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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-03 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-19

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£685K

-6.9% vs 2023

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£54K

-30.2% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £999,062£746,761
Operating profit -£75,465-£88,720
Profit before tax -£41,573-£54,124
Net profit -£191,383-£51,115
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities £735,820£684,705
Net assets £735,820£684,705
Equity £735,820£684,705
Average employees 00
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

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -7.6%-11.9%
Net margin -19.2%-6.8%
Return on capital employed -10.3%-13.0%
Current ratio 2.19x4.20x

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

  1. F&C AURORA (GP) LIMITED 2009-02-27 → present
  2. DUNWILCO (1587) LIMITED 2008-11-14 → 2009-02-27

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Company has net assets that support the Directors' assessment that the Company has adequate resources to continue in business for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and the Directors expect to be able to obtain sufficient repayment of the loan receivable to enable all liabilities to be met as they fall due. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. F&C AURORA (GP) LIMITED · parent
    1. The Aurora Fund LP · Scotland
    2. LPE II LP · Scotland
    3. The Aurora Fund (Founder Partner) LP · Scotland
    4. LPE II (Founder Partner) LP · Scotland

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 6 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE INVESTMENT BUSINESS LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2009-02-25
CARNWATH, Andrew David John Director 2025-04-08 Jul 1981 British
HAWTHORN, Ashley-Anne Director 2026-04-20 Nov 1986 British
MAIR, Hamish John Garrow Director 2009-02-25 May 1966 British
Show 6 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2008-11-14 2009-02-25
LAWRIE, Colin Thomas Director 2008-11-14 2009-02-25
NAIRN, Richard Robin David Director 2009-02-25 2025-01-29
SNEDDON, Neil Gordon Director 2009-02-25 2019-12-31
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Director 2008-11-14 2009-02-25
D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED Corporate Director 2008-11-14 2009-02-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Columbia Threadneedle Am (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 66 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-01 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-02-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-11-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-10-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-11-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-11 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current extended PDF
2022-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-06 CH04 officers Change corporate secretary company with change date PDF
2022-07-06 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-03-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-11-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-10-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-03-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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