FUNERAL PARTNERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-10.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£79M
+10.6% vs 2023
Employees
1,127
+14.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
-38.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FUNERAL PARTNERS LIMITED 2007-06-27 → present
- FUNERAL SERVICES OPERATIONS LIMITED 2007-06-12 → 2007-06-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,635,000 | £79,259,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,210,000 | £5,701,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,065,000 | £7,379,000 | |
| Net profit | £12,825,000 | £7,618,000 | |
| Cash | £2,219,000 | £1,988,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £75,285,000 | £83,486,000 | |
| Net assets | £71,535,000 | £79,153,000 | |
| Equity | £71,535,000 | £79,153,000 | |
| Average employees | 987 | 1,127 | |
| Wages | £25,209,000 | £28,794,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 6.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.18x | 0.17x | |
| Interest cover | 60.37x | 31.67x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's financial forecasts and projections, which cover the 12 month period from the date of approval of the financial statements, the Directors are satisfied that that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- FUNERAL PARTNERS LIMITED · parent
- Torbay & District Funeral Service Limited 100%
- C & T Radmall Funeral Services Limited 100%
- James Hawes & Goodchild Limited 100%
- Okehampton & District Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Roy Quinton Funeral Services Limited 100%
- T.W. Boorman Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Paul Capper Limited 100%
- Funerals Made Simple Limited 100%
- James & Thomas Limited 100%
- Mears & Cotterill Limited 100%
- E Sargeant & Son Limited 100%
- Cutler Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Cutler Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- The Funeral People Limited 100%
- M L Williams Ltd. 100%
- Thomas Bragg & Sons Limited 100%
- Robert Nuttall Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Aaron Black Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- Exeter & District Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Hemming and Peace Limited 100%
- High Street Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- Daren Persson Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- Kavanagh & Coates Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Haven Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Richard Lloyd Funeral Services Limited 100%
- W.H.Putnam Limited 100%
- Walker And Morrell Limited 100%
- John Blenkiron & Sons Limited 100%
- Firmager Funeral Service Limited 100%
- James Dykes Funeral Service Ltd ^ 100%
- Chambers & Brighty Limited 100%
- John G. Hogg Funeral Directors Ltd 100%
- Graham J Clegg Independent Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Ashdown Funeral Services Limited 100%
- S W Barningham Ltd 100%
- Quinns of Greasby Limited 100%
- Elizabeth Way & Company Ltd 100%
- G&M Goold (Independent Funeral Directors) Limited 100%
- Funeral Services Northern Ireland Limited * 100%
- Miles & Daughters Limited 100%
- F Dooley & Son Limited 100%
- Burnham Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Dutton & Hallmark (Funeral Services) Ltd 100%
- Hammertons Funeral Services Holdings Limited * 100%
- Wombwell Funeral Services Holdings Limited 100%
- Wombwell Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Turners Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Steven Sim & Son Ltd. ^ 100%
- Arthur Gresty Limited 100%
- Merstow Green Ltd 100%
- John Clark Funeral Service Ltd. ^ 100%
- Michael Gamble Funeral Directors Holdings Limited * 100%
- Michael Gamble Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- Michael Gamble Funeral Directors Stonehouse Limited 100%
- Farthing Funeral Service Ltd 100%
- E. Peart Limited 100%
- J. & D. Lawson Ltd ^ 100%
- T & A Fyfe Limited ^ 100%
- Thorne Family Funerals Limited 100%
- Kemp and Stevens Limited 100%
- J & M Humphris Limited 100%
- Harpin's Funeral Service Limited 100%
- John Roach Funeral Services Limited ^ 100%
- Edwin Pounds & Sons Holdco Limited * 100%
- Edwin Pounds & Sons, Limited 100%
- Eaves Funeral Service Limited 100%
- Gordon Fletcher & Sons Limited 100%
- Trafford Lowe Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Barry Pritchard Funeral Services Limited 100%
- Andrew Grey Funeral Directors Ltd 100%
- Arthur Cambrey Limited 100%
- Murrays Funeral Directors Limited 100%
- E Gill & Sons Limited 100%
- G E Hartley & Son Limited 100%
- Malone and Fox Family Funerals Limited 100%
- Sherry Funeral Service Limited* 100%
- Nicholas O'Hara Funeral Directors Limited* 100%
- Brookes Holdings Limited 100%
- George Brooke Limited 100%
- George Brooke Monumental Masons Ltd 100%
- Joseph O'Connell Funeral Service Limited 100%
- White Dove Funerals Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In line with its strategy, during the year the company acquired the entire share capital of nine trading companies, and the trade and assets of three other businesses, all of which were engaged in the provision of funeral services and related activities.”
- “After the year end the company completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of four funeral services company for a total preliminary consideration (including fees) of £8.3m and the trade and assets of another two funeral services companies for a total preliminary consideration (including fees) of £2.1m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRASER, Andrew Hector | Secretary | 2016-11-25 | — | — |
| FRASER, Andrew Hector | Director | 2018-03-13 | Oct 1971 | British |
| KERSHAW, Samuel Patrick Donald | Director | 2016-09-27 | Apr 1963 | British |
| WILKINSON, Steven David | Director | 2020-11-24 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSHALL, Robert | Secretary | 2009-12-03 | 2016-11-25 |
| TURNER, Guy Peter | Secretary | 2007-06-12 | 2009-12-03 |
| DUNCAN, Stephen William | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2018-03-13 |
| GREENFIELD, Phillip Lee Richard | Director | 2007-06-12 | 2018-03-13 |
| HAWKES, Paul Christopher | Director | 2018-03-13 | 2020-01-21 |
| HODSON, Graham Philip | Director | 2010-07-26 | 2012-03-14 |
| MARSHALL, Robert James | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2016-12-07 |
| PRITCHARD, Barry | Director | 2010-07-26 | 2013-02-28 |
| TURNER, Guy Peter | Director | 2007-06-12 | 2012-01-05 |
| WHIGHAM, John Cowie | Director | 2012-11-20 | 2016-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral Services Partnership Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-11-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+7.6%
£73,635,000 £79,259,000
-
Cash
-10.4%
£2,219,000 £1,988,000
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£71,535,000 £79,153,000
-
Employees
+14.2%
987 1,127
-
Operating profit
-30.6%
£8,210,000 £5,701,000
-
Profit before tax
-38.8%
£12,065,000 £7,379,000
-
Wages
+14.2%
£25,209,000 £28,794,000
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