P.f. Ahern & Sons Limited
Activities of head offices · Woodford Green
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1975Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-10-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
£43,457,855
Cash
£1,474,914
Turnover
£18,772,947
Profit / loss
−£2,504,221
Current assets
£7,284,875
Creditors < 1 year
£3,707,029
Equity
£43,457,855
Average employees
Not available
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · consolidatedFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-10-31Group · AI-read | 2024-10-31Group · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £43,457,855 | £44,743,481 |
| Equity | £43,457,855 | £44,743,481 |
| Share capital | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| Retained earnings | £20,305,157 | £21,217,909 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £41,791,723 | £42,503,002 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £7,179,725 | £6,451,431 |
| Investments | £33,979,003 | £36,051,571 |
| Current assets | £7,284,875 | £7,440,614 |
| Cash at bank | £1,474,914 | £2,387,224 |
| Debtors | £5,809,961 | £5,053,390 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £3,707,029 | £3,825,352 |
| Creditors after one year | £1,316,714 | £879,783 |
| Provisions | £595,000 | £495,000 |
| Net current assets | £3,577,846 | £3,615,262 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £45,369,569 | £46,118,264 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £18,772,947 | £16,814,184 |
| Cost of sales | £14,569,470 | £12,705,634 |
| Gross profit | £4,203,477 | £4,108,550 |
| Administrative expenses | £3,081,767 | £2,923,900 |
| Operating profit | £1,121,710 | £1,184,650 |
| Interest receivable | £103,303 | £108,652 |
| Interest payable | £105,327 | £680,578 |
| Profit before tax | −£2,998,739 | £3,523,290 |
| Tax | −£494,518 | £1,539,876 |
| Profit / loss | −£2,504,221 | £1,983,414 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £375,547 | £294,272 |
| Audit fees | £19,000 | £17,000 |
| Cash flow | ||
| Cash from operations | £1,694,922 | £645,091 |
| Capital expenditure | £1,501,049 | £1,467,459 |
| People & pay | ||
| Staff costs | £4,440,960 | £3,880,493 |
| Wages & salaries | £3,858,072 | £3,487,718 |
| Social security costs | £516,010 | £356,277 |
| Pension costs | £66,878 | £36,498 |
| Directors' remuneration | £209,818 | £83,393 |
| Highest paid director | £186,902 | £83,393 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-10-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- Balfour Sanson
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Ultimate controlling party
- Mrs L B Scott
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-07-28, signed by P R Scott
Related parties (5)
- Ahern Land Reclamation Limited · 50% stake in Ingrebourne Valley Holdings Limited; directors include P B Ahern, L B Scott and P R Scott · Amount due at year end · £180,000
- P F Ahern (London) Ltd · Subsidiary of Ingrebourne Valley Holdings Limited · Loan to Ingrebourne Valley Limited; amount outstanding at year end · £1,650,000
- P F Ahern (London) Ltd · Subsidiary of Ingrebourne Valley Holdings Limited · Advance royalties owed by Ingrebourne Valley Ltd · £553,500
- Ingrebourne Valley Holdings Limited · Related company · Deposit paid for future purchase of a property · £200,000
- The Pinches Trust · Charity; L B Scott and P R Scott are trustees · Donations outstanding at year end · £286,716
Borrowings (3)
- Bank loan · 397,511 · 3.5% above base rate · Repayable by instalments over 15 years from May 2021; currently at £4,750 per month · secured on Charges on all of the assets of the holding company and its subsidiaries
- Finance leases and hire purchase contracts · 1,376,686 · Repayable by monthly instalments of capital and interest in accordance with the terms of the individual agreement · secured on Amounts payable are secured against the assets acquired.
- Loans from directors (Mrs L B Scott) · 290,312 · Interest free
Share classes (4)
- 280,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each
- 280,000 Ordinary B Shares of £0.01 each
- 280,000 Ordinary C Shares of £0.01 each
- 280,000 Ordinary D Shares of £0.01 each
Contingent liabilities (1)
- At the balance sheet date there exists an unlimited cross guarantee and debenture given to Royal Bank of Scotland PLC between the group companies which together with a specific legal charge over assets owned by group companies, acts as security for group bank debt.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
5 outstanding chargesProperty · created 2008-12-23
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OutstandingFixed · created 2006-12-01
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 1995-07-19
£422,000 DUE OR TO BECOME DUE FROM THE C OMPANY TO THE CHARGEE
OutstandingAll Assets · created 1990-08-09
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OutstandingFixed · created 1987-05-18
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OutstandingShow 3 satisfied / released
Property · created 2005-10-11 · satisfied 2006-12-06
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 1995-07-19 · satisfied 2008-07-21
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SatisfiedProperty · created 1977-02-28 · satisfied 1998-11-02
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Satisfied