GEORGE FISCHER SALES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-17 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-03
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+4% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+2.3% vs 2023
Employees
96
-7.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+8.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GEORGE FISCHER SALES LIMITED 2005-01-04 → present
- GEORGE FISCHER HOLDING LIMITED 1997-04-07 → 2005-01-04
- GEORGE FISCHER (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED 1933-03-03 → 1997-04-07
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 | £46,111,000 | £45,032,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,486,000 | £2,446,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,448,000 | £2,656,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,065,000 | £2,031,000 | |
| Cash | £3,547,000 | £3,689,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,147,000 | £23,923,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,674,000 | £22,183,000 | |
| Equity | £21,674,000 | £22,183,000 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 96 | |
| Wages | £5,732,000 | £5,554,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 10.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.60x | 2.25x | |
| Interest cover | 14.62x | 26.59x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having reviewed budgets and forecasts, have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The decision was made to transfer the building technology component of the company's trade to Uponor Limited in the UK on 1st April 2025, in line with the GF decision to transfer the worldwide building technology business from the GF Piping Systems division to the GF Building Flow Solutions division.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAINS, Narinder Kaur | Secretary | 2008-02-01 | — | British |
| ANDORFER, Theresa Maria | Director | 2026-04-13 | Jan 1989 | Austrian |
| OUTHWAITE, David Michael | Director | 2013-12-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| PETER, Juerg | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jun 1984 | Swiss |
| TOYER, Gareth James | Director | 2025-08-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAC FARLANE, Andrew | Secretary | — | 2008-01-31 |
| ABT, Roland | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2005-01-31 |
| ALSEM, Robbert | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| BERNASCONI, Leo | Director | 1995-06-06 | 1996-11-05 |
| BEWG, Daniel Terence | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| BUHRER, Gerold | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| COOK, David Giles Hammond | Director | — | 2010-01-31 |
| FRISENBORG, Jens Bjorn | Director | 2010-05-03 | 2016-01-01 |
| GAUTSCHI, Stefan | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2009-06-30 |
| GREASBY, Rachel Ann | Director | 2022-03-14 | 2025-07-31 |
| HARY, Thomas | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| HILTMANN, Alfred Karl Hermann | Director | 1995-01-17 | 1995-12-31 |
| HOERNI, Willy Walter | Director | — | 1991-04-30 |
| HUBER, Martin | Director | — | 1992-03-11 |
| JOERGENSEN, Mads | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| LITSCHER, Werner | Director | 1993-12-13 | 1994-11-12 |
| LOADER, Mark Darren | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2022-11-30 |
| LOBE, Rolf Dieter | Director | — | 1993-08-13 |
| LORI, Pietro | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| MAC FARLANE, Andrew | Director | 1993-12-13 | 2008-01-31 |
| MALKIN, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2005-01-31 | 2009-09-30 |
| MATTHEWS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2024-02-29 |
| MILLER, Simon Andrew | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2023-07-14 |
| MYERS, Darren | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2016-11-30 |
| PINDER, Benjamin James | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2022-12-05 |
| ROSS, Ian | Director | 2005-01-31 | 2020-07-31 |
| RUFER, Friedrich | Director | 1996-11-05 | 2004-04-22 |
| SEILER, Heinz | Director | — | 1993-08-13 |
| TREVASKIS, Richard | Director | 2005-01-31 | 2022-03-14 |
| VAN ACKERE, Dominique Andre | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2025-06-30 |
| WARD, Eric Stuart | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2013-07-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-2.3%
£46,111,000 £45,032,000
-
Cash
+4%
£3,547,000 £3,689,000
-
Net assets
+2.3%
£21,674,000 £22,183,000
-
Employees
-7.7%
104 96
-
Operating profit
-1.6%
£2,486,000 £2,446,000
-
Profit before tax
+8.5%
£2,448,000 £2,656,000
-
Wages
-3.1%
£5,732,000 £5,554,000
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