MACFARLANES SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+10,871.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+30.8% vs 2024
Employees
193
-75.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-75.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MACFARLANES SERVICES LIMITED 1996-09-23 → present
- DOW OFFICE SERVICES LIMITED 1973-12-21 → 1996-09-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £103,445,000 | £25,531,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,885,165 | £1,699,705 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,896,165 | £1,700,288 | |
| Net profit | £5,598,193 | £1,373,534 | |
| Cash | £59,244 | £6,500,001 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,101,816 | £6,671,350 | |
| Equity | £5,101,816 | £6,671,350 | |
| Average employees | 783 | 193 | |
| Wages | £78,837,276 | £18,897,469 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 5.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 51.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | 339.94x |
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
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed post balance sheet performance, stress tested scenario forecasts for profitability, liquidity and capital requirements, and based on these the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has sufficient funds and capital resources to continue as a going concern and as such have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MACFARLANES SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Macfarlanes LLP 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2024, the employment contracts of the staff were transferred from Macfarlanes Services Limited to Macfarlanes LLP. At 31 March 2025, the company has no employees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSLEY, Damien Adrian | Director | 2026-03-31 | May 1978 | British |
| POWELL, Luke | Director | 2022-05-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLUTTERBUCK, Jane | Secretary | 1999-10-07 | 2000-08-04 |
| HOWARD, Julian Francis | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| MARTIN, Simon Richard | Secretary | 2008-05-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| PHIPPEN, Conway Paul | Secretary | 2000-08-04 | 2008-05-01 |
| YOUNGS, Neville Stanley | Secretary | — | 1999-10-07 |
| BUCKLEY, Guy James Mclean | Director | — | 1992-10-19 |
| DILGER, John Joseph | Director | 1992-10-19 | 1998-04-30 |
| FORMBY, Roger Myles | Director | — | 1999-04-30 |
| HAYES, Derek | Director | — | 1999-04-30 |
| HOWARD, Julian Francis | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| MACFARLANE, Jonathan Stephen | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1999-04-30 |
| MARTIN, Charles David Zelenka | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| MARTIN, Simon Richard | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| PARISH, Christopher Henry Woodbine | Director | — | 1995-04-30 |
| PHIPPEN, Conway Paul | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2008-05-01 |
| PRICHARD JONES, Sebastian James | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| REUBEN, Richard Maurice Emile | Director | 1999-04-30 | 2011-04-06 |
| SMEED, Geoffrey Stanford Hugh | Director | — | 1995-04-30 |
| SUTTON, Robert Hiles | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2008-05-01 |
| TREVES, Vanni Emanuele | Director | — | 1999-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macfarlanes Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-75.3%
£103,445,000 £25,531,000
-
Cash
+10,871.6%
£59,244 £6,500,001
-
Net assets
+30.8%
£5,101,816 £6,671,350
-
Employees
-75.4%
783 193
-
Operating profit
-75.3%
£6,885,165 £1,699,705
-
Profit before tax
-75.3%
£6,896,165 £1,700,288
-
Wages
-76%
£78,837,276 £18,897,469
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