FOSTER & FREEMAN 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)

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

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. These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors, after careful and due consideration, believe that the company has sufficient cash resources available to it to ensure that it will be able to meet its debts as they fall due for the foreseeable future, including any realistically foreseeable effects of the ongoing geopolitical and economic situation.”

Group structure

1. FOSTER & FREEMAN LIMITED · parent
   1. Foster & Freeman USA, Inc. 100% · USA · Retail of Forensic Equipment
   2. Foster & Freeman Europe GmbH 100% · Germany · Retail of Forensic Equipment
   3. Foster & Freeman Netherlands BV 100% · Netherlands · Retail of Forensic Equipment

Significant events

• “2024 was another mixed year for the company, with progress in some areas of the world offset by weakness elsewhere. Despite the ongoing challenge of reduced government budgets, we still achieved modest overall progress in terms of both revenue and operating profit. We continued to expand and enhance our product range during the year, with the highlight being the hugely upgraded VSC9000... The year also saw the completion of the FFLEX fuming cabinet range with the launch of the Large variant... 2025 will see the launch of the VSC9000's smaller sibling the VSC90, along with other additions to the range.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +1.5%

  £25,653,659 → £26,043,683

• Cash

  -21.2%

  £6,315,735 → £4,978,788

• Net assets

  +22.5%

  £21,875,217 → £26,794,187

• Employees

  +0.7%

  144 → 145

• Operating profit

  +22.1%

  £4,470,712 → £5,459,134

• Profit before tax

  +20.5%

  £4,614,465 → £5,560,796

• Wages

  -5.5%

  £6,445,390 → £6,087,987

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