AMES UK HOLDINGS LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-49.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+166.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
249
-4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£16M
+37.5% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £31,954,304 | £31,992,322 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£24,430,819 | -£14,019,134 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£25,909,055 | -£16,196,784 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£39,282,557 | -£25,909,055 | -£16,196,784 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,132,841 | £7,559,354 | £3,831,454 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £33,701,294 | -£30,247,474 | £23,245,807 | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£23,146,210 | -£32,480,634 | £21,484,611 | |
| Equity | £17,410,751 | £16,136,347 | -£23,146,210 | -£32,480,634 | £21,484,611 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 260 | 249 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £9,542,006 | £8,740,646 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £738,637 | £798,531 |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+0.1%
£31,954,304 £31,992,322
-
Cash
-49.3%
£7,559,354 £3,831,454
-
Net assets
+166.1%
-£32,480,634 £21,484,611
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-4.2%
260 249
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Operating profit
+42.6%
-£24,430,819 -£14,019,134
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Profit before tax
+37.5%
-£25,909,055 -£16,196,784
-
Wages
-8.4%
£9,542,006 £8,740,646
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -76.5% | -43.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -81.1% | -50.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 80.8% | -60.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 171.0% | 47.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.34x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -16.37x | -6.22x |
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
- AMES UK HOLDINGS LTD. 2024-06-27 → present
- THE AMES COMPANIES UK LTD. 2017-06-09 → 2024-06-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the forecast trading, for 2025 and 2026, and the ongoing support from Griffon Corporation the directors consider that the group has access to adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, being a period of not less than twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the consolidated financial statements.”
Group structure
- AMES UK HOLDINGS LTD. · parent
- Ames Property UK Ltd. 100%
- Kelkay Ltd 100%
- La Hacienda Limited 100%
- The Ames Companies UK Ltd. 100%
- Vatre Terracotta Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2023 the ultimate parent, Griffon Corporation agreed to capitalise the outstanding intercompany loans by the allotment of 70,162,029 ordinary shares of £1 each.”
- “On 1st July 2024 all assets and liabilities were transferred from sister companies La Hacienda Limited, Vatre Terracotta Limited and Kelkay Limited (formerly Vatre Group Limited) into The Ames Companies UK Ltd (formerly Kelkay Limited) as part of a Legal Entity Consolidation exercise.”
- “In December 2024 the phased move of operations from the three warehouses at Stroud to Pollington commenced. As at the date of approval of these financial statements, one warehouse at the Stroud site remains operational. This final unit is scheduled for closure by December 2025, at which point all UK operational activities will be fully consolidated at the Pollington site.”
- “In November 2024, a major customer, Homebase, entered into administration. The financial statements include appropriate provisions to recognise the risk of non-payment.”
- “In October 2024 a new ERP system was implemented to enhance operational efficiency and data integrity. The company experienced temporary operational challenges that impacted the efficiency of order fulfilment.”
- “Following the legal entity consolidation, the subsidiaries La Hacienda Limited and Vatre Terracotta Limited and Kelkay Limited (formerly Vatre Group Limited), are dormant companies, and we have therefore applied to strike off all three entities from Companies House.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, John Ian | Secretary | 2023-05-09 | — | — |
| DURBOROW, William Christoper | Director | 2021-06-30 | Jun 1968 | American |
| HARRIS, Brian Gerard | Director | 2018-04-09 | Nov 1969 | American |
| MEHMEL, Robert Francis | Director | 2017-06-09 | Jul 1962 | American |
| NORTH, Paul | Director | 2020-07-06 | Mar 1974 | British |
| THOMPSON, John Ian | Director | 2023-05-09 | Aug 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Matthew Francis | Secretary | 2019-10-09 | 2023-03-03 |
| HARKER, Anthony Neil | Director | 2018-03-19 | 2019-09-25 |
| HUPFELD, Simon Andrew | Director | 2017-06-09 | 2020-09-29 |
| MCGRATH, Dale Elizabeth | Director | 2017-06-09 | 2019-06-03 |
| TRAYLOR, Mark Richard | Director | 2017-06-09 | 2018-03-12 |
| WILSON, Matthew Francis | Director | 2020-07-06 | 2023-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffon Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.