ARDENT WORLDWIDE LIMITED
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Cash
£96k
USD 129,188
-14.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£358k
USD 482,505
-5.2% first positive since 2020
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£154k
USD 208,025
-91.9% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
As the group is winding down its operations the director has not adopted the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial statements. Therefore, where appropriate, the Company's assets have been written down to net realisable value.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £993,543 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£248,327 | £528,783 | -£3,493,428 | -£1,504,350 | £951,443 | £5,955 | -99.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £49,696 | £5,941,778 | -£1,574,358 | -£13,772 | £1,906,571 | £154,378 | -91.9% | |
| Net profit | £49,696 | £5,592,038 | -£1,562,407 | £89,811 | £1,902,592 | £154,378 | -91.9% | |
| Cash | £184,348 | £349,141 | £158,160 | £10,224 | £111,806 | £95,872 | -14.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,451,221 | £1,657,596 | £291,762 | £365,598 | £377,650 | £358,074 | -5.2% | |
| Net assets | -£3,896,858 | £1,657,596 | — | £365,598 | £377,650 | £358,074 | -5.2% | |
| Equity | -£3,896,858 | £1,657,596 | £291,762 | £365,598 | £377,650 | £358,074 | -5.2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -25.0% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.2% | 31.9% | -1197.4% | -411.5% | 251.9% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 24.7% | 13.6% | 9.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.04x | 7.35x | 10.50x | |
| Interest cover | -5.56x | — | — | — | — | — |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ferguson Maidment & Co.
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“As the group is winding down its operations the director has not adopted the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial statements. Therefore, where appropriate, the Company's assets have been written down to net realisable value.”
Group structure
- ARDENT WORLDWIDE LIMITED · parent
- Ardent Global LLC 100%
- Ardent Maritime Netherlands B.V. 100%
- Ardent Korea Inc. 85%
Significant events
- “During 2025, the Company underwent a capital reduction of USD 18,811,523, transferring the full balance of the share premium account to retained earnings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAUTWEIN, Caspaar Friedrich, Dr | Director | 2019-10-07 | Aug 1964 | German |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Jason Richard | Secretary | 2015-08-19 | 2016-06-01 |
| KILBY, John | Secretary | 2015-04-23 | 2015-08-19 |
| STOCKWELL, Michael Thomas | Secretary | 2016-06-01 | 2019-10-07 |
| BUSCH, Allen Todd | Director | 2015-04-23 | 2019-07-02 |
| CROWLEY, JR, Thomas Bannon | Director | 2015-04-23 | 2019-07-02 |
| HARRIS, David Jeffrey | Director | 2018-10-11 | 2019-10-07 |
| KILBY, John, Mr. | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2018-10-11 |
| MCCLELLAN, Kerri Ann | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2019-10-07 |
| NILAUS, Kasper Friis | Director | 2015-04-23 | 2018-04-09 |
| ULRIK, Jacob Sune, Director | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2019-07-02 |
| WARNER, Daniel Longfellow | Director | 2015-04-23 | 2019-10-07 |
| WINKLER, Knud Lind | Director | 2015-04-23 | 2019-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athena Holdings B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-05-26 | Ceased 2022-09-13 |
| Ardent Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-29 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-09-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.