JAMES FISHER DEFENCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£209K
+3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8K
+105.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,018,202 | £4,880,541 | |
| Operating profit | £291,543 | £265,566 | |
| Profit before tax | -£158,842 | £8,349 | |
| Net profit | -£121,908 | £6,149 | |
| Cash | £525,054 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,131,268 | £3,492,850 | |
| Net assets | £202,815 | £208,964 | |
| Equity | £202,815 | £208,964 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 5.8% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.8% | 7.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 0.65x | 1.03x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are of the opinion that the company has sufficient financial resources to continue trading for at least 12. months from the date of this report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVLIN, Richard | Director | 2025-09-19 | May 1984 | British |
| NISBET, Heather | Director | 2025-09-19 | Feb 1991 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGGAN, Michael John | Secretary | 2016-04-26 | 2017-07-03 |
| MARSH, James Henry John | Secretary | 2017-07-03 | 2022-09-01 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| VICK, Jonathan Procter | Secretary | 2009-10-29 | 2016-04-26 |
| CALDWELL, Sarah | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-09-19 |
| CORBETTA, Giovanni | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2021-02-16 |
| GRAY, Daniel John | Director | 2021-02-16 | 2025-09-19 |
| HALES, Robert Antony | Director | 2025-09-19 | 2026-03-31 |
| HARRIS, Simon Allan | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2012-02-13 |
| HENRY, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2019-10-01 |
| JEFFCOAT, Stewart Murray | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2012-02-24 |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2021-04-29 |
| MCCARROLL, John Paul | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2020-12-24 |
| O'LIONAIRD, Eoghan Pol | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| SHARPLES, Benjamin John | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2019-04-01 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2022-12-31 |
| TODD, Arthur Robert | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2012-04-02 |
| WILSON, Alistair Michael Charles | Director | 2021-02-16 | 2024-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fisher Marine Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-2.7%
£5,018,202 £4,880,541
-
Cash
-100%
£525,054 £0
-
Net assets
+3%
£202,815 £208,964
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-8.9%
£291,543 £265,566
-
Profit before tax
+105.3%
-£158,842 £8,349
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