FOLK GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
Cash
£40K
+134.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+112.7% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
+11,884.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Profit before tax
7-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-30 | 2020-01-30 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £28,540 | £3,420,415 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £28,540 | £3,420,415 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £16,930 | £39,712 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £1,984,555 | £4,221,597 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £3,959,671 | £4,287,368 | — | — | — | £1,984,555 | £4,221,597 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FOLK GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Folk (UK) Limited 100%
- Folk Nominee Limited 100%
- Folk2Folk Limited 100%
- Folk2Folk CBILS Lending Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, despite ongoing economic uncertainty and persistent headwinds, FOLK2FOLK Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Folk Group, recorded its sixth consecutive year of profitability and its fifth year of paying shareholder dividends.”
- “Received two prestigious awards: "Business Lender of the Year" for the third consecutive year at the Alternative Credit Investor Awards (formerly Peer 2 Peer Finance News Awards) and "Specialist Lender of the Year" by the NACFB Commercial Lender Awards.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHUNG, Kawai | Director | 2025-09-23 | Sep 1978 | British |
| DALY, Alexander James | Director | 2019-09-27 | Jul 1970 | British |
| DINGLE, Graham Merlin | Director | 2019-07-30 | Oct 1953 | British |
| RICHARDS, Claire Louise | Director | 2025-10-06 | Dec 1972 | British |
| SAWYER, Timothy Charles | Director | 2015-08-14 | Feb 1962 | British |
| WARREN, Roy Francis | Director | 2019-08-28 | Apr 1956 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRENCH, Amanda | Secretary | 2016-08-26 | 2017-04-10 |
| WILLETT, Helen | Secretary | 2018-04-20 | 2019-05-08 |
| ABBOTT CHALEW, Justin David | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2025-05-01 |
| BROWN, David Ian | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2017-11-06 |
| CROSS, Giles Marwood | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2019-05-03 |
| DUMERESQUE, Jane Grace | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2017-08-31 |
| MATHERS, Louis Aidan | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2025-03-28 |
| MCCRACKEN, Megan Aileen | Director | 2019-10-21 | 2025-03-31 |
| PARNALL, Mark Braddon | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2019-09-27 |
| STRAW, Karl Anthony | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2018-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graham Merlin Dingle | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-05 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Dingle Brothers Systems Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-20 | Active |
| Mr Morley Edwin Dingle | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-05-20 | Ceased 2020-03-20 |
| Mr Ronald Adrian Dingle | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-05-20 | Ceased 2020-03-20 |
| Mr Graham Merlin Dingle | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-05-20 | Ceased 2020-03-20 |
| Mr Louis Aidan Mathers | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-07 |
| Mr Robert Mark Parnall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-20 |
| Mr Robert Mark Braddon Parnall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-31 |
| Mrs Naomi Vera Mathers | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-12 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+134.6%
£16,930 £39,712
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Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+11,884.6%
£28,540 £3,420,415
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers