THE PROPERTY FRANCHISE GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-45.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£144M
+253.2% vs 2023
Employees
365
+107.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
+58.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE PROPERTY FRANCHISE GROUP PLC 2017-03-16 → present
- MARTINCO PLC 2013-10-15 → 2017-03-16
- MARTIN & CO FRANCHISE PLC 2013-10-07 → 2013-10-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,278,000 | £67,310,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,264,000 | £15,237,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,014,000 | £14,304,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,370,000 | £10,132,000 | |
| Cash | £7,642,000 | £4,162,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,734,000 | £184,008,000 | |
| Net assets | £40,815,000 | £144,158,000 | |
| Equity | £40,815,000 | £144,158,000 | |
| Average employees | 176 | 365 | |
| Wages | £7,939,000 | £15,301,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.0% | 22.6% | |
| Net margin | 27.0% | 15.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.8% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.2% | 29.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | 25.95x | 12.75x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis”
Group structure
- THE PROPERTY FRANCHISE GROUP PLC · parent
- Belvoir Group Limited 100%
- BPFG Property Management (UK) Limited 100%
- BMIA Bristol Limited 100%
- Brook Financial Services Ltd* 100%
- EweMove Sales & Lettings Ltd 100%
- GPEA Limited 100%
- The Mortgage Network (Franchise) Limited* 100%
- Hapolilo Limited* 100%
- Hunters Franchising Limited* 100%
- Hunters Group Limited* 100%
- Hunters Midlands Limited* 100%
- Hunters Property Limited* 100%
- MAB (Southwest) Limited* 100%
- Martin & Co (UK) Limited 100%
- NFW Parkers Limited* 100%
- Northwood GB Limited* 100%
Significant events
- “Acquisition of AIM-listed Belvoir Group PLC in March 2024”
- “Acquisition of GPEA Limited in May 2024”
- “Moved from a UK-only business in 2023 to now having a presence in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Caribbean through the acquisition of Fine & Country”
- “Strengthened senior leadership team and establishment of a new Operations Board”
- “ESG Steering Group established with responsibility for setting the ESG strategy and driving ESG developments”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVINE, Claire Georgina | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| BROOK, Michelle | Director | 2024-03-07 | Mar 1967 | British |
| DI-STEFANO, Jon Graham | Director | 2024-03-07 | Sep 1974 | British |
| DODDS, Benjamin Peter | Director | 2025-01-02 | Jan 1988 | British |
| GEORGE, Paul | Director | 2024-03-07 | Dec 1960 | British |
| LATHAM, Paul Martin James | Director | 2013-12-17 | Dec 1955 | British |
| NOYCE, Claire Louise | Director | 2023-06-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| SAMPLES, Gareth Meirion | Director | 2020-04-30 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE, Louise Joan | Secretary | 2024-06-07 | 2025-04-30 |
| MCBRIDE, Susan Lesley | Secretary | 2015-05-07 | 2016-03-31 |
| RAGGETT, David | Secretary | 2022-07-01 | 2024-06-07 |
| RAGGETT, David Arthur | Secretary | 2020-02-12 | 2021-11-01 |
| RAGGETT, David Arthur | Secretary | 2016-04-01 | 2016-04-21 |
| RAGGETT, David Arthur | Secretary | 2013-10-07 | 2015-05-07 |
| SCOTT, Benjamin | Secretary | 2021-11-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| VARLEY, Christopher Raymond | Secretary | 2016-04-21 | 2020-02-11 |
| CROOKS, Philip James | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2024-03-07 |
| FIELDING, Dean Andrew | Director | 2021-03-22 | 2025-11-30 |
| FREW, Glynis Joan | Director | 2021-03-22 | 2022-03-31 |
| MARTIN, Richard Wilson | Director | 2013-10-07 | 2024-03-07 |
| RAGGETT, David Arthur | Director | 2013-10-07 | 2025-01-02 |
| WILSON, Ian | Director | 2013-10-07 | 2020-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Wilson Martin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+146.8%
£27,278,000 £67,310,000
-
Cash
-45.5%
£7,642,000 £4,162,000
-
Net assets
+253.2%
£40,815,000 £144,158,000
-
Employees
+107.4%
176 365
-
Operating profit
+64.5%
£9,264,000 £15,237,000
-
Profit before tax
+58.7%
£9,014,000 £14,304,000
-
Wages
+92.7%
£7,939,000 £15,301,000
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