ACE UK HOLDCO LIMITED
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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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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The Group 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.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£2,287,218 | £18,526 | +100.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,286,050 | £19,022 | +100.8% | |
| Net profit | -£2,086,384 | £19,022 | +100.9% | |
| Cash | £352,813 | £306,165 | -13.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,060,546 | £70,079,568 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £70,060,546 | £70,079,568 | 0% | |
| Equity | £70,060,546 | £70,079,568 | 0% | |
| 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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. 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
- ACE UK HOLDCO LIMITED 2009-02-13 → present
- CRICKETWAY LIMITED 2009-01-14 → 2009-02-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The Group 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.”
Group structure
- ACE UK HOLDCO LIMITED · parent
- Ares Capital Europe Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-23 | — | — |
| 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 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-14 | 2009-11-23 |
| AROUGHETI, Michael J | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2018-11-16 |
| DEVEER III, Robert Kipp | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2018-11-16 |
| LEVY, Adrian Joseph Morris | Director | 2009-01-14 | 2009-02-13 |
| PUDGE, David John | Director | 2009-01-14 | 2009-02-13 |
| RESSLER, Antony P | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2009-11-23 |
| SACHS, David A | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2009-11-23 |
| VIMONT, Eric | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2018-11-16 |
| WATTERS, Kenneth Gordon | Director | 2009-02-13 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Management Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-08-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 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 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.