COLEFAX AND FOWLER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+53.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+15.5% vs 2024
Employees
142
-2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-11.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COLEFAX AND FOWLER LIMITED 2007-12-06 → present
- JANE CHURCHILL LIMITED 1982-09-28 → 2007-12-06
- VOCALFAME LIMITED 1982-06-18 → 1982-09-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £59,612,000 | £61,100,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,160,000 | £3,074,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,937,000 | £2,600,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,172,000 | £1,890,000 | |
| Cash | £4,686,000 | £7,173,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,833,000 | £19,223,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,051,000 | £8,146,000 | |
| Equity | £7,051,000 | £8,146,000 | |
| Average employees | 146 | 142 | |
| Wages | £6,975,000 | £6,992,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.6% | 16.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.6% | 77.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | 12.59x | 5.23x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In adopting the going concern basis for preparing the financial statements the Directors have considered the business activities including the principal risks and uncertainties. Based on cash flow forecasts and various 'stress test' scenarios, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and therefore it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2025.”
Group structure
- COLEFAX AND FOWLER LIMITED · parent
- Manuel Canovas Limited 100%
- Colefax & Fowler Srl 100%
- Colefax & Fowler SL 100%
Significant events
- “Investment in subsidiaries decreased by £328,000 in the year. The investment in Manuel Canovas Limited, a dormant subsidiary, was written down to its estimated recoverable amount of £nil during the year (2024: £328,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Robert Michael | Secretary | 1994-02-01 | — | British |
| BARKER, Robert Michael | Director | 1993-01-04 | Aug 1963 | British |
| GREEN, David Brian | Director | 1994-02-01 | Feb 1946 | British |
| GREEN, Timothy Benjamin | Director | 2019-04-23 | Jul 1975 | British |
| MACGREGOR, Sarah Jane | Director | 2005-12-01 | Aug 1961 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARSON, Frederic Barrie | Secretary | — | 1994-01-31 |
| CAMPION, Deirdre | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2009-04-06 |
| CANN, Elizabeth Davina | Director | 2003-10-06 | 2004-08-17 |
| GRAFTON, Ann | Director | — | 2003-08-12 |
| KARLSEN VON WETTIN, Erik Arnt Rudolf | Director | — | 1992-05-01 |
| KENNEDY, James Christopher Jules | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2001-07-05 |
| MACLELLAN, Lindsay Jane | Director | 2004-03-08 | 2011-12-06 |
| PEARSON, Frederic Barrie | Director | — | 1994-01-31 |
| ROBINSON, Rita Diane | Director | 1995-02-23 | 1998-12-02 |
| WALKER, Ianthe | Director | — | 1992-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colefax Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-02-02 | 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+2.5%
£59,612,000 £61,100,000
-
Cash
+53.1%
£4,686,000 £7,173,000
-
Net assets
+15.5%
£7,051,000 £8,146,000
-
Employees
-2.7%
146 142
-
Operating profit
-2.7%
£3,160,000 £3,074,000
-
Profit before tax
-11.5%
£2,937,000 £2,600,000
-
Wages
+0.2%
£6,975,000 £6,992,000
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