THE ABINGTON GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£667K
+44.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£45M
+0.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£818K
-92.2% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £88,963 | £124,825 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£27,776 | £60,265 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £10,531,698 | £817,509 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £10,510,951 | £801,985 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £461,451 | £667,172 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £44,724,651 | £44,938,886 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £44,690,975 | £44,905,210 | |
| Equity | £35,880,464 | £35,985,681 | £34,723,501 | £34,728,999 | £44,690,975 | £44,905,210 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
-
Turnover
+40.3%
£88,963 £124,825
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Cash
+44.6%
£461,451 £667,172
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£44,690,975 £44,905,210
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+317%
-£27,776 £60,265
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Profit before tax
-92.2%
£10,531,698 £817,509
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -31.2% | 48.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 17.16x | 44.47x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -93.52x | 1137.08x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Argents Audit Services Limited
- 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 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.”
Significant events
- “During the previous year, as part of a group restructure a subsidiary company made a bonus issue of preference shares worth £9,650,000 to The Abington Group.”
- “The Abington Group then sold the majority of its ordinary share capital in this subsidiary, the gain on this sale being £294,926.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENNSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-11-11 | — | — |
| CHAPLIN, David John Harold | Director | 2016-11-11 | Oct 1963 | British |
| CHAPLIN, Simon Robert Frank | Director | 2016-11-11 | Apr 1967 | British |
| RUSSELL, Hilary Ann | Director | 2016-11-11 | Jul 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Horse Field Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-07 | Active |
| Chaplin Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-04 | Ceased 2022-02-07 |
| Chaplin Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-11 | Ceased 2022-02-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-12-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-24 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2021-12-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2021-12-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2021-12-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.