AVONDALE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6M
-12.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.3M
-13.2% vs 2024
Employees
98
-22.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£864K
+43.8% 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
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,634,486 | £20,852,514 | +25.4% | |
| Operating profit | £536,403 | £813,647 | +51.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £600,893 | £863,937 | +43.8% | |
| Net profit | £408,477 | £588,266 | +44% | |
| Cash | £1,884,431 | £1,642,311 | -12.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,816,374 | £3,312,458 | -13.2% | |
| Net assets | £3,814,575 | £3,312,081 | -13.2% | |
| Equity | £3,814,575 | £3,312,081 | -13.2% | |
| Average employees | 127 | 98 | -22.8% | |
| Wages | £5,212,072 | £4,150,869 | -20.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £163,000 | £185,000 | +13.5% |
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.1% | 24.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 2.51x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Goldblatts
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “As disclosed in the 2024 accounts in order to facilitate the retirement and exit from the Company, the shares held by Mr J Curran and Mrs M Curran were purchased by the Company in December 2024 and they subsequently both resigned as Directors. The Company is now controlled by Mr N Curran and Mrs H Curran.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURRAN, Helena, Dr | Director | 2025-06-05 | Sep 1981 | British |
| CURRAN, Nicholas Joseph | Director | 2003-03-03 | Mar 1976 | Irish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURRAN, Mary Teresa | Secretary | — | 2024-12-17 |
| CURRAN, Joseph Francis | Director | — | 2024-12-17 |
| CURRAN, Mary Teresa | Director | — | 2024-12-17 |
| DONEGAN, James | Director | — | 1995-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Helena Curran | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-05 | Active |
| Mr Joseph Francis Curran | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-17 |
| Mr Nicholas Joseph Curran | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-01-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | 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
- 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.