A. ARDRON LIMITED
Company number 04872697 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
A. ARDRON LIMITED presents a paradoxical financial picture: exceptionally strong liquidity with a current ratio of 41.5:1 and virtually no debt, yet concerning chronic symptoms including three consecutive years of declining retained earnings and a dramatic 49% cash depletion in 2025 offset by a 330% increase in listed investments. The company functions more as an investment holding vehicle than a trading business, with minimal revenue indicators and a single employee-director who owns 100% of the shares. While not in immediate financial distress, the steady erosion of the equity base—approximately £46,000 lost from peak in 2022—requires strategic attention to investment risk management, sustainable withdrawal policies, and potential revenue generation to reverse the declining trajectory.
Shareholders' funds
£212,346
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-08-20
- Employees
- 1 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 6 Butterleys, Dodworth, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 3TD
- Postcode
- S75 3TD
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-02
- Next due by
- 2027-08-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 3 resigned
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 38 DONCASTER ROAD, BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE S70 1TL | 2003-11-18 |
| THE STUDIO, ST NICHOLAS CLOSE, ELSTREE, HERTS., WD6 3EW | 2003-09-04 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,504 similar companies in S
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2003.
Competitors Sheffield
This company ranks 195 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Sheffield.
The class of 2003
26%
of the 12,273 companies in this sector incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 72% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.