FERNCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+6.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+5.6% vs 2023
Employees
143
+12.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+53.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FERNCO LIMITED 2022-07-28 → present
- FLEX-SEAL COUPLINGS LIMITED 1989-12-11 → 2022-07-28
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 | — | — | £22,493,318 | £25,562,345 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,106,723 | £1,828,456 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,192,368 | £1,825,017 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £677,608 | £1,282,145 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,705,964 | £2,873,644 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £12,995,148 | £13,911,057 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £12,525,297 | £13,230,047 | |
| Equity | £9,195,211 | £10,081,131 | £12,525,297 | £13,230,047 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 127 | 143 | |
| Wages | — | — | £5,244,392 | £6,011,055 |
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 | — | — | 4.9% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.0% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 8.5% | 13.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.34x | 2.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 24.26x | 44.02x |
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
- Harts Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that, after due consideration they have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company has adequate resources to continue in business for at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, the annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FERNCO LIMITED · parent
- Fernco GmbH 100%
- Fernco International Ltd 100%
- Fernco SARL 100%
- S1E Ltd 100%
- Fernco Environmental Ltd 100%
- Flex-Seal Couplings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “As part of a strategic reorganisation of its European commercial activities, the Fernco Group will be closing its French commercial entity, Fernco SARL.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Andrew John | Secretary | 1995-12-06 | — | British |
| BEATSON, Ben Lawrence | Director | 2026-01-27 | May 1986 | British |
| COOPER, Christopher | Director | 2007-02-27 | Feb 1965 | American |
| MILLWARD, David | Director | 2023-10-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
| PASHLEY, Lee Andrew | Director | 2012-10-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
| THOMPSON, Sara Jayne | Director | 2023-01-04 | Sep 1974 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew John | Director | 1996-06-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, Brian Otby | Secretary | — | 1995-12-06 |
| BARNARD, Malcolm | Director | — | 2002-08-16 |
| CREAN, Jonathan | Director | 2004-09-30 | 2014-06-13 |
| LEYLAND, John Anthony | Director | 2002-08-16 | 2015-01-31 |
| MCMURRAY, Scott Alexander | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| MOORE, Brian Otby | Director | 1994-06-01 | 1995-12-06 |
| PENNEY, Daniel Richard | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2014-01-17 |
| PRITCHATT, Isobel | Director | 1997-10-31 | 2002-08-16 |
| PRITCHATT, Robert James | Director | — | 2002-08-16 |
| RIDING, Stephen Keith | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2016-06-30 |
| WOODS, Graham William | Director | — | 2002-08-16 |
| WOODS, Patricia | Director | 1997-10-31 | 2002-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernco Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-28 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-28 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+13.6%
£22,493,318 £25,562,345
-
Cash
+6.2%
£2,705,964 £2,873,644
-
Net assets
+5.6%
£12,525,297 £13,230,047
-
Employees
+12.6%
127 143
-
Operating profit
+65.2%
£1,106,723 £1,828,456
-
Profit before tax
+53.1%
£1,192,368 £1,825,017
-
Wages
+14.6%
£5,244,392 £6,011,055
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