FERNHOPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-24
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
-65.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£80M
-10.7% vs 2023
Employees
99
-6.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£12M
-283.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-24.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £283,722,758 | £114,570,052 | |
| Operating profit | £7,190,511 | -£12,557,450 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,566,345 | -£12,020,015 | |
| Net profit | £5,048,925 | -£9,533,729 | |
| Cash | £26,461,824 | £9,214,233 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £91,086,731 | £79,791,698 | |
| Net assets | £89,325,426 | £79,791,698 | |
| Equity | £89,325,426 | £79,791,698 | |
| Average employees | 106 | 99 | |
| Wages | £7,208,302 | £6,165,308 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | -11.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | -8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | -15.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.6% | 12.0% | |
| Current ratio | 6.37x | 6.34x | |
| Interest cover | 11.45x | -32.21x |
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
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“It should be noted that the Group and Company carry a comfortable level of reserves. Once the assets of MultiMetco Inc's core activity are realised and the associated liabilities settled, the subsidiary will retain significant liquid resources enabling the directors to confidently continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements being approved. The Company, as a standalone entity, also has sufficient liquid resources to continue in operation. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- FERNHOPE LIMITED · parent
- Novalis Inc 100%
- MultiMetco Inc 100%
- Telluris Holdings Limited 80%
- West Group Holdings LLC 100%
- Concore LLC 95%
Significant events
- “During early 2025, the directors undertook a strategic review of the operations of the Group's principal trading subsidiary, MultiMetco Inc. As a result of that strategic review, the directors have decided to cease the core operations of MultiMetco Inc., being that of refining precious metals, with effect from 30 June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERON, Patrice Denis | Secretary | 2004-06-30 | — | Belgian |
| FERON, Nicolas Laurent | Director | 2018-05-01 | Nov 1985 | American |
| FERON, Patrice Denis | Director | 2004-03-01 | Jan 1953 | Belgian |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, John David | Secretary | 1997-04-18 | 2004-06-30 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-04-10 | 1997-04-18 |
| CLARKE, John David | Director | 1997-04-18 | 2004-03-01 |
| GALKA, Bernard | Director | 1997-04-18 | 1999-07-02 |
| GORDON, Henry Kenneth | Director | 2003-09-26 | 2018-05-01 |
| LORD, Sandra | Director | 2002-09-13 | 2004-03-01 |
| WRENCH, Ian | Director | 1999-07-02 | 2002-09-13 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-04-10 | 1997-04-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrice Denis Feron | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-05-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
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Turnover
-59.6%
£283,722,758 £114,570,052
-
Cash
-65.2%
£26,461,824 £9,214,233
-
Net assets
-10.7%
£89,325,426 £79,791,698
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Employees
-6.6%
106 99
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Operating profit
-274.6%
£7,190,511 -£12,557,450
-
Profit before tax
-283.1%
£6,566,345 -£12,020,015
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Wages
-14.5%
£7,208,302 £6,165,308
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