APTECO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-17 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£649K
-43.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-43.1% vs 2023
Employees
76
+8.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-0.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,691,777 | £4,591,767 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,446,506 | -£2,490,170 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,155,827 | -£2,163,839 | |
| Net profit | -£2,089,628 | -£2,098,385 | |
| Cash | £1,146,371 | £649,382 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,281,962 | £3,003,451 | |
| Net assets | £5,281,962 | £3,003,451 | |
| Equity | £5,281,962 | £3,003,451 | |
| Average employees | 70 | 76 | |
| Wages | £4,357,151 | £4,184,932 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £204,520 | £104,220 |
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
-2.1%
£4,691,777 £4,591,767
-
Cash
-43.4%
£1,146,371 £649,382
-
Net assets
-43.1%
£5,281,962 £3,003,451
-
Employees
+8.6%
70 76
-
Operating profit
-1.8%
-£2,446,506 -£2,490,170
-
Profit before tax
-0.4%
-£2,155,827 -£2,163,839
-
Wages
-4%
£4,357,151 £4,184,932
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -52.1% | -54.2% | |
| Net margin | -44.5% | -45.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -46.3% | -82.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.3% | 40.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.94x | 1.67x | |
| Interest cover | -17989.01x | -36620.15x |
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
- APTECO LIMITED 2000-10-11 → present
- ETCHCO 1057 LIMITED 2000-04-28 → 2000-10-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dafferns Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future, as a result the going concern assumption continues to be adopted in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- APTECO LIMITED · parent
- Apteco GmbH 60%
- Apteco Australia Pty 65%
- Apteco (Benelux) BV 65%
- Apteco Canada Inc. 95%
Significant events
- “A global launch event for web browser software was held in May 2024. The company is actively prioritising the development of functionality to help conclude new sales rather than migrate existing users.”
- “The UK economic cycle continues to show the effects of inflation uncertainty particularly following the energy cost increases caused by the Ukraine war.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALTY, James Christopher Myles | Secretary | 2000-09-26 | — | British |
| ALTY, James Christopher Myles | Director | 2000-09-26 | Jul 1964 | British |
| HOLDERNESS, Simon Edward | Director | 2000-09-26 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETCHCO (NUMBER 6) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-04-28 | 2000-09-26 |
| DOWNS, Robert Harry | Director | 2000-09-26 | 2018-08-01 |
| EFFECTORDER LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-04-28 | 2000-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Harry Downs | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-19 |
| Mr James Christopher Myles Alty | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Simon Edward Holderness | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-07-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-06-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-05-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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.