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JAMES FISHER AND SONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

#00211475 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1926-02-02 (100y 3m) · Last filing 2026-05-06 (this month)
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2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-11 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£86M

+11.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£190M

+28.1% vs 2023

Employees

1,873

-12% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£54M

+235.3% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £496,200,000£437,700,000
Operating profit -£18,600,000£73,100,000
Profit before tax -£39,900,000£54,000,000
Net profit -£62,300,000£46,400,000
Cash £77,500,000£86,200,000
Total assets less current liabilities £309,500,000£308,700,000
Net assets £148,600,000£190,300,000
Equity £148,600,000£190,300,000
Average employees 2,1291,873
Wages £104,900,000£105,700,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -3.7%16.7%
Net margin -12.6%10.6%
Return on capital employed -6.0%23.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 73.4%62.8%
Current ratio 1.39x1.18x
Interest cover -0.76x3.45x

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
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Board considers it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements. The Directors have also made appropriate enquiries into the Group's financial position, including reviewing the Group's compliance with its banking covenants, to form a reasonable expectation that the Group will continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements.”

Group structure

  1. JAMES FISHER AND SONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
    1. Bumi Technical Services Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    2. Deep Sea Operation & Maintenance Co. Ltd 100% · Al Khobar City, PO Box 2716, Al Olaya, 34447, Saudi Arabia
    3. EDS HV Group Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    4. Electricity Distribution Services Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    5. Hughes Marine Engineering Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    6. Hughes Sub Surface Engineering Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    7. JFN (Guyana) Inc 100% · Lot 62 Hadfield & Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana
    8. James Fisher Asset Integration Services Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    9. James Fisher Japan Limited 100% · Nihonbashi 1-chome Mitsui Building, 1-4-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    10. James Fisher Marine Services Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    11. James Fisher Marine Services Limited - Taiwan branch 100% · Taiwan
    12. James Fisher Marine Services Malaysia Ltd 100% · Level 1, Lot 7, Block F, Bangunan Commercial Building, Jalan Palas, Miri, 97000 Labuan FT, Malaysia
    13. James Fisher Marine Services Middle East Limited FZCO 100% · PO Box 371072, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    14. James Fisher Marine Services Offshore GmbH 100% · Duisburg Brucke Maritime City, Dubai, UAE
    15. James Fisher Maritime Deutschland GmbH 100% · Baden-Würtemberg, Germany
    16. James Fisher Offshore (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd 100% · Room A, Ground Floor, Lot 1, Block A, Sabak, Permas Jaya, 81750 Labuan FT, Malaysia
    17. James Fisher Personnel S. de C.V. 100% · Mexico
    18. James Fisher Remonteables 100% · 3 Route France Comté, F-55031, Hauts de Quincampoix, 50103, Cherbourg-en-Contentin, Cherbourg-Octeville, France
    19. James Fisher Properties Two Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    20. James Fisher Subsea Excapation Inc 100% · Suite No 715, 1767 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas, 77070, United States
    21. James Fisher Subsea S.A. de C.V. 100% · Mexico
    22. James Fisher Subtech Namibia 100% · Namibia
    23. James Fisher Taiwan Co., Ltd 100% · Taiwan
    24. JCM Scotland Ltd 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    25. JF Dreadgear GmbH 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    26. JF Offshore (Pty) Limited 100% · Unit D. G/F, Old Gold Street Business Park, Gold Street, Proserpina, Windhoek
    27. Rotox 360 Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    28. Scan Tech AS 100% · Stavanger
    29. Scan Tech Personell AS 100% · Stavanger
    30. Scantech Offshore (SBL II) 100% · Oldmeldrum
    31. Scantech Offshore Limited 100% · Barrow-in-Furness
    32. Scantech Offshore (Pty) Ltd 100% · Henderson, Australia
    33. Servicios Maritimos Continental S.A. 90% · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    34. Strainstall International for Project Engineering LLC 100% · Big 3141, Street Anas Bin Malik, 8292, Al Malqa Dist, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    35. Strainstall Malaysia Sdn Bhd 100% · Ground Floor, 8, Lorong Mak Mandin 3/20, 16, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
    36. Strainstall Singapore Pte Ltd 100% · 25 North Bridge Road, #20-07, Singapore, 179104
    37. Subsea Engenulty Limited 100% · Oldmeldrum
    38. Subtech (Pty) Ltd 100% · Briardene, South Africa
    39. Subtech Mozambique Ltd 100% · Rua da Educacao, No.38, Matola, Mozambique
    40. Subtech Diving & Marine Arabia Limited 100% · The Subway Block, Mussafah Peninsula, Dar Es Salaam, United Arab Emirates
    41. Subtech Marine (Pty) Limited 100% · PO Box 90757, Shop 4B, Old Power Station Building, Armstrong Street, Windhoek
    42. Subtech Marine R2S Offshore LLC 70% · Floor 2, Building B1, One & Only Street 362, Al Jabri 1, Al Olaya Mall, Al Masraah Area, Doha, Qatar
    43. Subtech Middle East Saudi Company 100% · Office 102, Al Jazeera Building, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
    44. Subtech Norte Lda 100% · Rua da Boa Vista, 114, Distrito Urbano 1, Bairro Central, Maputo City, Mozambique
    45. Fender Care Marine Services LLC 49% · ICAD3, Mussafah, PO Box 371072, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    46. Fender Care Middle East LLC 49% · Plot 448/46, Emirates Industrial City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    47. Fender Care Marine (Middle East) FZCo 50% · PO Box 51602, Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
    48. Fender Care Marine Ltd 50% · 1 Adnan Street, North Kaneshie, Accra, Ghana
    49. Fender Care Marine Services Limited 50% · JFN 1104, LLC
    50. James Fisher Ghana Limited 49% · HNN 0 No 1, East Legon, Telley, Tessa Close, Accra, Ghana
    51. James Fisher Nigeria Limited 100% · Accra, Ghana
    52. First Response Marine Pte Ltd 50% · 16 Benoi Road, 629889, Singapore
    53. James Fisher Technology LLC 50% · Komadi, 5B83 Langlay Avenue, Delhi, 110019, India
    54. JFDMIL Technologies Private Limited 50% · 1517, Devika Tower, 6 Nehru Place, New Delhi, Delhi, 110019, India
    55. Wuhu Divex Diving System Limited 50% · No 58 Yongchang Road, China

