ACO TECHNOLOGIES PLC
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Cash
£5.7M
-13.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£47M
+7.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
286
+0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
+4.1% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £84,270,000 | £85,777,000 | £87,759,000 | +2.3% | |
| Operating profit | £9,033,000 | £9,493,000 | £9,879,000 | +4.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,137,000 | £9,705,000 | £10,101,000 | +4.1% | |
| Net profit | £7,134,000 | £7,024,000 | £7,416,000 | +5.6% | |
| Cash | £5,517,000 | £6,625,000 | £5,739,000 | -13.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,289,000 | £44,224,000 | £49,628,000 | +12.2% | |
| Net assets | £38,826,000 | £43,850,000 | £47,266,000 | +7.8% | |
| Equity | £38,826,000 | £43,850,000 | £47,266,000 | +7.8% | |
| Average employees | 288 | 285 | 286 | +0.4% | |
| Wages | £13,515,000 | £13,896,000 | £14,327,000 | +3.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £645,000 | £707,000 | £667,000 | -5.7% |
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 | 10.7% | 11.1% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 8.2% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.0% | 21.5% | 19.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 19.7% | 19.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.92x | 3.11x | 4.05x |
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
- ACO TECHNOLOGIES PLC 1993-08-31 → present
- ACO POLYMER PRODUCTS LIMITED 1984-10-10 → 1993-08-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this robust liquidity and available funding headroom, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ACO TECHNOLOGIES PLC · parent
- ACO Drain Limited 100%
- ACO Limited 100%
- ACO Polymer Products Limited 100%
- ACO Wildlife Limited 100%
- ACO International Limited 100%
- Polyline Drainage Systems Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKIPPER, Kevin John | Secretary | 1999-01-06 | — | British |
| AHLMANN, Hans Julius | Director | — | Apr 1952 | German |
| AHLMANN, Thomas Iver | Director | 2020-12-15 | Jun 1982 | German |
| HILL, Richard William | Director | — | Sep 1952 | British |
| SIMPSON LANE, Michael John | Director | 2019-11-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Richard William | Secretary | — | 1999-01-06 |
| HARDCASTLE, Michael | Director | 1994-05-09 | 1998-11-27 |
| HUMPHRIES, Derek | Director | — | 2001-03-30 |
| LIPSCOMBE, Robin James | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| STRINGER, Gordon Clive | Director | — | 2000-04-03 |
| WEBB, Paul Jeffrey | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1996-10-20 |
| WEBSTER, George David | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Iver Ahlmann | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Hans-Julius Ahlmann | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-17 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.