JOHN E.FELLS & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-07 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£874K
-75.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+0.4% vs 2023
Employees
72
+7.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-38% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £80,537,751 | £74,610,406 | |
| Operating profit | £1,687,895 | £1,022,819 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,647,150 | £1,020,929 | |
| Net profit | £1,290,616 | £682,775 | |
| Cash | £3,518,532 | £874,142 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,252,743 | £15,309,159 | |
| Net assets | £14,785,242 | £14,843,017 | |
| Equity | £14,785,242 | £14,843,017 | |
| Average employees | 67 | 72 | |
| Wages | £4,428,874 | £4,847,785 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.1% | 6.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.45x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | 10.63x | 17.45x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- JOHN E.FELLS & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Whigham, Fergusson Limited 100%
- Cossart, Gordon & Co. Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Fells managed to increase its distribution footprint, successfully integrate two new partners into the portfolio (Royal Tokaji and Copenhagen Sparkling Tea), complete a restructure of the Finance and Operation team, grow its packaging and product development business, upweighted its access to market data and insights and strengthen our charitable commitment to a local hospice.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONRADI, Ben | Secretary | 2023-10-19 | — | — |
| BENNETT, Alastair Jonathan Burness | Director | 2020-09-30 | Oct 1975 | British |
| BROCKETT, Richard James | Director | 2020-12-23 | Dec 1981 | British |
| HALL, Tiffany | Director | 2024-11-05 | Jul 1964 | British |
| HILL-SMITH, Robert Wyndham | Director | 2018-08-17 | Oct 1951 | Australian |
| MACKAY, Euan Malcolm | Director | 2023-06-29 | Jan 1965 | British |
| SYMINGTON, Robert | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 1983 | British |
| SYMINGTON, Rupert Alexander Douglas | Director | 2019-07-16 | Feb 1964 | British |
| SYMINGTON, Timothy Douglas, Mr. | Director | 2020-08-01 | May 1963 | British |
| THORNTON, Edward Jared Macleod | Director | 2000-02-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| WALLIS, Thomas Mark Timothy | Director | 2021-05-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCHARD, Jonathan Neil | Secretary | 1992-03-31 | 1998-09-04 |
| RIMES, Louise Catherine | Secretary | 1998-09-07 | 2023-10-19 |
| VAUX, John Gordon | Secretary | — | 1992-03-31 |
| BOWIE, Victor John Alexander | Director | — | 2006-03-06 |
| BRISTON, William John | Director | — | 2006-03-22 |
| CAMPBELL, Alan Robert | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2020-12-23 |
| DE JAVIER ESTEBAN, Luis | Director | 1994-02-02 | 2011-03-18 |
| GURNEY, Nicholas John | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2024-09-16 |
| HENRIOT, Joseph Paul Marie Georges | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| HENRIOT, Thomas | Director | 2013-07-31 | 2016-05-23 |
| MCKENZIE, Colin Michael | Director | 1991-12-12 | 2015-02-01 |
| MOODY, Stephen Antony | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| STANLEY-CLARK, Timothy Favell | Director | — | 1995-03-02 |
| SYMINGTON, John Andrew Douglas | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| SYMINGTON, Paul Douglas | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2020-12-23 |
| TERMES, Xavier Armengol | Director | 2023-11-29 | 2025-12-31 |
| THORPE, Simon William Michael | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2019-12-04 |
| TORRES MACZASSEK, Miguel | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2023-11-29 |
| VAUX, John Gordon | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| VINALS MATAS, Jordi | Director | 2011-03-18 | 2013-06-07 |
| WALTERS, Robert Hugh | Director | 1992-03-02 | 2007-04-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis Wine Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-7.4%
£80,537,751 £74,610,406
-
Cash
-75.2%
£3,518,532 £874,142
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£14,785,242 £14,843,017
-
Employees
+7.5%
67 72
-
Operating profit
-39.4%
£1,687,895 £1,022,819
-
Profit before tax
-38%
£1,647,150 £1,020,929
-
Wages
+9.5%
£4,428,874 £4,847,785
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers