ACQUISITION INC. LTD
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Cash
£1.8m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4.6m
Equity attributable
Employees
24
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.9m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £13,838,191 | £13,366,475 | £12,590,864 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £5,363,635 | £4,917,258 | £4,856,169 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £5,363,635 | £4,855,489 | £4,868,596 | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £4,063,598 | £3,434,401 | £3,324,755 | — | |
| Cash | £208,428 | £1,826,176 | £2,723,193 | £3,219,216 | £1,627,638 | £1,777,881 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,860,394 | £4,082,820 | £4,750,001 | £4,081,335 | £4,605,574 | — | |
| Net assets | £214,734 | £1,803,290 | £4,082,820 | £4,746,418 | £4,080,819 | £4,605,574 | — | |
| Equity | £214,734 | £1,860,394 | £4,082,820 | £4,746,418 | £4,080,819 | £4,605,574 | — | |
| Average employees | 5 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 24 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,157,425 | £2,797,166 | £2,567,558 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £549,303 | £622,410 | £343,030 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £324,470 | £384,837 | £218,622 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 14 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 38.8% | 36.8% | 38.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 29.4% | 25.7% | 26.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 112.9% | 120.5% | 105.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.5% | 47.1% | 31.9% | 38.7% | 37.6% | 37.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.58x | 2.66x | 2.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 72.48x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bright Grahame Murray
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board remains confident in the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Comparative figures relate to the 14-month period from 1 November 2023 to 31 December 2024 following a change in the Company's year end and, therefore, are not entirely comparable with the current year figures.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANKS, Graham Philip | Director | 2019-10-03 | Jun 1981 | British |
| SEAGRIM, Tom Alexander | Director | 2019-10-03 | Sep 1991 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Marcella | Director | 2019-10-03 | Dec 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graham Philip Danks | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-10-03 | Active |
| Miss Marcella Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-10-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-12-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-12-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-12-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2022-12-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-09 | 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.