THE AUTO-CYCLE UNION LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£3,144,538
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
What it does
The ACU is the National Governing Body for Motorcycle Sport in Great Britain (not including Northern Ireland). The main objectives of the company are: -to pursue the interests of motorcycling while protecting and promoting the needs of members; -to facilitate British Motorcycle Sport in the most accommodating, de-regulated and user led manner possible; -to encourage, develop and foster the sport of motorcycling in all its forms; -to provide a facility for the dissemination on all matters relating to motorcycling and motorcycle sport and; -to do all such other things as are incidental to or conducive to the attainment of those objectives.REVIEW OF BUSINESSIn 2022, the Board were pleased to report that membership levels across all disciplines returned to the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. This is evidenced by licencing figures, which were recorded at 21,093 for the year, representing an increase of nearly 2000 licences or 9% over the same period in 2021. The Board are also pleased to repor
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 1914-03-19
- Employees
- 25 (2022 accounts · was 0 in 2021)
- Registered office
- Acu House Wood St, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 2YX
- Postcode
- CV21 2YX
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-25
- Next due by
- 2027-06-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 93199 Other sports activities
Officers 7 current · 48 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
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ACU SPORTING EVENTS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA068511 (Tier 2), registered since 2014.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| AUTO-CYCLE UNION PROPRIETARY LIMITED | 1993-05-28 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MILLBUCK HOUSE, CORPORATION ST, RUGBY, WARWICKSHIRE CV21 2DN | 1992-02-24 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 177 similar companies in CV
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (25 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1914.
No.1 of the largest other sports activities companies in Coventry →
Competitors Coventry
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4. SCCU LTD
This company ranks 1 among other sports activities in Coventry.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 1992-04-30
- Where
- Warwickshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK342023 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 1992-04-30 | — |
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