FESPA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
5,897,373
+9.9% vs 2023
Net assets
4,496,884
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
44
+12.8% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
142,349
-86.9% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £12,441,682 | £12,594,827 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,090,155 | £132,342 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,087,358 | £142,349 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £801,397 | £161,914 | |
| Cash | £8,562,104 | £4,472,545 | £2,379,034 | £2,633,749 | £5,364,904 | £5,897,373 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,119,581 | £1,326,287 | £1,813,337 | £2,910,738 | £4,257,053 | £4,507,025 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £2,897,202 | £4,251,367 | £4,496,884 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £4,251,367 | £4,496,884 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 39 | 44 | |
| Wages | — | £1,678,099 | £1,651,263 | £1,661,007 | £2,629,282 | £3,058,501 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.8% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 6.4% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 25.6% | 2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 70.2% | 68.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.15x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 173.26x | 17.08x |
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
- Goodman Jones LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that it remains appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- FESPA LIMITED · parent
- Fespa Eurasia Fuarilik A.S. 60%
- Fespa Mexico S De RL De CV 100%
- Fespa Exhibition Services Limited 100%
- Fespa Exhibition Organizing UAE Co 100%
Significant events
- “The group's largest event each year is Global Print Expo. In 2024 this was held in Amsterdam in March. This was a very successful event. In addition other global events were held within the year which were also well attended and well received.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSSENAC, Christophe | Director | 2014-09-05 | Jul 1965 | French |
| DUYCKAERTS, Christian | Director | 2005-09-16 | Mar 1970 | Belgian |
| MASSERDOTTI, Alberto | Director | 2021-11-10 | Feb 1977 | Italian |
| SKILBRED, Olav | Director | 2015-09-04 | Nov 1955 | Norwegian |
| SPENCER, Nicole Jenny | Director | 2022-10-03 | Dec 1978 | British |
| SUNDERLAND, Daniel | Director | 2019-09-27 | Aug 1975 | Mexican |
| VAN AS, Wouter | Director | 2021-11-10 | Nov 1978 | Dutch |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWN, Derek Herbert Ashford | Secretary | — | 2002-09-27 |
| HOLT, Sean | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2020-12-10 |
| STEFFENS, Nigel Bryan | Secretary | 2002-09-27 | 2015-01-01 |
| BARROW, Lascelle Augustus | Director | — | 2022-10-03 |
| CAZAUMAYOU, Michel | Director | — | 2014-09-05 |
| DELGADO, Ricardo Rodriguez | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2014-09-05 |
| DOMBERGER, Michael | Director | — | 1996-09-27 |
| DOWN, Derek Herbert Ashford | Director | — | 1999-10-22 |
| FREY, Hellmuth Ernst | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2013-09-07 |
| GUVENEN, Yasar | Director | 2008-09-12 | 2017-05-10 |
| KOVACS, Gyorgy | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2025-12-05 |
| NIELSON, Preben | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
| NILSSON, Anders | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2021-11-10 |
| PITTOORS, Jacqueline Peeters | Director | — | 1996-09-27 |
| SPERISEN, Kurt | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2000-10-06 |
| STEIJN, Petrus Hendrikus Jacobus | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2021-11-10 |
| STRUCKMEIER, Thomas | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2024-03-18 |
| VAN DEN BERG, Herman Christiaan Frederick | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+1.2%
£12,441,682 £12,594,827
-
Cash
+9.9%
£5,364,904 £5,897,373
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£4,251,367 £4,496,884
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+12.8%
39 44
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-87.9%
£1,090,155 £132,342
-
Profit before tax
-86.9%
£1,087,358 £142,349
-
Wages
+16.3%
£2,629,282 £3,058,501
highest in 5 filed years
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