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

9 active · 45 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MATTHEWS, Ben Secretary 2026-02-04 — —
ATKINSON, Justin Richard Director 2018-02-01 Dec 1960 British
BRAUNSCHMIDT, Inken, Dr. Director 2019-03-01 Oct 1974 German
COCKBURN, Angus George Director 2021-05-01 Jun 1963 British
HAWKINGS, Claire Louise Director 2022-01-01 May 1969 British
HAYZEN-SMITH, Karen Veronica Director 2023-12-01 Feb 1970 British
JASTRAM, Shian Vanessa Director 2024-03-01 Feb 1974 Danish
PANDYA, Kashyap Pushpkant Director 2021-11-01 Jan 1963 British
VERNET, Jean Bernard Director 2022-09-05 Mar 1961 American
Show 45 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
AFFORD, Helen Louise Secretary 2026-01-07 2026-02-04
BAUER, Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Secretary 2024-08-01 2025-01-23
BLYTH, John Terence Secretary — 2003-05-31
HAMES, Victoria Elizabeth Secretary 2025-01-23 2026-01-07
HOGGAN, Michael John Secretary 2011-02-01 2017-06-22
KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles Secretary 2010-09-01 2011-02-01
MARSH, James Henry John Secretary 2017-06-22 2022-09-01
MORGAN, Meirion Richard Secretary 2023-01-01 2024-08-01
SPEIRS, Peter Alexander Secretary 2022-09-01 2022-12-31
TYLER, Justin John Blakeney Secretary 2006-09-18 2010-08-31
VICK, Jonathan Procter Secretary 2003-06-01 2006-09-18
BAUER, Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Director 2024-08-01 2024-08-01
BEAZLEY, James Henry Tetley Director 1997-01-01 1997-12-31
BLYTH, John Terence Director — 1993-06-30
BUCHANAN, Richard Angus Fownes Director 1998-03-11 2004-12-06
COBB, David Bilsland Director 1994-05-12 2001-12-31
COMISKEY, Aedamar Ita Director 2014-11-01 2024-05-30
COOKE, Anthony Roderick Chichester Bancroft Director 2002-01-23 2011-12-31
EVERARD, Frederick Michael Director 2006-12-28 2014-04-30
EVERARD, William Derek Director 2006-12-28 2007-09-30
FORRESTER, Richard Peter Francis Director — 1994-08-17
GRAHAM, Fergus Hugh Stirling Director 2018-03-01 2020-03-19
HARDY, David William, Sir Director 1993-06-30 2004-04-30
HARRIS, Simon Allan Director 2005-08-23 2012-02-13
HARRIS, Timothy Charles, Mr Cbe Fca Acma Director 2001-09-26 2012-07-31
HART, Trevor Charles Director 1993-12-21 2000-01-14
HENRY, Nicholas Paul Director 2004-12-06 2019-09-30
HODGSON, Jeremy Geoffrey Director 2000-01-01 2002-01-23
HORNBY, John Fleet Director — 1993-12-21
KENNEDY, Duncan Director 2021-05-04 2023-12-01
KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles Director 2010-12-01 2021-04-29
MOORE, Terence Director 1998-03-11 2003-12-31
MOORHOUSE CBE, David George Director 2013-08-01 2019-02-28
O'LIONAIRD, Eoghan Pol Director 2019-09-01 2022-09-05
OSWALD, John Julian Robertson, Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Director 1993-12-21 2002-01-23
PAUL, Malcolm Stephen Director 2011-02-01 2021-04-30
RICE, Charles James Director 2004-04-01 2018-05-03
ROBINSON, Michael Cradock Director — 1995-06-30
SALTER, Michael John Lawrence Director 2013-08-01 2022-05-05
SERJENT, Ian Malcolm Director 1998-03-11 2006-05-04
SHIELDS, Michael John Director 1996-06-03 2010-11-30
SHIELDS, Michael John Director — 1993-06-30
STOREY, Maurice Director 2003-12-01 2013-12-31
THOMSON, David, Sir Director 1993-06-30 1998-05-08
TYRRELL, Michael John Murryfield Director — 1993-06-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 515 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-06 AUD auditors Auditors resignation company
2026-03-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-03-13 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-02-06 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-02-06 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-09 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-01-09 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-29 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-16 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-07-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-04-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-24 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-01-24 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-21 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-21 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-09-24 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-08-02 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-08-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-02 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

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

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

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