A QUALITY SERVICE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
Cash
£39K
+210.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+4.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
252
-2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£252K
-33% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £4,155,995 | £4,498,761 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £412,785 | £279,549 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £376,464 | £252,396 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £373,806 | £157,789 | |
| Cash | £1,007,792 | £757,336 | £2,487 | £12,511 | £38,827 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,286,709 | £2,681,323 | £3,085,316 | £3,471,491 | £3,604,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,281,008 | £2,640,544 | £3,034,301 | £3,408,107 | £3,565,896 | |
| Equity | — | £2,640,544 | £3,034,301 | £3,408,107 | £3,565,896 | |
| Average employees | 114 | 105 | 187 | 259 | 252 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £57,799 | £176,939 |
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
+8.2%
£4,155,995 £4,498,761
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Cash
+210.3%
£12,511 £38,827
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Net assets
+4.6%
£3,408,107 £3,565,896
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
-2.7%
259 252
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Operating profit
-32.3%
£412,785 £279,549
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Profit before tax
-33%
£376,464 £252,396
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 9.9% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 9.0% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 11.9% | 7.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.51x | 6.15x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 11.36x | 10.30x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors note that the company is trading adequately and if this continues, they will have sufficient working capital and other finance available to continue trading for a period of not less than 12 months from the Statement of financial position date. As such, the directors believe that there are no significant uncertainties in their assessment of whether the business is a going concern and therefore have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “FP Caqueret (resigned 11 February 2025)”
- “IK Crook (resigned 1 July 2025)”
- “NJ Early (appointed 17 February 2024, resigned 1 July 2025)”
- “R W Empson (appointed 17 February 2024, resigned 1 July 2025)”
- “R J Kinrade (resigned 1 July 2025)”
- “PD Atkinson (appointed 1 July 2025)”
- “E J Bolton (appointed 1 July 2025)”
- “During the year, Azets Audit Services resigned as auditors to the company and the directors appointed Hillier Hopkins LLP, to the position.”
- “Up to 17 February 2024, the ultimate controlling party was Foresight Regional Investment General Partner LLP (acting in capacity as general partner of Foresight General Partner LP).”
- “From 17 February 2024, the ultimate parent company is Atlas FM Group Limited.”
- “From 29 October 2024, the Atlas FM Group Employee Ownership Trust purchased 100% of Atlas FM Group Limited, to become the ultimate controlling party.”
- “The ultimate controlling party subsequently became Zedra Trust Company (Guernsey) Limited, which is the trustee of Atlas FM Group Employee Ownership Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Paul David | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
| BOLTON, Edward John | Director | 2025-07-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAQUERET, Fabien Pierre | Director | 2020-01-07 | 2025-02-11 |
| CHEESEBROUGH, Diane | Director | 2020-01-07 | 2022-01-28 |
| CROOK, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| EARLEY, Nicholas James | Director | 2024-02-17 | 2025-07-01 |
| EDWARDS, Gillian Elizabeth | Director | 2011-02-25 | 2020-12-31 |
| EMPSON, Raymond William | Director | 2024-02-17 | 2025-07-01 |
| KINRADE, Robin Joseph | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2025-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-07 | Active |
| Mr Robin Joseph Kinrade | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-07 |
| Mrs Gillian Elizabeth Edwards | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-05-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.