FAIRPORT ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-46.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
-0.3% vs 2024
Employees
64
-14.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£184K
+139.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FAIRPORT ENGINEERING LIMITED 2008-04-15 → present
- FAIRPORT ARC LIMITED 2008-03-13 → 2008-04-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,846,000 | £12,901,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£586,000 | -£92,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£461,000 | £184,000 | |
| Net profit | -£338,000 | £138,000 | |
| Cash | £3,509,000 | £1,886,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,006,000 | £5,910,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,768,000 | £5,751,000 | |
| Equity | £5,768,000 | £5,751,000 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 64 | |
| Wages | £4,015,000 | £3,142,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.9% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.8% | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.2% | 50.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.32x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | -3.99x | -0.45x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company made an operating loss of £92,000 in the year to 31 March 2025 (2024: operating loss of £586,000). This result is discussed in more detail in the Strategic Report on page 2. The company is not expected to make further losses. The directors are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations at least until 31 August 2026. When forming this opinion, the directors have considered factors which could materially impact the cashflows of the business (positively or negatively) along with plausible mitigating actions which could be taken by the company. Having taken these factors into consideration, the directors have made an informed judgement, at the same time as approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. As a result, the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- FAIRPORT ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- Connick Engineering Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The current war in Ukraine and high inflation rates have created difficulties with material procurement and cost volatility.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALE, Sarah Mclean | Director | 2022-03-30 | Sep 1979 | English |
| HARGRAVE, Neil Simon | Director | 2023-10-27 | Feb 1981 | British |
| HOLMES, Geoffrey Robert | Director | 2022-03-30 | Apr 1968 | British |
| THOMPSON, David Keith | Director | 2024-10-25 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMON, Edward Peter | Secretary | 2008-03-13 | 2022-03-30 |
| DOBSON, Roy | Director | 2015-11-05 | 2019-04-26 |
| DOBSON, Roy | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2014-07-31 |
| FITTON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2008-03-13 | 2022-03-30 |
| HYDE, Neil David | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2023-10-27 |
| REDFERN, Alan | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2010-12-24 |
| SIMON, Edward Peter | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| STEELE, Malcolm | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2015-05-29 |
| TOLE, Ian | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2019-10-16 |
| WEATHERILL, Daniel Philip David | Director | 2022-03-30 | 2024-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchid Bioenergy Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-03 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-04-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-03 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-04-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-13.1%
£14,846,000 £12,901,000
-
Cash
-46.3%
£3,509,000 £1,886,000
-
Net assets
-0.3%
£5,768,000 £5,751,000
-
Employees
-14.7%
75 64
-
Operating profit
+84.3%
-£586,000 -£92,000
-
Profit before tax
+139.9%
-£461,000 £184,000
-
Wages
-21.7%
£4,015,000 £3,142,000
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