FOWLE & CO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
-0.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
34
+17.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£656K
-20.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £55,321,714 | — | — | £50,132,484 | £46,069,057 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £7,312,620 | — | — | £356,339 | £118,287 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £7,287,342 | — | — | £821,951 | £655,715 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £5,836,995 | — | — | £615,572 | £475,847 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,836,379 | — | — | £14,002,011 | £13,946,003 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £11,329,485 | — | — | £17,657,630 | £17,884,310 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £10,322,559 | — | — | £16,995,763 | £17,299,610 | |
| Equity | £5,704,036 | £5,709,416 | £10,322,559 | £15,891,961 | — | £16,995,763 | £17,299,610 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 42 | — | — | 29 | 34 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,475,948 | — | — | £2,077,058 | £2,197,161 |
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 | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 13.2% | — | — | 0.7% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 10.6% | — | — | 1.2% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 64.5% | — | — | 2.0% | 0.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.89x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 152.15x | — | — | 2.70x | 2.29x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FOWLE & CO LIMITED · parent
- Steelco (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our profits over the last few years rather than being paid out in vast dividends as some have done we have retained and now invest in a number of timed deposits with our bank and as interest is falling we have turned to gilt edge securities offering 4.5% and better, after our year end we have expanded our purchases in this area it has proved a very useful adjunct to our business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLE, Alan | Secretary | — | — | British |
| FOWLE, Alan | Director | — | Aug 1946 | British |
| FOWLE, Beverly Jane | Director | — | Oct 1945 | British |
| FOWLE, Elisabeth Marguerite | Director | — | Apr 1956 | French |
| FOWLE, Elliott Nigel | Director | 2023-02-27 | Aug 1976 | British |
| FOWLE, Matthew Edward | Director | 2023-02-27 | Aug 1976 | British |
| FOWLE, Nigel | Director | — | Sep 1948 | British |
| FOWLE, Sebastian Edward Iacchos | Director | 2023-02-27 | Jul 1978 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Fowle | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Nigel Fowle | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-8.1%
£50,132,484 £46,069,057
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-0.4%
£14,002,011 £13,946,003
-
Net assets
+1.8%
£16,995,763 £17,299,610
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+17.2%
29 34
-
Operating profit
-66.8%
£356,339 £118,287
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-20.2%
£821,951 £655,715
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+5.8%
£2,077,058 £2,197,161
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