FORTNUM & MASON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2027-01-15 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-13
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£37M
+7.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£81M
+12.1% vs 2024
Employees
1,108
-0.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15M
+60.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-13
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-14 | 2025-07-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £227,844,000 | £238,841,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,973,000 | £13,344,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,330,000 | £14,972,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,643,000 | £11,308,000 | |
| Cash | £34,356,000 | £37,022,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,342,000 | £82,619,000 | |
| Net assets | £72,015,000 | £80,741,000 | |
| Equity | £72,015,000 | £80,741,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,110 | 1,108 | |
| Wages | £47,385,000 | £49,899,000 |
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 | 2024-07-14 | 2025-07-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 16.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.41x | 2.41x | |
| Interest cover | 7973.00x | — |
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 the above, the Directors confirm they have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due from the date of signing these financial statements up to December 2026, and therefore adopt the going concern basis of preparation.”
Group structure
- FORTNUM & MASON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- F. & M. Limited 100%
- Fortnum & Mason (Export) Limited 100%
- Fortnum and Mason Hospitality Limited 100%
- Fortnum and Mason (London) Limited 100%
- Fortnums Limited 100%
- Fortnum & Mason USA Inc 100%
- Fortnum & Mason Europe BV 100%
Significant events
- “In November 2025 the company signed an agreement to receive a £3m settlement in relation to a trading matter.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARMICHAEL, Justin | Secretary | 2017-04-17 | — | — |
| ATHRON, Tom | Director | 2021-01-08 | Dec 1970 | British |
| CARMICHAEL, Justin | Director | 2021-01-08 | Nov 1973 | British |
| DIMBLEBY, Henry Richard Melville | Director | 2023-06-01 | May 1970 | British |
| HOBHOUSE, Anna Catrina | Director | 1999-11-26 | Jul 1962 | British |
| LOHAN, Tamara | Director | 2023-06-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| WESTON, Garth John | Director | 2015-07-13 | Feb 1969 | Canadian,New Zealander |
| WIKSTROM, Martha Shaffer | Director | 2014-06-06 | Jun 1956 | American |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTINDALE, Gerard William | Secretary | — | 2000-03-01 |
| COLLINS, Leslie John | Secretary | 2000-06-13 | 2006-10-03 |
| JOHNSON, Brian Albert William | Secretary | 2000-03-01 | 2000-06-13 |
| MCGINLEY, Nigel Stephen | Secretary | 2008-01-14 | 2017-04-16 |
| O'NEILL, Catherine Bridget Elizabeth | Secretary | 2006-10-03 | 2008-01-13 |
| ARTINDALE, Gerard William | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2000-03-01 |
| ASPINALL, Beverley Ann | Director | 2005-02-14 | 2012-04-27 |
| BURDESS, Simon Gareth | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2013-02-01 |
| DALGLISH, Camilla Howard | Director | — | 2011-10-31 |
| GATES, Stuart Morrison | Director | 1999-11-26 | 2004-05-27 |
| HAMILTON, Gerald Victor | Director | — | 2000-04-30 |
| KHAYAT, Jana Ruth | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2015-07-12 |
| LITHIBY, John Grant | Director | — | 2002-12-19 |
| MASON, Edward Geoffrey | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2007-04-17 |
| MCGINLEY, Nigel Stephen | Director | 2007-09-17 | 2017-04-16 |
| MEEHAN, Andrew David | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2013-07-14 |
| METCALF, Michael Edward | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2015-03-10 |
| MONAGHAN, Wallace | Director | — | 2001-03-23 |
| REBANKS, Mary Diane Wendy | Director | — | 1995-10-13 |
| VENTERS, Ewan Andrew | Director | 2012-08-06 | 2021-01-08 |
| VINCENT, Simon Robert | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2023-11-16 |
| WESTON, Garfield Howard | Director | — | 2002-02-15 |
| WESTON, Willard Gordon Galen | Director | — | 2011-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittington Investments Limited | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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 2025-07-13 vs 2024-07-14
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Turnover
+4.8%
£227,844,000 £238,841,000
-
Cash
+7.8%
£34,356,000 £37,022,000
-
Net assets
+12.1%
£72,015,000 £80,741,000
-
Employees
-0.2%
1,110 1,108
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Operating profit
+67.4%
£7,973,000 £13,344,000
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Profit before tax
+60.5%
£9,330,000 £14,972,000
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Wages
+5.3%
£47,385,000 £49,899,000
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