A.C.J. COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£24k
-85.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2.3m
+21.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
4
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£533k
-19.3% first positive since 2022
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
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,017,310 | £991,365 | £924,055 | £960,585 | £963,402 | +0.3% | |
| Operating profit | £583,948 | -£30,620 | £513,360 | £555,344 | £530,691 | -4.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £582,483 | -£30,620 | £543,121 | £661,187 | £533,257 | -19.3% | |
| Net profit | £582,483 | -£154,854 | £422,230 | £532,864 | £405,052 | -24% | |
| Cash | £83,294 | £38,662 | £66,993 | £169,818 | £24,273 | -85.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,885,208 | £1,280,354 | £1,352,584 | £1,879,013 | £2,284,065 | +21.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,878,773 | £1,273,919 | £1,346,149 | £1,879,013 | £2,284,065 | +21.6% | |
| Equity | £1,878,773 | £1,273,919 | £1,346,149 | £1,879,013 | £2,284,065 | +21.6% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £84,956 | £128,770 | £78,872 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £1,541 | — | — | — |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 57.4% | -3.1% | 55.6% | 57.8% | 55.1% | |
| Net margin | 57.3% | -15.6% | 45.7% | 55.5% | 42.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.0% | -2.4% | 38.0% | 29.6% | 23.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 22.8% | 21.4% | 17.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.45x | 4.67x | 5.83x |
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
- A.C.J. COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED 1992-02-07 → present
- BLUE POINT COMPUTER RESOURCES LIMITED 1988-09-14 → 1992-02-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURLEY, Conor | Director | 2025-12-15 | Jun 1977 | Irish |
| VAN ROOYEN, Stuart | Director | 2023-07-17 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Ian Hilary | Secretary | — | 1992-01-22 |
| LENNON, Ronan | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2018-08-01 |
| O'CONNOR, Colin | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2019-09-27 |
| ROTHWELL, Sandra Mary | Secretary | 1992-01-22 | 2017-07-30 |
| ASTLES, Nicholas John | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2023-07-17 |
| BEGGS, Howard John | Director | 2017-07-31 | 2025-12-15 |
| BUCKLEY, Kevin Andrew | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2013-10-28 |
| CULLEN, Leanne | Director | 2017-07-31 | 2018-01-18 |
| DOLAN, Dermot | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| GLADDING, Martin | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| HUNT, Gerard | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2023-07-17 |
| JONES, Ian Hilary | Director | — | 1992-01-22 |
| KEARNS, Tara | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2023-07-17 |
| LEES, Deborah | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2023-07-17 |
| MILLER, Mark Rudolph George | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2023-01-01 |
| O'CONNOR, Colin | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2018-08-17 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Donal | Director | 2017-07-31 | 2018-01-18 |
| ROTHWELL, Ceri | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2019-09-27 |
| ROTHWELL, Thomas | Director | — | 2017-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clanwilliam Investments (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-07-31 | Ceased 2025-09-12 |
| Mr Thomas Rothwell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-09-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-04-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.