SOVEREIGN FM LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
Cash
£703K
-4.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+11.5% vs 2023
Employees
33
-17.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£901K
-10.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SOVEREIGN FM LTD 2013-02-26 → present
- SOVEREIGN ENGINEERING FACILITIES LTD 1997-10-07 → 2013-02-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,560,648 | £6,771,114 | |
| Operating profit | £1,009,714 | £890,254 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,010,002 | £901,256 | |
| Net profit | £772,298 | £686,686 | |
| Cash | £735,824 | £703,166 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,969,727 | £6,655,266 | |
| Net assets | £5,968,580 | £6,655,266 | |
| Equity | £5,968,580 | £6,655,266 | |
| Average employees | 40 | 33 | |
| 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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.4% | 13.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | 13.4% | |
| Interest cover | 6472.53x | 890254.00x |
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.
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Paul David | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
| O’NEILL, Karen Julie | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1970 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKEOWN, Stephen | Secretary | 1999-11-17 | 2001-02-14 |
| MCKEOWN, Stephen | Secretary | 1997-10-07 | 1998-12-01 |
| SANDFORD, Peter David Glen | Secretary | 1998-12-01 | 1999-11-17 |
| WEBSTER, Keith Grant | Secretary | 2001-02-14 | 2019-05-31 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-07 | 1997-10-07 |
| AHERNE, David Anthony | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2024-04-18 |
| EARLEY, Nicholas James | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| EMPSON, Raymond William | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| MCKEOWN, Stephen | Director | 2002-10-08 | 2025-07-01 |
| RIGG, Andrew John | Director | 2019-05-31 | 2025-07-01 |
| SANDFORD, Peter David Glen | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2002-12-10 |
| SPENCER, Sean | Director | 2008-10-22 | 2023-09-28 |
| WEBSTER, Keith Grant | Director | 1997-10-07 | 2019-05-31 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-07 | 1997-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar Facilities (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-31 | Active |
| Mr Keith Grant Webster | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-07 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-09-23 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-23 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-23 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
-10.4%
£7,560,648 £6,771,114
-
Cash
-4.4%
£735,824 £703,166
-
Net assets
+11.5%
£5,968,580 £6,655,266
-
Employees
-17.5%
40 33
-
Operating profit
-11.8%
£1,009,714 £890,254
-
Profit before tax
-10.8%
£1,010,002 £901,256
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