AEI CABLES LIMITED
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Cash
£841k
-86.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.4m
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
16
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£283k
-77.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £50,376,000 | £38,257,000 | £39,928,000 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,416,000 | £1,488,000 | £910,000 | -38.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,582,000 | £1,254,000 | £283,000 | -77.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,582,000 | £1,254,000 | £283,000 | -77.4% | |
| Cash | £4,273,000 | £6,374,000 | £841,000 | -86.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,351,000 | £9,470,000 | £8,237,000 | -13% | |
| Net assets | £5,881,000 | £7,135,000 | £7,418,000 | +4% | |
| Equity | £5,881,000 | £7,135,000 | £7,418,000 | +4% | |
| Average employees | 14 | 16 | 16 | 0% | |
| Wages | £514,000 | £509,000 | £606,000 | +19.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £158,000 | £107,000 | £167,000 | +56.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,000 | £6,000 | £10,000 | +66.7% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 3.9% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 3.3% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.8% | 15.7% | 11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.5% | 66.5% | 58.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.65x | 1.62x | |
| Interest cover | 6.62x | 3.97x | 1.44x |
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
- AEI CABLES LIMITED 2014-03-19 → present
- DUCAB UK LTD 2011-08-18 → 2014-03-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the ability of Ducab to provide support. As such, the directors have a reasonable expectation, considering the support from parent company and its current trading, that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future”
Significant events
- “Loan revolving credit of an overall facility of £6m from Ducab Cable Company (Private) Limited "Ducab" was fully repaid in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALNAQBI, Meshal Ali Mousa Ali | Director | 2020-02-02 | Aug 1980 | Emirati |
| MAGUY, Charles-Edouard | Director | 2025-05-12 | Dec 1967 | French |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALMUTAWA, Mohammad Abdulrahman Ahmed Abdulrahman, Commercial Director | Director | 2018-04-11 | 2025-05-12 |
| CHOKSY, Arif | Director | 2014-06-15 | 2019-12-31 |
| HENEGHAN, Mark | Director | 2014-06-15 | 2015-09-13 |
| OMAR, Hassan Niyazahmed Mohamed | Director | 2014-06-15 | 2022-01-31 |
| SHARP, Clive John | Director | 2014-06-15 | 2017-03-08 |
| SHAW, Andrew | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2021-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Charles-Edouard Maguy | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-12 | Ceased 2025-05-12 |
| Mr Meshal Ali Mousa Ali Alnaqbil | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-02 | Ceased 2020-02-02 |
| Mr Mohammad Abdulrahman Ahmed Abdulrahman Almutawa | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-12 |
| Mr Andrew Shaw | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-31 |
| Mr Hassan Niyazahmed Mohamed Omar | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-31 |
| Mr Arif Choksy | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
| Dubai Cable Co.(Pvt) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-26 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-05-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.