FEDERAL ESTATES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-15 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£340K

-8.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£48M

+16.1% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£9M

-31.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

FEDERAL ESTATES LIMITED 1994-09-16 → present
LEEPACE LIMITED 1994-08-02 → 1994-09-16
FEDERAL ESTATES LIMITED 1994-07-11 → 1994-08-02
LEEPACE LIMITED 1994-06-10 → 1994-07-11

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Utilities median

FEDERAL ESTATES LIMITED·Utilities median · n=234

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric	2020-09-01	2021-08-31	2021-09-01	2022-08-31	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£17,788,249	£14,863,820
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	£13,272,187	£9,228,611
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£13,146,927	£8,996,749
Net profit	—	£2,853,399	—	£5,951,889	£10,564,569	£6,913,719
Cash	—	£101,733	—	£20,630	£370,461	£339,857
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£24,388,936	—	£30,461,942	£41,865,356	£48,182,411
Net assets	—	£18,881,853	—	£24,833,742	£41,425,059	£48,111,299
Equity	£16,028,454	£18,881,853	—	£24,833,742	£41,425,059	£48,111,299
Average employees	—	2	—	2	2	2
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	—

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	2020-09-01	2021-08-31	2021-09-01	2022-08-31	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	74.6%	62.1%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	59.4%	46.5%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	31.7%	19.2%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	1.26x	2.05x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	91.76x	29.64x

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: Saffery LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Group and Company will continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Based on a review of this twelve month period, and consideration of facts and circumstances beyond this period, the directors have concluded this to be an appropriate basis of preparation.”

Group structure

FEDERAL ESTATES LIMITED · parent
1. Chelfarm LLP 100% · UK
2. Chelveston Estate Management Limited 100% · UK
3. Chelveston Land Management Limited 100% · UK
4. Ancillary Components Europe Limited 100% · UK
5. Dewk Technologies S.L. 100% · Spain

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

People

3 active · 2 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WYKES, David John	Secretary	1994-07-01	—	British
WYKES, David John	Director	2017-07-20	Feb 1958	British
WYKES, Elizabeth Joy	Director	1994-07-01	Apr 1959	British

Show 2 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1994-06-10	1994-07-01
G A BUSINESSES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1994-06-10	1994-07-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr David John Wykes	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2017-07-20	Active
Elizabeth Joy Wykes	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2017-07-20

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 89 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-08-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-26	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-09-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2024-08-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2023-08-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2022-08-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-08-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2021-03-29	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-09-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2020-08-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-08-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-06-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2018-08-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-06-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2017-08-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2017-08-01	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31

Turnover

-16.4%

£17,788,249 £14,863,820
Cash

-8.3%

£370,461 £339,857
Net assets

+16.1%

£41,425,059 £48,111,299

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

0%

2 2
Operating profit

-30.5%

£13,272,187 £9,228,611
Profit before tax

-31.6%

£13,146,927 £8,996,749

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

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