M.F. FREEMAN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-40.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+13.6% vs 2024
Employees
91
-5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+6,306.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- M.F. FREEMAN LIMITED 1987-12-17 → present
- ITEMGAPE LIMITED 1987-10-19 → 1987-12-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,036,780 | £23,878,350 | |
| Operating profit | £126,360 | £1,248,354 | |
| Profit before tax | -£18,784 | £1,165,904 | |
| Net profit | -£25,593 | £864,443 | |
| Cash | £2,246,416 | £1,333,681 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,938,554 | £11,274,288 | |
| Net assets | £6,345,486 | £7,209,929 | |
| Equity | £6,345,486 | £7,209,929 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 91 | |
| Wages | £4,404,204 | £4,196,913 |
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 | 0.5% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.1% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.3% | 11.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | 0.87x | 15.14x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Directors of the Company are of the opinion that the Company's net assets are sufficient to enable working capital to be available to the Company to satisfy its liabilities as they fall due. The Directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the Company's financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- M.F. FREEMAN LIMITED · parent
- The Fairways Chippenham Limited 100%
- Alton Road Business Park Management Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREEMAN, Jennifer Mary | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BARNES, Stewart | Director | 2014-01-23 | Sep 1966 | British |
| FREEMAN, Jennifer Mary | Director | 1987-12-21 | Apr 1947 | British |
| FREEMAN, Luke Francis | Director | 2003-11-05 | Jan 1974 | British |
| FREEMAN, Mervyn Francis | Director | — | Feb 1945 | British |
| MANTELL, Simon David | Director | 2020-10-12 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Steven | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| WHARTON, Peter | Director | 2014-01-23 | 2025-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.F. Freeman Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-21 | Active |
| M F Freeman (Plant) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-02-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+3.7%
£23,036,780 £23,878,350
-
Cash
-40.6%
£2,246,416 £1,333,681
-
Net assets
+13.6%
£6,345,486 £7,209,929
-
Employees
-5.2%
96 91
-
Operating profit
+887.9%
£126,360 £1,248,354
-
Profit before tax
+6,306.9%
-£18,784 £1,165,904
-
Wages
-4.7%
£4,404,204 £4,196,913
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