TOUCHSTONE FMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+10% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+14.4% vs 2024
Employees
89
+14.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£896K
-37.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,097,000 | £14,275,000 | |
| Operating profit | £705,000 | £200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,427,000 | £896,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,070,000 | £671,000 | |
| Cash | £6,387,000 | £7,026,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,662,000 | £5,333,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,662,000 | £5,333,000 | |
| Equity | £4,662,000 | £5,333,000 | |
| Average employees | 78 | 89 | |
| Wages | £5,631,000 | £6,140,000 |
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 | 5.0% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.1% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.3% | 79.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | — | 28.57x |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- TOUCHSTONE FMS LIMITED · parent
- FMS BI Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Touchstone FMS supplies sophisticated financial management systems to mid-sized organisations and now employs 89 (2024-78) staff.”
- “The Company's liquidity position remains strong, with its cash balances standing at £20.4m (2024: £20.8m) - £13.4m of the £20.4m is held in fixed term deposit accounts at the year end, as shown in note 12.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCH, David Philip | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BIRCH, David Philip | Director | — | Apr 1955 | British |
| BIRCH, Keith Gerard Joseph | Director | — | Aug 1956 | British |
| BUTLER, Christian | Director | 1999-02-04 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARR, Christopher Stuart | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2003-01-29 |
| BIRCH, Philip | Director | — | 1999-06-09 |
| CHAPMAN, John Simon | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2003-02-05 |
| DE CARLE, David Donald | Director | 1997-06-06 | 1999-06-09 |
| MCNAY, Adrian Joseph | Director | 2005-11-16 | 2011-04-06 |
| OBRIEN, John Edward | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2003-04-28 |
| PAPWORTH, Jonathan | Director | — | 1993-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touchstone Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-12-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2017-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+1.3%
£14,097,000 £14,275,000
-
Cash
+10%
£6,387,000 £7,026,000
-
Net assets
+14.4%
£4,662,000 £5,333,000
-
Employees
+14.1%
78 89
-
Operating profit
-71.6%
£705,000 £200,000
-
Profit before tax
-37.2%
£1,427,000 £896,000
-
Wages
+9%
£5,631,000 £6,140,000
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