AMBREY LIMITED
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Cash
£7.6m
+39.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£23m
-9.8% vs 2024
Employees
122
+43.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£23m
+362.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £60,709,409 | £49,760,813 | £141,609,742 | +184.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,079,591 | £2,893,419 | £22,684,412 | +684% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,116,829 | £4,929,544 | £22,804,501 | +362.6% | |
| Net profit | £803,179 | £4,656,537 | £18,242,186 | +291.8% | |
| Cash | £2,377,280 | £5,449,403 | £7,586,878 | +39.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,282,176 | £26,916,545 | £24,513,720 | -8.9% | |
| Net assets | £23,227,152 | £26,023,338 | £23,467,530 | -9.8% | |
| Equity | £23,227,152 | £26,023,338 | £23,467,530 | -9.8% | |
| Average employees | 95 | 85 | 122 | +43.5% | |
| Wages | £4,447,766 | £4,198,522 | £6,840,607 | +62.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £203,000 | £206,000 | £219,569 | +6.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,642 | £1,321 | £1,321 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £203,000 | £207,321 | £220,890 | +6.5% |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 5.8% | 16.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 9.4% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.4% | 10.7% | 92.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.6% | 22.3% | 40.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 2.79x | 1.67x | |
| Interest cover | 21.95x | 20.71x | — |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the director believes that the group is well placed to manage its business risks. Therefore the director has a reasonable expectation that the group and company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future”
Group structure
- AMBREY LIMITED · parent
- Bachawy Limited 100%
- Ambrey Services FZCO (formerly Ambrey Services DMCC) 100%
- Ambrey Risk Limited 100%
- Tier 1 Risk Limited 66.67%
- Ambrey Holdings Limited 100%
- Ambrey Athena Limited 100%
- Ambrey Mirfak Limited 100%
- Ambrey Orcades Limited 100%
- Ambrey Travel Limited 100%
- Ambrey Offshore Limited 100%
- Ambrey 25N Limited 100%
- Ambrey Venturer Limited 100%
- Transfer Vessel Services Limited 100%
- Ambrey Markab Management Limited 100%
- Servus Management Limited 100%
- Marine Personnel Services Limited 100%
- Ambrey International Limited 100%
- Ambrey (Markab) Limited 100%
- Ambrey (Menkar) Limited 100%
- Ambrey Nigeria Limited 100%
- Ambrey Orsuro Limited 100%
- Ambrey Pegasus Limited 100%
- Ambrey Shipyards Limited 100%
- Ambrey Insurance Brokers Limited 100%
- Ambrey Mozambique LDA 99%
- Ambrey Analytics Limited 76.5%
- Ambrey Senegal SAS 100%
- Lord Jim Limited 100%
- Ambrey Response Services Ltd 100%
- Ambrey Global Response Ltd 100%
- Ambrey Global Specialty Limited 100%
- Ambrey Global Response (No.2) Limited 100%
- Ambrey Global Response (No.3) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group introduced a new Response business line in the year, focused on salvage of stricken vessels.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARNLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2016-06-09 | Mar 1981 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humber Court Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-04 | Active |
| Begwns Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Christopher John Charnley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-05-20 | Ceased 2017-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-03-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-06-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-03-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-03-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
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.