F.J. CHURCH & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7K
-92.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+3.2% vs 2024
Employees
46
-4.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£219K
+107.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- F.J. CHURCH & SONS LIMITED 2007-03-30 → present
- F.J. CHURCH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1993-11-22 → 2007-03-30
- F.J. CHURCH & SONS LIMITED 1937-01-04 → 1993-11-22
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £95,039,190 | £106,983,422 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,528,216 | £856,785 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£3,036,938 | £218,785 | |
| Net profit | — | -£2,347,420 | £290,460 | |
| Cash | — | £98,394 | £6,984 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,513,767 | £9,649,326 | |
| Net assets | — | £9,040,632 | £9,331,092 | |
| Equity | £12,388,052 | £9,040,632 | £9,331,092 | |
| Average employees | — | 48 | 46 | |
| Wages | — | £2,221,206 | £2,220,349 |
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 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -2.7% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | — | -2.5% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -26.6% | 8.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.62x | |
| Interest cover | — | -4.94x | 1.34x |
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
- Adler Shine LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a mir financial statements. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCH, Caroline Rosalie | Director | 2020-06-19 | Jul 1957 | English |
| MAGSON, Ian Simon | Director | 2014-06-17 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCH, Patrick John | Secretary | 2000-07-05 | 2013-08-30 |
| PAPANASTASIOU, Christakis Andreou | Secretary | 1993-01-04 | 1991-10-27 |
| ROBERTS, Stephen John | Secretary | — | 2000-07-05 |
| CHURCH, Adrienne Claire | Director | — | 2007-04-01 |
| CHURCH, Caroline Rosalie | Director | — | 2007-04-01 |
| CHURCH, Mary | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| CHURCH, Patrick John | Director | — | 2024-11-28 |
| CHURCH, Stephen Mark | Director | — | 2013-08-30 |
| FOX, David John | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2013-01-18 |
| FOX, David John | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| MORAN, Alison Maureen | Director | 2013-08-30 | 2014-06-17 |
| SWABY, Derek Michael | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2013-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fjc Topco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-08-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2021-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+12.6%
£95,039,190 £106,983,422
-
Cash
-92.9%
£98,394 £6,984
-
Net assets
+3.2%
£9,040,632 £9,331,092
-
Employees
-4.2%
48 46
-
Operating profit
+133.9%
-£2,528,216 £856,785
-
Profit before tax
+107.2%
-£3,036,938 £218,785
-
Wages
0%
£2,221,206 £2,220,349
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