A.B.E. (LEDBURY) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+99.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.5m
+14.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
70
-6.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£514k
+71.2% 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 | £7,489,566 | £7,649,632 | £8,447,738 | +10.4% | |
| Operating profit | £189,296 | £358,744 | £562,788 | +56.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £124,896 | £300,335 | £514,273 | +71.2% | |
| Net profit | -£102,211 | £324,499 | £440,427 | +35.7% | |
| Cash | £580,130 | £602,215 | £1,201,788 | +99.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,523,651 | £4,619,279 | £3,850,791 | -16.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,738,920 | £3,063,419 | £3,503,846 | +14.4% | |
| Equity | £2,738,920 | £3,063,419 | £3,503,846 | +14.4% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 75 | 70 | -6.7% | |
| Wages | £2,240,634 | £2,252,615 | £2,379,614 | +5.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £105,704 | £120,303 | £128,620 | +6.9% |
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 | 2.5% | 4.7% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.4% | 4.2% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 7.8% | 14.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.7% | 47.4% | 42.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.66x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 2.94x | 6.14x | 11.60x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and accordingly, have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Glenn | Director | 2017-02-02 | Mar 1966 | British |
| BANDHA, Baljinder Kumar | Director | 2024-07-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| BROOKS, Clive | Director | 2017-02-02 | Jun 1965 | British |
| LEITCH, Graham | Director | 2017-02-02 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, Julia Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 2017-02-02 |
| MCCOLL, Mark | Secretary | 2017-02-02 | 2021-01-01 |
| RODER, Michelle Louise | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-08 |
| BOYLE, Andrew Patrick Keith | Director | — | 2017-02-02 |
| BOYLE, Julia Elizabeth | Director | — | 2017-02-02 |
| ELSON, Paul Edward | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2025-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palletline Logistics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-22 | Active |
| Palletline Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-02 | Ceased 2018-02-22 |
| Mr Andrew Patrick Keith Boyle | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-02-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-20 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-12-20 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-12-21 | 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.