FALKLAND ISLANDS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-4.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+9.8% vs 2024
Employees
6
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£402K
-10.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,924,000 | £6,104,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £450,000 | £402,000 | |
| Net profit | £307,000 | £312,000 | |
| Cash | £2,083,000 | £1,996,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,192,000 | £3,502,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,190,000 | £3,502,000 | |
| Equity | £3,190,000 | £3,502,000 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | |
| Wages | £189,000 | £200,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.8% | 5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.56x | 10.81x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has received confirmation from its parent company that it will continue to support the Company for at least twelve months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. A positive going concern assessment at a Group level covering a period to 31 March 2027, including potential downside scenarios to the base case forecast, provided additional assurance to the Company regarding support from the parent company. For these reasons, the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FALKLAND ISLANDS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Falkland Island Shipping Limited 1%
- Erebus Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMBA SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-09-07 | — | — |
| MUNRO, Stuart Ian | Director | 2022-04-14 | Oct 1967 | British |
| SHAMUYARIRA, Reuben | Director | 2022-11-25 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, John Laurence | Secretary | 2006-11-15 | 2007-07-12 |
| HAZELTON, Charles Albert | Secretary | — | 1998-04-06 |
| IVINS, James Browell | Secretary | 2007-07-12 | 2011-02-25 |
| KNIGHTLEY, Anthony Maurice | Secretary | 1998-04-06 | 2006-03-31 |
| WEST, Michael David | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2006-11-15 |
| COTTAM, Harold, Managing Director | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1996-01-31 |
| FOSTER, John Laurence | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2022-04-14 |
| GAINHAM, John Henry | Director | — | 2002-03-04 |
| HOBBS, Tim Ian | Director | 2017-10-12 | 2026-03-30 |
| HUDD, David Leslie | Director | 2006-11-14 | 2015-02-09 |
| IVINS, James Browell | Director | 2007-07-12 | 2011-02-25 |
| KNIGHTLEY, Anthony Maurice | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| MCGREAL, Bryan | Director | — | 2005-07-25 |
| MOSEY, Stuart David Houlden | Director | — | 1993-01-26 |
| MUIRHEAD, Hugh Spencer | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| ROWLAND, Edmund Lloyd | Director | 2015-02-09 | 2017-05-02 |
| WALLACE, George Roger | Director | — | 2002-09-04 |
| WEST, Michael David | Director | 2006-02-07 | 2006-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fih Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-44.1%
£10,924,000 £6,104,000
-
Cash
-4.2%
£2,083,000 £1,996,000
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£3,190,000 £3,502,000
-
Employees
0%
6 6
-
Profit before tax
-10.7%
£450,000 £402,000
-
Wages
+5.8%
£189,000 £200,000
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