FRANK MERCER & SONS LIMITED

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 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Hill Eckersley & Co

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “The Directors are satisfied with the results given the current economic climate and disruptions to production due to installation of new plant and machinery.”
• “The external commercial environment is expected to continue to be very challenging in 2024/25 due to continued rising costs and the general economic climate, particularly within the building industry.”
• “Our recycled plastic portfolio "Toughtimber" has been expanded from decking and fencing into products such as picnic and park benches, fishing pegs and other sundry hard plastic products.”
• “We are currently implementing a new system that will streamline our weighbridge procedure. It will establish a paperless system and improve the process of reconciling scrap plastic deliveries with invoice matching.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -10.9%

  £15,558,711 → £13,867,167

• Cash

  -74.6%

  £2,233,498 → £567,386

• Net assets

  -5.3%

  £4,902,854 → £4,642,881

• Employees

  +18.2%

  66 → 78

• Operating profit

  +3.8%

  £1,006,356 → £1,044,962

• Profit before tax

  +6.3%

  £955,531 → £1,015,367

• Wages

  -40.9%

  £4,610,555 → £2,725,472

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