A R EDWARDS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.7m
Equity attributable
Employees
37
Average over period
Profit before tax
£520k
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,003,593 | — | |
| Operating profit | £777,458 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £519,663 | — | |
| Net profit | £323,545 | — | |
| Cash | £3,490 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,895,079 | — | |
| Net assets | £2,710,598 | — | |
| Equity | £2,710,598 | — | |
| Average employees | 37 | — | |
| Wages | £1,059,834 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £42,492 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,145 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 3.02x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALES, Karen Beverley | Secretary | 1998-03-16 | — | British |
| EDWARDS, Adrian Russell | Director | 1998-03-16 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYES, James Joseph | Secretary | 1997-12-29 | 1998-03-16 |
| BALES, Karen Beverley | Director | 1998-03-16 | 1999-06-29 |
| DORWARD, Stephanie Louise | Director | 1997-12-29 | 1998-03-16 |
| HAYES, James Joseph | Director | 1997-12-29 | 1998-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adrian Russell Edwards | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.