F W S CARTER & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-13 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-33.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£79M
+6.7% vs 2024
Employees
318
+5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
-6.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- F W S CARTER & SONS LIMITED 1987-02-12 → present
- TRIMVALID LIMITED 1986-07-03 → 1987-02-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £69,221,000 | £73,063,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,391,000 | £6,083,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,679,000 | £7,166,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,284,000 | £5,891,000 | |
| Cash | £6,916,000 | £4,607,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £119,084,000 | £129,374,000 | |
| Net assets | £73,949,000 | £78,887,000 | |
| Equity | £73,949,000 | £78,887,000 | |
| Average employees | 303 | 318 | |
| Wages | £7,223,000 | £8,026,000 |
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 | 12.1% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.0% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.6% | 44.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 2.90x | 2.26x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Group structure
- F W S CARTER & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Greendale Power Ltd 1%
- Greendale Leisure Ltd 1%
- FWSC (Exmouth) Ltd 1%
- Willowglen Renewables Ltd 1%
- Greendale Group Ltd 1%
- Greendale Living Ltd 1%
- Greendale Seafoods Ltd 1%
- Exmouth Port Services Ltd 1%
- Exmouth Marina Ltd 1%
- Waterdance Ltd 1%
Significant events
- “On 28 May 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the share capital of Westexe Pallet Storage Holdings Limited along with its wholly owned trading subsidiary, Westexe Pallet Storage Limited, for consideration of £463,000.”
- “On 12 June 2025, Waterdance Trading Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waterdance Limited, was incorporated and is expected to commence trading in the year to 31 March 2026.”
- “On 23 September 2025, Exmouth Marina Limited completed the acquisition of The Exmouth Docks Company and a parcel of freehold land (including the marina basin).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Alec Robin Bill | Director | 2003-06-16 | Dec 1974 | British |
| CARTER, Mathew Rowan | Director | 2007-10-01 | Jun 1982 | British |
| CARTER, Robin Anthony Bill | Director | — | Aug 1944 | British |
| CARTER, Rowan Charles | Director | — | Aug 1953 | British |
| CHANTER, Thomas Fulco French Wolfer | Director | 2025-12-02 | Aug 1992 | British |
| GIBBONS, Richard Douglas Maurice | Director | 2025-12-02 | Jan 1986 | British |
| YOUELL, Martyn John | Director | 2025-12-02 | Aug 1984 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERMAN, Peter | Secretary | 1999-05-10 | 2024-09-17 |
| PRINCE, Richard John Robert | Secretary | — | 1999-05-10 |
| CARTER, Frank William Sydenham | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| GERMAN, Peter Lewin | Director | 2011-08-03 | 2024-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Zoe Anne House | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-03-14 | Active |
| Mr Alec Robin Bill Carter | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-03-14 | Active |
| Ms Penelope Beatrice Dart | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-03-14 | Active |
| Mr Rowan Charles Carter | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Robin Anthony Bill Carter | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+5.6%
£69,221,000 £73,063,000
-
Cash
-33.4%
£6,916,000 £4,607,000
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£73,949,000 £78,887,000
-
Employees
+5%
303 318
-
Operating profit
-27.5%
£8,391,000 £6,083,000
-
Profit before tax
-6.7%
£7,679,000 £7,166,000
-
Wages
+11.1%
£7,223,000 £8,026,000
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