ACEO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-10 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£31K
-81.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£9M
+3% vs 2023
Employees
58
-13.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£569K
+202.1% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £8,280,539 | £10,845,076 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £476,686 | £2,028,751 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£557,441 | £568,929 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£464,699 | £398,636 | |
| Cash | £1,135,111 | £629,232 | — | — | £168,214 | £30,564 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,366,194 | £9,353,320 | — | — | £9,067,929 | £9,506,855 | |
| Net assets | £9,335,829 | £9,332,077 | — | — | £9,014,932 | £9,283,565 | |
| Equity | £9,335,829 | £9,332,077 | — | £9,837,007 | £9,014,932 | £9,283,565 | |
| Average employees | 33 | 40 | — | — | 67 | 58 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,988,688 | £1,870,838 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £7,869 | £9,443 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+31%
£8,280,539 £10,845,076
-
Cash
-81.8%
£168,214 £30,564
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+3%
£9,014,932 £9,283,565
-
Employees
-13.4%
67 58
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Operating profit
+325.6%
£476,686 £2,028,751
-
Profit before tax
+202.1%
-£557,441 £568,929
-
Wages
-5.9%
£1,988,688 £1,870,838
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 5.8% | 18.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -5.6% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 5.3% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.98x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 0.46x | 1.39x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- ACEO LIMITED · parent
- Aceo France SASU 100%
- Aceo Distillers Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2022, the company launched a Murray McDavid sub-brand called Cask Craft, which has been well received by the market and added significantly to sales in 2023.”
- “Aceo has expanded its presence in Speyside. It has acquired new warehouses in Kinloss to increase its cask storage capacity.”
- “It has also purchased the former Bank of Scotland building in Forres, to be used as a sales/admin office and a retail space.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIM, Edward | Director | 1999-09-06 | Oct 1958 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXIOU, Sofia | Secretary | 2013-10-03 | 2015-09-25 |
| BYRNE, Gemanda Louisa, Mrs. | Secretary | 2009-04-02 | 2011-10-20 |
| LOUGHLIN, Paula Mary | Secretary | 2001-06-08 | 2007-09-03 |
| ODIM, Edward | Secretary | 1999-09-06 | 2001-06-08 |
| AGINCOURT PRACTICE LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2007-09-03 | 2009-04-02 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-09-06 | 1999-09-06 |
| CURRIE, Andrew Nigel | Director | 1999-09-06 | 2001-06-08 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-09-06 | 1999-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Odim | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-10-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-10-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.