FASTNET FISH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+6.3% vs 2024
Employees
59
-4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+30.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FASTNET FISH LIMITED 1987-08-21 → present
- FASTNET FISH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1987-01-19 → 1987-08-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £161,722,000 | £160,462,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,609,000 | £3,032,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,566,000 | £2,038,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,099,000 | £1,411,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,160,000 | £20,763,000 | |
| Net assets | £19,011,000 | £20,213,000 | |
| Equity | £19,011,000 | £20,213,000 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 59 | |
| Wages | £3,786,000 | £3,622,000 |
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 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.6% | 14.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 2.50x | 3.05x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecast cash flows and after discussions, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements”
Group structure
- FASTNET FISH LIMITED · parent
- FAS 2000 Limited 90%
- Wright and Eddie Limited 100%
- Westcountry Seafoods Limited 52%
- FAS (Ipswich) Limited 90%
- Surrey Fish Limited 90%
- Wilca Seafoods Limited 51%
Significant events
- “The Company has made charitable donations during the period totalling £9,101 (2024 £2 527).”
- “The directors recommended during the period, and the Company paid, a dividend of £99,000 (£0 165 per ordinary share) (2024 £486 000 (£081 per ordinary share)).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARRAR, Paul Morgan | Secretary | 2014-11-26 | — | — |
| BURTON, Daniel Robert | Director | 2024-10-21 | Mar 1961 | British |
| FARRAR, Paul Morgan | Director | 2020-08-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| MANTERFIELD, Scott Michael | Director | 2022-10-01 | Oct 1988 | British |
| MARR, Alexander George | Director | 2023-04-27 | May 1970 | British |
| MARR, Andrew Leslie | Director | 2004-10-01 | Feb 1942 | British |
| MARR, Christian Leslie | Director | 2010-01-04 | Apr 1972 | British |
| OMLEY, Matthew Efford | Director | 2008-04-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURT, Christopher Brian | Secretary | 2010-01-04 | 2014-11-26 |
| HASSALL, Norman | Secretary | — | 2004-10-01 |
| REGAN, Andrew William | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2010-01-04 |
| BARON, Anna | Director | — | 1994-07-31 |
| BIRCH, Paul | Director | — | 2011-11-30 |
| DOSWELL, Peter | Director | — | 2015-09-30 |
| HASSALL, Norman | Director | — | 2004-10-01 |
| HERD, Joy Susan | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Roger Eric | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2023-04-27 |
| REGAN, Andrew William | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| RENSHAW, Matthew Edward | Director | 2022-08-18 | 2024-01-18 |
| WEIGHTMAN, Andrew Keith | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2022-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fastnet Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | 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 2025-03-30 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-0.8%
£161,722,000 £160,462,000
-
Cash
0%
£1,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
+6.3%
£19,011,000 £20,213,000
-
Employees
-4.8%
62 59
-
Operating profit
+16.2%
£2,609,000 £3,032,000
-
Profit before tax
+30.1%
£1,566,000 £2,038,000
-
Wages
-4.3%
£3,786,000 £3,622,000
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