ASHVALE CIVIL ENGINEERING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£6.1M
+13.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
+20.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
50
-10.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6.3M
+11.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC 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 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,419,419 | £51,517,859 | £54,803,906 | +6.4% | |
| Operating profit | £3,014,135 | £5,478,966 | £6,175,577 | +12.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,035,491 | £5,629,049 | £6,268,993 | +11.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,284,525 | £4,153,252 | £4,635,525 | +11.6% | |
| Cash | £6,264,540 | £5,357,779 | £6,094,724 | +13.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,352,430 | £22,191,434 | £25,709,827 | +15.9% | |
| Net assets | £16,864,953 | £20,699,205 | £24,968,230 | +20.6% | |
| Equity | £16,864,953 | £20,699,205 | £24,968,230 | +20.6% | |
| Average employees | 46 | 56 | 50 | -10.7% | |
| Wages | £2,890,796 | £1,883,983 | £2,023,363 | +7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,162,549 | £66,791 | £72,000 | +7.8% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 10.6% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 8.1% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.4% | 24.7% | 24.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 29.7% | 24.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 2.86x | 3.08x | |
| Interest cover | 38.36x | 46.21x | 48.60x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Higginson & Co (UK) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ASHVALE CIVIL ENGINEERING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Ashvale Civil Engineering Ltd 100%
- Ashvale Plant Hire Limited 100%
Significant events
- “the impact of Brexit and the coming election causing a slow down is a potential risk..”
- “The company has instigated practices in line with government recommendations to mitigate the impact of a pandemic and the potential restrictions applied to businesses and the general public. ... As a result of the current geopolitical issues the company is monitoring the possible impact on house building in the UK and is seeking to mitigate the impact on fuel prices.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEARY, Seamus Joseph | Secretary | 2026-05-31 | — | — |
| INDIGO SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2015-06-01 | — | — |
| CLEARY, Seamus Joseph | Director | 2015-02-09 | Jan 1982 | Irish |
| CUNNINGHAM, Michael | Director | 2015-02-09 | Nov 1984 | British |
| CUNNINGHAM, Steven | Director | 2014-12-17 | Apr 1981 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Patrick Cunningham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2026-04-17 |
| Mr Seamus Joseph Cleary | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Steven Cunningham | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Michael Cunningham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company | |
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-20 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.