FIRST CORPORATE CONSULTANTS LTD

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have considered forecast profit and associated cash flows for the coming year from the date of this report and the net current liability position. The directors have considered the facilities available to the entity and are of the opinion that the company and the group can operate within the facilities available for the period of the cash flow forecast and can meet their obligations as they fall due for a period of 12 months from date of signing these financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

1. FIRST CORPORATE CONSULTANTS LTD · parent
   1. First Corporate Holdings Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Investment company
   2. First Corporate Shipping Limited 58.8% · United Kingdom · Provision of port facilities, cargo handling, storage and rental of properties
   3. The Bristol Port Company (Trustees) Limited 58.8% · United Kingdom · Pension fund trustee
   4. The Bristol Bulk Company Limited 58.8% · United Kingdom · Dormant
   5. Agricultural Bulk Services (Bristol) Limited 58.8% · United Kingdom · Dormant

Significant events

• “Turnover grew by 8% on the prior year driven by increased activity across existing trades and the addition of new trades.”
• “Operating profit (excluding property revaluations) increased by 26% from the prior year as a result.”
• “Net cash inflow from operating activities was £56,180,000 (2024: £43,018,000); of this £38,013,000 was used for capital expenditure (2024: £21,859,000).”
• “The group agreed a three-year pay deal with employees to increase rates of pay by CPI commencing July 2024.”
• “FCS has invested £32m in capital projects to support demand from existing and new customers.”
• “The group remains on target to halve its carbon emissions since its baseline in 2016/2017.”
• “A dividend of £20,000,000 was declared and paid in November 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +8.3%

  £128,003,000 → £138,565,000

• Cash

  -2.9%

  £24,629,000 → £23,927,000

• Net assets

  +5.5%

  £270,707,000 → £285,532,000

• Employees

  -0.1%

  750 → 749

• Operating profit

  +21.2%

  £38,899,000 → £47,165,000

• Profit before tax

  +25.4%

  £35,064,000 → £43,954,000

• Wages

  +3.2%

  £34,994,000 → £36,104,000

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