ABRI TRADING LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1M
-13.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.4M
+69.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.4M
-18.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,227,000 | £8,938,000 | £11,197,000 | +25.3% | |
| Operating profit | £982,000 | £1,803,000 | £1,516,000 | -15.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £826,000 | £1,672,000 | £1,370,000 | -18.1% | |
| Net profit | £654,000 | £1,245,000 | £975,000 | -21.7% | |
| Cash | £2,668,000 | £2,434,000 | £2,106,000 | -13.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,872,000 | £5,119,000 | £2,790,000 | -45.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,167,000 | £1,412,000 | £2,387,000 | +69.1% | |
| Equity | £1,172,000 | £1,412,000 | £2,387,000 | +69.1% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | £1,974,000 | £2,039,000 | +3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 20.2% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 13.9% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 35.2% | 54.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.1% | 81.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.14x | 2.03x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | 6.29x | 11.56x | 7.85x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made enquiries, the Directors believe that the Company's current and future prospects and its availability of financing are adequate to enable it to continue in business for the foreseeable future and they are also satisfied that the Company can continue to pay its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the signing of the audit opinion of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In January 2026 one large client of Newcastle Furniture Service, responsible for 16% of Abri Trading's projected 2025/26 income, ended new activity on its contract.”
- “The declaration of a dividend of £1,089,250, made after the year end and to be accounted for in 2025/26.”
- “The cessation of new activity on a contract with a large client of Newcastle Furniture Service, as noted in the Directors' Report under Future Developments. The Board does not consider that this contract loss will affect the Company's status as a going concern.”
- “The transfer of the four £1 ordinary shares in Abri Trading Limited from Your Homes Newcastle Limited to Newcastle City Council on 31 March 2026, so that Newcastle City Council becomes the owner of all shares in the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORMAN, Tim | Director | 2024-06-30 | Nov 1981 | British |
| HOGAN, Keith | Director | 2024-06-30 | Mar 1975 | British |
| NELSON, Jennifer | Director | 2026-06-08 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER-DALEY, Andrew Joseph | Secretary | 2023-09-26 | 2024-06-30 |
| DAVISON, Jill Louise | Secretary | 2017-07-25 | 2023-09-26 |
| DAVISON, Jill Louise | Secretary | 2015-09-10 | 2017-01-24 |
| RITCHIE, Jonathan | Secretary | 2017-01-24 | 2017-07-25 |
| BLAKEY, Lynne | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2024-06-30 |
| DIBBS, Philip James Martin | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2017-09-19 |
| GATES, Noel Anthony | Director | 2022-05-24 | 2023-09-30 |
| MCCARTY, Joyce, Councillor | Director | 2015-09-22 | 2022-05-25 |
| MIRZA, Ammar Yusuf | Director | 2015-09-22 | 2017-09-19 |
| MOORE, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2015-09-22 | 2017-09-19 |
| PAGE, Malcolm Douglas | Director | 2017-09-19 | 2024-06-30 |
| PARKER, Anne | Director | 2023-11-21 | 2024-06-30 |
| RILEY, Kevin | Director | 2024-06-30 | 2026-04-30 |
| SCOPE, Paul William | Director | 2015-09-22 | 2022-03-29 |
| TEBAY, William James | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2024-06-30 |
| WATSON, Nigel Jonathan | Director | 2022-07-26 | 2024-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle City Council | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-31 | Active |
| Your Homes Newcastle Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.