J.H. FENNER & CO. LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  The directors believe that adopting a basis other than the going concern basis is appropriate given that all significant trading in the entity ceased at the end of 2023. As a result of the decision to close Fenner Dunlop Conveyor Engineered Conveyors (the largest trading division within J. H. Fenner & Co. Limited), all significant trade ceased in 2023. Given the ongoing process, the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern.

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Constantin

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“The directors believe that adopting a basis other than the going concern basis is appropriate given that all significant trading in the entity ceased at the end of 2023. As a result of the decision to close Fenner Dunlop Conveyor Engineered Conveyors (the largest trading division within J. H. Fenner & Co. Limited), all significant trade ceased in 2023. Given the ongoing process, the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern.”

Significant events

• “Following the closure of the Marfleet site in 2023, the primary focus of 2024 has been to wind down commercial operations with existing customers and the exit of the site.”
• “On 29th February 2024 the Company received a capital injection from its parent company Fenner Group Holdings Limited. The share capital of the Company was increased. The Company issued 16,000,000 ordinary shares of £1 each for a cash consideration of £16,000,000.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -96.6%

  £16,068,000 → £554,000

• Cash

  -79%

  £690,000 → £145,000

• Net assets

  +123.5%

  -£12,407,000 → £2,918,000

• Employees

  -100%

  49 → 0

• Operating profit

  +142.7%

  -£389,000 → £166,000

• Profit before tax

  +110.1%

  -£1,336,000 → £135,000

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