SAM FOGG LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-4.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£40M
+10.4% vs 2023
Employees
8
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+26.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SAM FOGG LTD 2002-10-21 → present
- SAM FOGG RARE BOOKS LIMITED 1987-03-26 → 2002-10-21
- SENATEFORM LIMITED 1986-12-30 → 1987-03-26
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £16,052,462 | £15,706,631 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3,699,934 | £4,697,658 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3,937,039 | £4,981,098 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £3,473,156 | £3,729,182 | |
| Cash | — | — | £9,900,937 | £9,490,438 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £35,988,942 | £39,718,124 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £35,988,942 | £39,718,124 | |
| Equity | — | — | £35,988,942 | £39,718,124 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 8 | 8 | |
| Wages | — | — | £751,145 | £715,466 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 23.0% | 29.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 21.6% | 23.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 10.3% | 11.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 9.2% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 10.88x | 19.88x |
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
- Shaw Wallace
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE MEILLAC, Catherine Louise | Director | 2020-05-18 | Apr 1986 | Portuguese |
| FOGG, John Samuel Kenneth | Director | — | Jun 1954 | British |
| REEVES, Matthew | Director | 2020-05-18 | May 1988 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKMAN, Tamalyn | Secretary | 2017-05-23 | 2019-03-15 |
| DAVIDSON, Catherine Jane | Secretary | 2003-08-11 | 2017-03-03 |
| FOGG, Georgia | Secretary | — | 1999-11-26 |
| ADELPHI SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-11-26 | 2003-08-11 |
| FOGG, Georgia | Director | — | 2003-08-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Samuel Kenneth Fogg | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-2.2%
£16,052,462 £15,706,631
-
Cash
-4.1%
£9,900,937 £9,490,438
-
Net assets
+10.4%
£35,988,942 £39,718,124
-
Employees
0%
8 8
-
Operating profit
+27%
£3,699,934 £4,697,658
-
Profit before tax
+26.5%
£3,937,039 £4,981,098
-
Wages
-4.7%
£751,145 £715,466
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