ARDIAN INVESTMENT UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£96M
+28% vs 2023
Net assets
£127M
+48.8% vs 2023
Employees
179
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£150M
+31.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £376,010,480 | £428,242,942 | |
| Operating profit | £113,370,524 | £147,701,007 | |
| Profit before tax | £114,101,406 | £150,479,637 | |
| Net profit | £86,966,265 | £112,442,593 | |
| Cash | £74,912,921 | £95,875,576 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £103,205,147 | £142,001,569 | |
| Net assets | £85,193,912 | £126,744,308 | |
| Equity | £85,193,912 | £126,744,308 | |
| Average employees | 182 | 179 | |
| Wages | £43,646,500 | £44,778,668 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £6,147,031 | £7,224,448 |
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
+13.9%
£376,010,480 £428,242,942
-
Cash
+28%
£74,912,921 £95,875,576
-
Net assets
+48.8%
£85,193,912 £126,744,308
-
Employees
-1.6%
182 179
-
Operating profit
+30.3%
£113,370,524 £147,701,007
-
Profit before tax
+31.9%
£114,101,406 £150,479,637
-
Wages
+2.6%
£43,646,500 £44,778,668
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 | 30.2% | 34.5% | |
| Net margin | 23.1% | 26.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 109.8% | 104.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.04x | 2.34x | |
| Interest cover | 224.45x | 302.32x |
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
- ARDIAN INVESTMENT UK LIMITED 2013-11-13 → present
- AXA PRIVATE EQUITY UK LIMITED 2005-12-15 → 2013-11-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- ARDIAN INVESTMENT UK LIMITED · parent
- Ardian Private Debt IV S.C.S, SICAV-RAIF 0.37%
- Peacock Limited 99%
Significant events
- “The first interim dividend for 2025 (£35,000,000) was paid in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAUQUE, Hugo | Secretary | 2015-06-30 | — | — |
| BENEDETTI, Mark | Director | 2021-09-30 | Sep 1980 | Canadian |
| BRENKE, Mark Roger | Director | 2021-02-22 | Nov 1973 | British,German |
| CHEVALIER, Bertrand | Director | 2022-09-09 | Feb 1982 | British |
| COLAS, Vladimir | Director | 2021-09-22 | Feb 1980 | French,American |
| FERRAGAMO, Michael Patrick | Director | 2006-12-13 | Jan 1968 | American |
| LAUQUE, Hugo Pierre | Director | 2021-08-24 | Oct 1976 | French |
| LUMSDEN, Monica Emmanuelle | Director | 2021-02-22 | May 1983 | French |
| SANTAVIRTA, Simo Selim | Director | 2021-02-22 | Apr 1972 | Finnish |
| SCHMITZ, Jan Philipp | Director | 2021-02-22 | May 1976 | German |
| THORNTON, Matthew Brendan | Director | 2021-08-18 | May 1973 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEADSWORTH, Monica | Secretary | 2005-12-15 | 2008-09-24 |
| LI, Marina | Secretary | 2008-09-24 | 2009-08-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-12-15 | 2005-12-15 |
| DECANNIERE, Olivier Jean-Pierre, Philippe | Director | 2010-11-04 | 2021-03-31 |
| FLORIN, Christophe, Mr. | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2012-03-07 |
| GAILLARD, Dominique Marie Christian Jacques | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2018-10-24 |
| GOMBAULT, Vincent Pierre | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2020-12-23 |
| ILLENBERGER, Stephan Matthias | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2013-12-02 |
| LIAU, Andrew Samuel | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2020-09-18 |
| MILLER, Spencer Martyn Lewis | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2006-12-13 |
| MION, Stefano Antonio | Director | 2010-11-04 | 2014-07-02 |
| NGUYEN, Franck | Director | 2006-12-13 | 2011-01-04 |
| PITT, James David Crighton | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2006-03-20 |
| SAIDELLI, Nicolo De Manincor | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2023-09-29 |
| SENEQUIER, Dominique Marie Laurence, Mme | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2022-03-22 |
| TOMMASINI, Luigi | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2010-11-01 |
| VALLANO, Ingmar | Director | 2017-11-06 | 2021-05-07 |
| VERBRUGGHE, Benoit Charles, Eric | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2022-01-01 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-12-15 | 2005-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.