FENWICK,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£84M
-52.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£365M
-10.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,555
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£39M
+34.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-26 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £180,448,000 | £173,316,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£66,001,000 | -£43,738,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£58,902,000 | -£38,755,000 | |
| Net profit | -£60,271,000 | -£38,808,000 | |
| Cash | £177,303,000 | £83,642,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £616,528,000 | £513,666,000 | |
| Net assets | £406,648,000 | £364,922,000 | |
| Equity | £406,648,000 | £364,922,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,569 | 1,555 | |
| Wages | £57,583,000 | £55,951,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-26 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -36.6% | -25.2% | |
| Net margin | -33.4% | -22.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.7% | -8.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.5% | 35.0% | |
| Current ratio | 11.11x | 8.52x | |
| Interest cover | -21.91x | -14.52x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on what is known at this time and the forecast information available, the potential downside sensitivities that have been considered, including the mitigating actions that are available in the event that further financing is required, the Directors believe it appropriate to prepare the financial statements under the going concern basis and for the Company to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- FENWICK,LIMITED · parent
- Bentalls Plc 100%
- Bentalls Property Company Limited 100%
- Fenwick of Bond Street Limited 100%
- Fenwick of Leicester Limited 100%
- Fenwick of Newcastle Limited 100%
- H E Williams & Co. Limited 100%
- Mary Lee Limited 100%
- Ricemans (Canterbury) Limited 100%
- Ricemans (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Ricemans Limited 100%
- Williams & Griffin Limited 100%
- Fenwick Property Holdings Limited 100%
- Fenwick 141 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Chair, Simon Calver, stepped down at the end of his term in March 2024, and was succeeded by Sian Westerman, who had previously been a non-executive member of the Board. John Edgar, CEO, left the business and Mia Fenwick was appointed Executive Deputy Chair. In June a reorganisation of the Executive team, initiated by the move to a new online platform, created a new structure for the business.”
- “As part of the three-year strategy that was implemented by the new Executive team in September, we are focused on sales and margin growth, whilst driving cost efficiencies across our retail estate. The move to a new online platform is a key driver in the integration and alignment of teams and systems across the business.”
- “The Company implemented a new CRM platform, Klaviyo, to better understand and target new and existing customers, and driver retention and conversion in our stores and online. This CRM platform will allow for a single customer view once we have migrated to the new online platform, Shopify, in 2025.”
- “The Company launched 'Tastemakers', with a targeted media campaign, and instore activation that asked customers to come into store and experience the campaign in person whilst shopping new products.”
- “The Company continues to develop and see success from multiple brand partnerships, including the partnership with Newcastle United Football Club as Premium Retail Partner, the second partnership with Greggs, and Barbour.”
- “In June 2023, the High Court judged that amendments made to the Virgin Media Limited defined benefit pension scheme were invalid because the scheme's actuary did not provide the associated Section 37 certificate necessary. The Court of Appeal upheld the 2023 High Court ruling in July 2024 and there are plans to progress investigations into any potential impact for the Company's defined benefit pension schemes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERS, Jill | Secretary | 2000-09-25 | — | British |
| FENWICK, Hugo Mark | Director | 2017-12-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| FENWICK, Mia Rose | Director | 2017-12-01 | Apr 1978 | British |
| SHEEHY, Bernard | Director | 2022-10-10 | Feb 1965 | Irish |
| WESTERMAN, Sian Eleri | Director | 2019-03-01 | Nov 1962 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Ian James | Secretary | — | 2000-05-19 |
| OVERTOOM, Franciscus Johannes Carolus | Secretary | 2009-09-08 | 2009-09-08 |
| BARBER, Stephen David | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2021-06-24 |
| BEVAN, Richard Lloyd | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2008-06-02 |
| CALVER, Simon John | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| CROSS, Christine | Director | 2014-10-20 | 2018-05-24 |
| DIXON, Ian James | Director | 1999-08-31 | 2000-05-19 |
| DOYLE, Andrew James | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2020-04-01 |
| DRACOU, Karen | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2022-09-30 |
| EDGAR, John Peter | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2024-07-31 |
| FEATHER, Robert | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2020-04-01 |
| FENWICK, Christopher Mark | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| FENWICK, Hugo Mark | Director | 1999-08-31 | 2017-10-04 |
| FENWICK, James Frederick | Director | — | 2016-10-31 |
| FENWICK, John Andrew | Director | 1999-08-31 | 2016-10-31 |
| FENWICK, John | Director | — | 1997-06-12 |
| FENWICK, John James | Director | — | 2013-05-02 |
| FENWICK, Mark Anthony | Director | — | 2017-08-04 |
| FENWICK, Nicholas Adam Hodnett | Director | 1999-08-31 | 2017-08-11 |
| FENWICK, Peter Trevor | Director | — | 2009-05-14 |
| KERR, Alastair Gibson | Director | 2014-10-20 | 2016-10-31 |
| KING, Peter Derek | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2018-09-14 |
| LEGG, Jeffrey Philip | Director | — | 1996-12-04 |
| MARCHBANK, Michael Havelock | Director | — | 1994-10-14 |
| OVERTOOM, Franciscus Johannes Carolus | Director | 2009-09-08 | 2011-12-31 |
| PENMAN, David Magnus | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| PENNYCOOK, Richard John | Director | 2017-02-14 | 2020-04-01 |
| QUINN, Francis William | Director | — | 2003-10-09 |
| SMITH, Alan | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2008-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwick 1882 Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-12-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-20 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-12-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-12-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-26
-
Turnover
-4%
£180,448,000 £173,316,000
-
Cash
-52.8%
£177,303,000 £83,642,000
-
Net assets
-10.3%
£406,648,000 £364,922,000
-
Employees
-0.9%
1,569 1,555
-
Operating profit
+33.7%
-£66,001,000 -£43,738,000
-
Profit before tax
+34.2%
-£58,902,000 -£38,755,000
-
Wages
-2.8%
£57,583,000 £55,951,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers