ASSOCIATED COURIERS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£830K
+21.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.3M
-48.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
138
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£713K
-190.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,747,287 | £12,146,618 | +13% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,110,714 | £507,421 | -54.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£245,161 | -£712,565 | -190.7% | |
| Net profit | -£370,912 | -£272,912 | -£748,045 | -174.1% | |
| Cash | — | £684,128 | £830,050 | +21.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£1,454,239 | -£2,245,590 | -54.4% | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,532,507 | -£2,280,552 | -48.8% | |
| Equity | -£370,812 | -£1,532,507 | -£2,280,552 | -48.8% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 138 | 138 | 0% | |
| Wages | £0 | £3,858,376 | £4,288,630 | +11.2% | |
| 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. 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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 10.3% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | — | -2.5% | -6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 123.3% | 139.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.23x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.23x | 1.36x |
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
- TC Group
- 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 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
- ASSOCIATED COURIERS UK LIMITED · parent
- Life Couriers UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At 31 December 2025 the company had breached the contractual terms of this loan, such that the loan became contractually repayable on demand, and hence presented within creditors falling due within one year, within these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Peter | Director | 2026-04-13 | Jan 1984 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANG, Thomas Jürgen | Director | 2022-04-06 | 2023-04-14 |
| LAWSON, Tyler Christopher | Director | 2023-04-14 | 2026-04-17 |
| SILVERBERG, Matthew Joseph | Director | 2022-04-06 | 2025-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ingo Krocke | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2022-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 17 of 17 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-06 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.