director | 2010-01-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| ELLINGTON, Kym Christopher | Director | 2017-04-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYRES, David Anthony | Secretary | 1998-01-01 | 1998-04-30 |
| DUNN, Alice Margaret | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2010-02-05 |
| JOHNSON, Barry Cooper | Secretary | — | 1997-12-31 |
| NEWELL, Christopher Ian | Secretary | 1998-05-01 | 1999-05-31 |
| AYRES, David Anthony | Director | — | 1998-12-10 |
| CHEDOTAL, Jean-Francois | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2001-11-19 |
| DUNN, Alice Margaret | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2010-02-05 |
| DUNWELL, Mark Lloyd | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2014-10-31 |
| HARGRAVE, Peter John William | Director | — | 1999-09-01 |
| HARGRAVE, Simon Neil | Director | 1993-05-02 | 2000-04-05 |
| JOHNSON, Barry Cooper | Director | 1993-05-02 | 1997-10-31 |
| KONIECZKO, Michael Boguslaw, Dr | Director | 1993-05-02 | 1996-10-31 |
| NEWELL, Christopher Ian | Director | 1998-05-01 | 1999-05-31 |
| REYNOLDS, Nicholas | Director | 1993-05-02 | 1995-04-30 |
| SOLWAY, Trevor John | Director | 1993-05-02 | 1999-03-19 |
| WOOD, Peter Robb | Director | — | 1996-10-31 |
| WOODWARD, Gillan James | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2020-07-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael David Ayres | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-08 | Ceased 2024-08-22 |
| Advance Tapes Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.