FALCON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-18 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
-£128M
-11.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£13M
+69.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FALCON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED 2007-05-31 → present
- 3531ST SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2007-05-04 → 2007-05-31
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£30,306,000 | £0 | |
| Profit before tax | -£42,523,000 | -£12,998,000 | |
| Net profit | -£42,523,000 | -£12,998,000 | |
| Cash | £6,000 | £6,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£115,151,000 | -£128,149,000 | |
| Net assets | -£115,151,000 | -£128,149,000 | |
| Equity | -£115,151,000 | -£128,149,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 26.3% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 194.8% | 205.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | -2.48x | 0.00x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Njord Partners has confirmed that it will provide, or procure the provision of, such financial support as is necessary for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This confirmation has been executed as a deed.”
Group structure
- FALCON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED · parent
- Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited 100%
- Hythe and Southampton Ferry Company Limited 100%
- Red Funnel Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Steam Coffee Company Limited 100%
- Isle of Wight Holidays Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 September 2025, Red Funnel Limited agreed a comprehensive waiver of certain requirements under the loan arrangements.”
- “On 29 September 2025, an offer by a company controlled by Njord Partners was accepted to purchase the entire share capital of the Company's immediate holding company, Red Funnel Limited.”
- “On 28 November 2025, the SPA transaction completed following approval under the National Security and Investment Act 2021.”
- “Post year end the Group received funding, from a company controlled by Njord Partners, of £1.5m, which was outstanding at the date of the signing of these financial statements.”
- “On 28 November 2025 the Company's immediate holding company, Red Funnel Limited, was released from a loan obligation of approximately £218.9m owing to the previous owners, Red Funnel Holdings Limited.”
- “On 28 November 2025 Njord Partners procured that the holding company's external bank debt was reduced from £118.1m plus accumulated interest to a revised capital value of £52.6m. Njord Partners plan to reduce this debt by a further £15m in January 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Frances Charlotte | Director | 2018-06-21 | Jan 1977 | British |
| DURSTON, Thomas John Angus | Director | 2025-12-08 | May 1994 | British |
| MCLEAN, Oscar John Sinclair | Director | 2025-12-08 | Aug 2000 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEARD, John Paul | Secretary | 2007-10-11 | 2008-04-04 |
| M&G MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2009-03-01 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-05-04 | 2007-05-31 |
| BARNETSON, Graham | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2023-11-10 |
| BRADBURY, Kenton Edward | Director | 2009-12-17 | 2014-01-20 |
| CAMPBELL, Michael Francis | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2020-01-24 |
| CLARKE, Edward Hilton | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2009-11-23 |
| COOPER, James Nigel Shelley | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2012-12-20 |
| DAYEMBAYEV, Dauren | Director | 2023-09-28 | 2024-02-28 |
| DELLACHA, Maria Georgina | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2017-07-07 |
| DOCHERTY, Thomas James | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2008-08-08 |
| GEORGE, Kevin Alan | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2021-07-07 |
| HAZELWOOD, Charles John Gore | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2024-02-28 |
| HELMORE, Max David Charles | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2015-06-26 |
| LENNON, Martin James | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2007-10-12 |
| NELSON, Stephen Keith James | Director | 2013-03-24 | 2017-07-07 |
| RIDGWAY, Stephen Blakeney | Director | 2021-07-07 | 2025-12-08 |
| SCHUMACHER, Bernd | Director | 2015-06-26 | 2016-08-17 |
| SCOTT, Richard Antony Cargill | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2009-10-16 |
| SIMS, Polina | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2023-09-28 |
| VALE, Aaron Zachariah | Director | 2020-01-24 | 2020-11-10 |
| WILSON, Edward Arthur | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2024-02-28 |
| WINTER, Paul Richard | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2019-03-31 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-05-04 | 2007-05-31 |
| SERJEANTS'INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-05-04 | 2007-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fa Iii Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
| Red Funnel Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Active |
| Fa Ii Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
0%
£6,000 £6,000
-
Net assets
-11.3%
-£115,151,000 -£128,149,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+100%
-£30,306,000 £0
-
Profit before tax
+69.4%
-£42,523,000 -£12,998,000
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