ALAN DICK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Get an alert when ALAN DICK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£6.7m
-51.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£26m
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
139
-6.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£82k
+106.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors acknowledge that the Company has significant net liabilities and net current liabilities. The Company has the support of the immediate and ultimate parent Company and thus the directors continue to assert that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt a going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.
-
Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
-
Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Telecommunications 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 | £22,964,010 | £40,744,720 | £39,991,635 | -1.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£5,134,843 | -£731,300 | £639,938 | +187.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,611,217 | -£1,288,249 | £82,035 | +106.4% | |
| Net profit | -£5,392,763 | -£1,210,002 | £34,272 | +102.8% | |
| Cash | £3,468,742 | £13,687,306 | £6,691,367 | -51.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£22,878,221 | -£26,021,074 | -£25,986,802 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | -£22,878,221 | -£26,021,074 | -£25,986,802 | +0.1% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 176 | 149 | 139 | -6.7% | |
| Wages | £9,167,609 | £8,262,502 | £7,451,793 | -9.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £191,582 | £305,183 | £311,360 | +2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £9,167 | £833 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £305,183 | £311,360 | +2% |
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 | -22.4% | -1.8% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | -23.5% | -3.0% | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 309.7% | 211.5% | 302.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.32x | 0.47x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | -9.73x | -1.18x | 1.12x |
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
- ALAN DICK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2011-11-10 → present
- ACRAMAN (487) LIMITED 2011-09-20 → 2011-11-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Parsons Accountants Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors acknowledge that the Company has significant net liabilities and net current liabilities. The Company has the support of the immediate and ultimate parent Company and thus the directors continue to assert that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt a going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- ALAN DICK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
- IPS Communications Limited 100%
- Rail Order Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Key infrastructure projects currently in delivery include several projects for Network Rail and Tier 1 contractors, a one-person operation system to support the introduction of a new fleet of trains on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground network, and a high-capacity fibre, telecoms and train technology project in Merseyside.”
- “The Company's sustainability strategy includes investment in a lower-emission vehicle fleet, an apprenticeship programme and zero waste to landfill.”
- “On 7 January 2026 the immediate parent company provided a capital contribution to the Company of £1,000,000.”
- “Alan Dick Communications Limited has the benefit of a Parent Company Guarantee provided by its ultimate parent, Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, under a Guarantee Agreement dated 14 June 2024. The guarantee relates to a credit facility of up to £9m made available by Mutares Holding 25 GmbH to support the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUNDELL, Robin | Secretary | 2025-06-16 | — | — |
| MEHTA, Nimit Nandeep | Director | 2023-02-27 | Apr 1981 | British |
| SCOTT, Bryan Craig | Director | 2023-02-06 | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRVING, Michael Geoffrey | Secretary | 2017-06-12 | 2020-09-28 |
| KIRK, Donna Marie | Secretary | 2020-09-28 | 2025-06-15 |
| LOVELL, Jonathan Oliver | Secretary | 2011-12-21 | 2017-06-12 |
| ADACHI, Yosuke | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2017-12-20 |
| BETORZ MARTINEZ, Josep | Director | 2017-06-12 | 2021-05-21 |
| GREAVES, Antony | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2017-06-15 |
| HANNAPPEL, Daniel | Director | 2021-05-21 | 2023-02-23 |
| HIROTA, Yuji | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2020-09-09 |
| HIROTA, Yuji | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2017-06-12 |
| IRVING, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2017-06-12 |
| KIRK, Donna Marie | Director | 2021-10-22 | 2022-02-22 |
| LOVELL, Jonathan Oliver | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2017-06-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Anthony | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2017-09-11 |
| PEARCE, Jason Stephen | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2018-03-21 |
| POCKNELL, Carl Lyndon | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2021-10-01 |
| RIOLOBOS, Jose Antonio | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2017-06-12 |
| SUZUKI, Junichi | Director | 2020-09-09 | 2021-05-21 |
| WALLACE, Austin | Director | 2021-11-09 | 2023-02-02 |
| WELLER, Mark Robert | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2017-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutares Holding-25 Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-05-21 | Active |
| Panasonic Europe Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-15 | Ceased 2021-05-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-02-23 | 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.