ARES CAPITAL EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
Cash
£306K
-13.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£70M
0% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£19K
+100.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company will be liquidated within 12 months of the date of this report. Accordingly, the directors do not consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. Instead, they have been prepared on a break-up basis.
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£2,287,218 | £18,526 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,286,050 | £19,022 | |
| Net profit | -£2,086,384 | £19,022 | |
| Cash | £352,813 | £306,165 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,060,546 | £70,079,568 | |
| Net assets | £70,060,546 | £70,079,568 | |
| Equity | £70,060,546 | £70,079,568 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-13.2%
£352,813 £306,165
-
Net assets
0%
£70,060,546 £70,079,568
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+100.8%
-£2,287,218 £18,526
-
Profit before tax
+100.8%
-£2,286,050 £19,022
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -3.3% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 86.27x | 93.87x |
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
- ARES CAPITAL EUROPE LIMITED 2007-08-03 → present
- TROYCOVE LIMITED 2007-06-25 → 2007-08-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company will be liquidated within 12 months of the date of this report. Accordingly, the directors do not consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. Instead, they have been prepared on a break-up basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-10-29 | — | — |
| ATHERTON, John | Director | 2018-11-16 | Oct 1981 | British |
| EARLY, Kevin William | Director | 2018-11-16 | Nov 1971 | American |
| JILL, Matthew | Director | 2021-02-12 | Jan 1978 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-06-25 | 2009-10-29 |
| ALEXANDER, Miles Barrington | Director | 2007-11-12 | 2008-04-18 |
| AROUGHETI, Michael J | Director | 2007-11-12 | 2018-11-16 |
| DEVEER III, Robert Kipp | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2018-11-16 |
| LEVY, Adrian Joseph Morris | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2007-08-03 |
| PUDGE, David John | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2007-08-03 |
| RESSLER, Antony P | Director | 2007-08-03 | 2009-11-23 |
| SACHS, David A | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2009-11-23 |
| VIMONT, Eric | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2018-11-16 |
| WATTERS, Kenneth Gordon | Director | 2007-11-12 | 2011-12-30 |
| WEINER, Michael Daniel | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2021-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Uk Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.