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ACER U.K. LIMITED

#02252821 · Active · Incorporated 1988-05-09 (38y 5m) · Last filing 2026-09-15 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 46510 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-02-17 (in 4 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£7.3m

-33.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£37m

+2.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

53

-1.9% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1.1m

-7.3% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £148,439,000£170,979,000£164,455,000 -3.8%
Operating profit £909,000£978,000£957,000 -2.1%
Profit before tax £991,000£1,168,000£1,083,000 -7.3%
Net profit £749,000£863,000£808,000 -6.4%
Cash £5,150,000£11,072,000£7,330,000 -33.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £35,117,000£36,641,000£37,916,000 +3.5%
Net assets £35,117,000£35,980,000£36,788,000 +2.2%
Equity £35,117,000£35,980,000£36,788,000 +2.2%
Average employees 515453 -1.9%
Wages £4,044,000£4,207,000£4,187,000 -0.5%
Directors' remuneration ——— —
Highest paid director £258,000£268,000£282,000 +5.2%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 0.6%0.6%0.6%
Net margin 0.5%0.5%0.5%
Return on capital employed 2.6%2.7%2.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 52.1%56.0%56.3%
Current ratio 1.92x1.79x1.79x
Interest cover ——45.57x

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.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. ACER U.K. LIMITED 1992-02-04 → present
  2. ACER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1988-05-09 → 1992-02-04

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
MHA
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors, having made appropriate enquiries, consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis”

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

People

4 active · 29 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GALLOP, Adam Secretary 2016-06-18 — —
BOOTH, Craig Director 2019-12-01 Jul 1975 British
FROMONT, Emmanuel Pierre Marie Director 2015-06-09 Jan 1967 French
SHIH, Tai-Chi Director 2015-06-09 Dec 1965 Taiwanese
Show 29 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DOBBIN, Paul Robert Secretary 2002-02-26 2012-02-22
JACKSON, Graham Richard Secretary 1991-08-29 1996-02-23
LAM, Cheok Peng Secretary 1996-02-23 2002-02-26
LEACH, David Secretary 2015-08-26 2016-06-17
MARSDEN, Richard Secretary — 1991-08-29
MCPHERSON, Mark Secretary 2012-02-27 2015-08-25
AHRENS, Oliver Director 2012-02-27 2015-06-08
CHENG, Eugene Director 1992-04-01 1994-03-18
COOK, Paul Director 2003-11-03 2006-01-26
DEPPELER, Walter Director 2011-08-11 2012-02-21
DODDS, Scott Director 2001-07-01 2003-11-03
DRUMMOND, Ian David Director 2008-04-10 2009-03-31
GOBLE, Colin Edward Director — 1992-01-17
JACKSON, Graham Richard Director — 1998-10-10
LAI, Tai Yueh Director 2001-07-01 2009-04-01
LANCI, Gianfranco Director 2001-07-01 2011-05-02
LU, Teddy Director — 1998-12-23
MARSDEN, Richard Director — 1991-08-29
MORBELLO, Gianpiero Director 2006-02-13 2011-08-08
MORBELLO, Gianpiero Director 2006-02-13 2011-05-02
MUUSS, Klaus Michael Robert Director 1998-12-23 2000-05-01
TAUREAU, Edgard Jules Director — 1992-03-31
TIEN, Eric Director 1998-12-23 2002-02-26
TU, Che Min Director 2006-05-05 2012-02-14
WANG, Cheng-Tang Director 2012-02-27 2013-12-12
WANG, Jerry Director 1994-03-18 1998-12-23
WANG, Lilia Director 2012-02-27 2015-06-08
WEISLER, Dion Director 1998-10-20 2001-06-10
WONG, Jim Director 2012-02-27 2013-12-12

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Acer Europe B.V Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 177 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-02-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-24 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-09-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-05-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-09-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-05-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-03-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2019-12-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2019-09-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-03-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-07-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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