{"name":"A.C.L. PLASTERING AND DRYLINING LIMITED","company_number":"02629434","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1991-07-15","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Unit 4 Barley Business Park Duncan Road, Park Gate, Southampton, England, SO31 1ZT","postcode":"SO31 1ZT","sic_codes":[{"code":43310,"description":"Plastering"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":5,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":2008370,"cash":2105740,"average_employees":5},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":2272295,"cash":2216803,"average_employees":7},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":2380069,"cash":2440352},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":2267389,"cash":2323130},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","cash":2114804}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":4,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"A.C.L. Plastering and Drylining Limited presents minimal credit risk with an exceptionally strong balance sheet featuring £2.1M in cash against just £180k in current liabilities and zero long-term debt. The 33-year-old business has accumulated substantial retained profits, and its liquidity position (current ratio of 12:1) would comfortably service any reasonable credit facility. However, the business is clearly contracting — employees down 29%, trade debtors down 64%, and net assets declining 16% over two years — likely reflecting dividend extraction by the controlling shareholder ahead of potential retirement or wind-down. Credit approval is recommended, but facility tenors should reflect the uncertain strategic direction, and clarification should be sought on the doubling of \"other creditors\" and the company's forward trading intentions.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/acl-plastering-and-drylining","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acl-plastering-and-drylining/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acl-plastering-and-drylining/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02629434","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acl-plastering-and-drylining/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acl-plastering-and-drylining/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acl-plastering-and-drylining/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acl-plastering-and-drylining/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/acl-plastering-and-drylining"}