AB CONNECTORS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
+13.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5m
-5.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
180
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£91k
-137.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £14,732,000 | £17,090,000 | £24,370,000 | +42.6% | |
| Operating profit | £50,000 | £244,000 | -£83,000 | -134% | |
| Profit before tax | £49,000 | £240,000 | -£91,000 | -137.9% | |
| Net profit | -£67,000 | £144,000 | -£278,000 | -293.1% | |
| Cash | £1,022,000 | £1,225,000 | £1,390,000 | +13.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,048,000 | £6,103,000 | £5,365,000 | -12.1% | |
| Net assets | £5,149,000 | £5,297,000 | £5,019,000 | -5.2% | |
| Equity | £5,149,000 | £5,297,000 | £5,019,000 | -5.2% | |
| Average employees | 145 | 175 | 180 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £4,767,000 | £6,220,000 | £6,759,000 | +8.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £37,000 | £128,000 | £143,000 | +11.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,000 | £9,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £37,000 | £128,000 | — | — |
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 | 0.3% | 1.4% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | 0.8% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 4.0% | -1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.9% | 67.0% | 70.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.33x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 50.00x | 61.00x | -10.38x |
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
- AB CONNECTORS LIMITED 1989-03-14 → present
- AB CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS LIMITED 1985-05-16 → 1989-03-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the Company consider there to be reasonable prospect that the Company will continue for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, and therefore they have adopted the going concern basis of preparation in 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 · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKLEY, Ian | Secretary | 2023-09-20 | — | — |
| NIGHTINGALE, Andrew | Director | 2026-07-31 | Sep 1970 | British |
| RAWLINSON, Jason Alan | Director | 2024-05-28 | Jul 1977 | British |
| RELPH, Robert James | Director | 2024-05-28 | Feb 1984 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Secretary | 2013-01-30 | 2023-09-20 |
| ELIAS, Andrew David | Secretary | — | 1993-03-19 |
| LEIGH, Martin Graham | Secretary | 1993-03-19 | 1993-11-23 |
| LEIGH, Martin Graham | Secretary | — | 2006-12-01 |
| SHARP, Wendy Jill | Secretary | 2006-12-01 | 2013-01-30 |
| ATKINS, Martin Ronald | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| BLACKSHAW, Trevor | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| BLACKSHAW, Trevor | Director | 1993-11-23 | 1996-05-02 |
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2019-08-22 |
| BREESE, Alan | Director | 1994-06-17 | 2000-03-01 |
| CHAPLIN, Stella Bridget | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2011-12-19 |
| CHEAL, John Joseph | Director | 1999-03-23 | 2001-03-02 |
| COUCHMAN, Thomas Charles | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2026-07-31 |
| CROOK, Reginald Andrew | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2011-12-19 |
| DAVIES, Graham | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2008-01-31 |
| EKE, Michael Ronald | Director | 1993-03-19 | 1993-11-23 |
| ENTWISTLE, Graham Michael | Director | 2001-04-27 | 2004-04-05 |
| EVANS, Simon Peter Carbery | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2022-12-01 |
| FELBECK, Paul | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2011-12-19 |
| GARVEY, Thomas Brendan | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2020-08-21 |
| GILLAM, Benjamin Neville | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2018-04-09 |
| HAMMOUD, Billal Mustapha | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2013-04-17 |
| HARROP, Roger | Director | 2000-08-31 | 2001-04-27 |
| JOHNSON, Andrew Bainbridge | Director | 1996-05-02 | 1998-04-01 |
| KELLY, Kenneth Thomas | Director | 2019-08-22 | 2022-01-31 |
| LEIGH, Martin Graham | Director | 1993-03-19 | 1994-12-12 |
| LEWIS, Anthony | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2011-03-25 |
| LEWIS, Paul Kendrick | Director | 1996-05-02 | 1998-04-01 |
| MATHER, Stephen John | Director | 2009-11-20 | 2014-05-23 |
| MATTHEWS, David Paul | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2010-03-31 |
| MULLEN, Roger Colin | Director | 2000-06-20 | 2011-06-30 |
| ORR, Gavin David | Director | 1993-11-23 | 1999-08-06 |
| PRESTON, James Harvey | Director | 2002-03-26 | 2012-07-20 |
| ROBERTS, Timothy Hal | Director | 2013-04-26 | 2018-04-09 |
| RYDER, Paul Jeffrey | Director | 1992-10-07 | 1993-03-19 |
| SHARP, John William Edward | Director | — | 1993-11-23 |
| SMITH, Edward Scott | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2002-01-31 |
| SMITH, Victor James | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| SUTTON, Benjamin | Director | 2020-08-21 | 2022-12-01 |
| WALKER, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2012-07-23 | 2014-05-23 |
| YEATES, Matthew Julian | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2024-05-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tt Electronics Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 235 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2026-06-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.