AFC EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-15 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+11.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
-3.6% vs 2023
Employees
126
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-25.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-07-07
- AFC EUROPE LIMITED 2025-07-07 → present
- TFC LIMITED 2007-02-28 → 2025-07-07
- TFC PLC 2000-05-25 → 2007-02-28
- THE FASTENERS CENTRE PLC 1995-04-01 → 2000-05-25
- FASTENERS CORPORATION PLC(THE) 1983-09-08 → 1995-04-01
- G.C. HALE & COMPANY LIMITED 1960-11-16 → 1983-09-08
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 | £29,873,051 | £28,245,492 | |
| Operating profit | £2,600,835 | £1,934,738 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,586,002 | £1,930,661 | |
| Net profit | £2,187,897 | £1,766,814 | |
| Cash | £2,099,484 | £2,339,491 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,138,687 | £18,994,022 | |
| Net assets | £19,461,380 | £18,755,791 | |
| Equity | £19,461,380 | £18,755,791 | |
| Average employees | 127 | 126 | |
| Wages | £3,773,105 | £3,953,094 |
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 | 8.7% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.9% | 10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.9% | 31.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.72x | 3.12x | |
| Interest cover | 97.80x | 67.85x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that they consider the going concern basis to be appropriate. The Directors consider that the going concern basis is appropriate as the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future based on current trading and cash flow forecasts.”
Significant events
- “The launch of our new Service Centre in Heywood, Manchester, marks a significant milestone in our strategy to enhance customer service and responsiveness across the region.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILLINGE, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2020-10-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| BROWN, Christopher James | Director | 2022-06-29 | Jul 1984 | American |
| BURGOYNE, Morgan | Director | 2008-04-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
| GODIN, Kevin | Director | 2022-06-29 | Oct 1976 | American |
| KENTISH, Keith Roberts | Director | 2015-04-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| MCCARTHY, Kevin | Director | 2022-06-29 | Feb 1962 | American |
| SANDERS, Stephen John | Director | 2023-08-01 | Jan 1972 | English |
| TEALE, Steven | Director | 2015-04-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Evelyn Jane | Secretary | — | 2008-04-01 |
| FRANCIS, John Stuart | Secretary | 2008-06-02 | 2015-05-31 |
| GASSON, Kay | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2008-06-02 |
| SMITH, Graham Alan | Secretary | 2008-11-27 | 2022-06-29 |
| CLARKE, Martin Hugh | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2019-09-16 |
| DAVIS, Evelyn Jane | Director | — | 2015-07-31 |
| GASSON, Kay | Director | 2007-09-17 | 2008-06-02 |
| GOODE, Brian Robert | Director | — | 2012-03-31 |
| HALE, David Gerald Royston | Director | — | 2007-03-06 |
| HALE, Gerald Cecil | Director | — | 1993-09-13 |
| HERHOLD, Berndt | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2014-10-08 |
| JACKSON, Alan Leslie | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2023-09-15 |
| MACLENNAN, Donald Alexander | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2008-03-28 |
| SMITH, Graham Alan | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2022-06-29 |
| TIBBLE, Barry Trevor | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2007-09-14 |
| WEBB, Denis Patrick | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tfc Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-07 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-5.4%
£29,873,051 £28,245,492
-
Cash
+11.4%
£2,099,484 £2,339,491
-
Net assets
-3.6%
£19,461,380 £18,755,791
-
Employees
-0.8%
127 126
-
Operating profit
-25.6%
£2,600,835 £1,934,738
-
Profit before tax
-25.3%
£2,586,002 £1,930,661
-
Wages
+4.8%
£3,773,105 £3,953,094
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