FARREL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-17 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-53.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+5.3% vs 2023
Employees
174
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+94.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FARREL LIMITED 1988-06-03 → present
- FARREL BRIDGE LIMITED 1986-05-15 → 1988-06-03
- COURTCOURT LIMITED 1985-06-14 → 1986-05-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £44,543,443 | £39,308,343 | |
| Operating profit | £2,006,300 | £3,512,942 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,713,231 | £3,332,096 | |
| Net profit | £1,274,258 | £2,479,944 | |
| Cash | £2,170,239 | £1,018,265 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,140,326 | £20,267,881 | |
| Net assets | £16,179,491 | £17,030,569 | |
| Equity | £16,179,491 | £17,030,569 | |
| Average employees | 167 | 174 | |
| Wages | £7,886,024 | £8,520,416 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 17.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.4% | 61.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 6.84x | 19.14x |
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
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In making their assessment, the directors have prepared forecasts through to 30 June 2026 and have assessed the liquidity requirements of the Company. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.”
Significant events
- “Sales were 0.6% higher than the full year budget but were 11.8% lower than the prior year actuals.”
- “Inventory levels are 28.4% higher than 2023, with WIP up by 53.7% and a decrease of 2.9% in raw materials.”
- “Trade debtors have reduced by 46.7% compared to the prior year, with this being driven by the volume of year-end shipments, but also a significant improvement in credit control and recoverability.”
- “The global demand for tyres is expected to increase for the foreseeable future with growth being driven by the rising demand for vehicles and increased urbanisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERWORTH, Ian Charles | Director | 2019-11-06 | Oct 1970 | British |
| ROWE, Peter Leslie | Director | 2022-11-14 | Aug 1972 | British |
| WILSON, Ian | Director | 2011-11-29 | May 1969 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOPLIN, Richard John | Secretary | — | 1993-11-02 |
| LIFELY, Adrian Michael | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | 1996-11-08 |
| CURSITOR SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-11-10 | 1996-04-01 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-08 | 2017-01-13 |
| BACHMANN, Dieter Wolfgange | Director | 2002-06-15 | 2004-06-15 |
| BRADLEY, Jonathan Dean | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2004-04-15 |
| DOBSON, Stephen Brian | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2003-01-11 |
| DOBSON, Stephen Brian | Director | — | 1993-11-10 |
| FRANCKEL, Mark Bernard | Director | 2005-10-17 | 2007-01-31 |
| GASKELL, Peter | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2019-12-20 |
| HILTROP, Tom | Director | 1993-08-10 | 1994-02-02 |
| JACKSON, Derek | Director | — | 1993-08-24 |
| JOPLIN, Richard John | Director | — | 1993-11-02 |
| KEUTER, Harald Wilhelm Friedrich | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2022-11-14 |
| KITTOS, George | Director | 2004-06-16 | 2007-08-10 |
| LIEBERGESELL, Rolf Karl | Director | — | 2007-02-23 |
| MASON, Michael James | Director | 2003-01-15 | 2005-10-14 |
| MEULBROEK, Mark | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2021-04-19 |
| NEWELL, Alan | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2023-11-30 |
| PURDY, James Arthur | Director | — | 2002-06-15 |
| ROYLE, Graham | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| SHAIO, Albert | Director | — | 2010-11-11 |
| SPEARS, Alan Charles | Director | 2007-07-09 | 2009-10-16 |
| STAPLETON, John Arthur Keith | Director | 1994-10-17 | 1999-05-28 |
| SVENSSON, Karl Nichols | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| VAN DOORN, Robert | Director | 1993-11-10 | 1995-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-11.8%
£44,543,443 £39,308,343
-
Cash
-53.1%
£2,170,239 £1,018,265
-
Net assets
+5.3%
£16,179,491 £17,030,569
-
Employees
+4.2%
167 174
-
Operating profit
+75.1%
£2,006,300 £3,512,942
-
Profit before tax
+94.5%
£1,713,231 £3,332,096
-
Wages
+8%
£7,886,024 £8,520,416
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