ABSOLUTE COLLAGEN GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£4.9M
-29% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.5M
+19.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
80
+19.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£237K
-88.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £25,884,000 | £30,631,000 | £29,601,000 | -3.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,923,000 | £3,462,000 | £1,671,000 | -51.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £472,000 | £2,052,000 | £237,000 | -88.5% | |
| Net profit | £175,000 | £1,262,000 | -£228,000 | -118.1% | |
| Cash | £3,389,000 | £6,842,000 | £4,860,000 | -29% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,141,000 | £2,979,000 | £3,589,000 | +20.5% | |
| Net assets | £465,000 | £2,955,000 | £3,540,000 | +19.8% | |
| Equity | £465,000 | £2,955,000 | £3,540,000 | +19.8% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 67 | 80 | +19.4% | |
| Wages | £3,234,000 | £3,867,000 | £4,860,000 | +25.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,129,000 | £1,191,000 | £1,241,000 | +4.2% |
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 | 7.4% | 11.3% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 4.1% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 168.5% | 116.2% | 46.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.5% | 68.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.42x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 1.32x | 2.27x | 1.07x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Parent Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ABSOLUTE COLLAGEN GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Laceby Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company repurchased and cancelled 37,647 B2 Ordinary shares for the value of £88k and 3,419 B1 Ordinary shares for the value of £8k.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADVANI, Mark Suren | Director | 2022-10-10 | Apr 1970 | British |
| BELL, Edward Anthony Ingress | Director | 2023-07-01 | Jan 1972 | British |
| COTTER, Richard | Director | 2025-05-01 | May 1961 | British |
| LACEBY, Darcy May | Director | 2022-06-27 | Jun 1997 | British |
| LACEBY, Maxine Suzanne May | Director | 2022-06-27 | Mar 1966 | British |
| THERON, Sebastian | Director | 2026-06-01 | Sep 1981 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Daniel Robert | Director | 2024-01-15 | 2025-06-05 |
| ANDERTON, Julia | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2023-02-22 |
| CASSTLES, Julian David | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2024-02-16 |
| DAVEY, Anthony Patrick | Director | 2022-08-08 | 2025-06-27 |
| DAVIES, Richard | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2025-06-30 |
| GUILD, Simon Angus | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2023-01-27 |
| HITCHCOCK, Ben | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2022-12-14 |
| RUSSELL, Frances Helen | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2025-06-27 |
| TOWERS, Lucy Beatrice | Director | 2023-11-27 | 2025-06-09 |
| UPTON, Matthew David Grosvenor | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2022-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingbridge Enterprise 3 Gp Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-06-30 | Active |
| Livingbridge Enterprise Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2022-06-30 | Active |
| Maxine Suzanne May Laceby | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-06-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-10-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-10-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-07-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 8
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.