ALEXANDER FRASER & SON,LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9m
-13.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.1m
+1.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
9
+12.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£84k
-32% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £905,998 | £805,269 | £785,584 | -2.4% | |
| Operating profit | £348,525 | £207,466 | £126,322 | -39.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £264,752 | £122,844 | £83,522 | -32% | |
| Net profit | £207,684 | £98,722 | £67,452 | -31.7% | |
| Cash | £2,142,554 | £3,397,557 | £2,937,270 | -13.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,088,267 | £4,990,103 | £5,057,555 | +1.4% | |
| Net assets | £4,887,915 | £4,986,637 | £5,054,089 | +1.4% | |
| Equity | £4,887,915 | £4,986,637 | £5,054,089 | +1.4% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 8 | 9 | +12.5% | |
| Wages | £298,503 | £328,547 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £91,417 | £91,619 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,207 | £4,616 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 38.5% | 25.8% | 16.1% | |
| Net margin | 22.9% | 12.3% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 4.2% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.8% | 40.5% | 36.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 2.23x | 2.47x | |
| Interest cover | 4.16x | 2.45x | 2.95x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Chegwidden & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 group's and the parent 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
- ALEXANDER FRASER & SON,LIMITED · parent
- Fraser-Ross Finance Limited 100%
- Frasers Aerospace Limited 100%
- Alexander and Son Trading Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Ian David | Secretary | 2009-06-30 | — | British |
| FERGUSON, David Mark | Director | 2001-04-01 | Apr 1973 | South African |
| FERGUSON, David Clive Emerson | Director | — | Jan 1938 | South African |
| PEER-FAIRES, Billy Steven | Director | 2017-03-01 | Sep 1984 | British |
| WILSON, Ian David | Director | 2004-08-02 | Aug 1956 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEATH, Leslie George | Secretary | 1992-02-21 | 2009-06-30 |
| JONES, Anthony Michael John | Secretary | — | 1992-02-21 |
| FERGUSON, Susan Gillian | Director | 1994-08-26 | 1996-08-27 |
| FERGUSSON, Donald Stuart Bagnall | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| HEATH, Leslie George | Director | — | 2009-06-30 |
| HORGAN, Colin Peter | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2003-10-15 |
| JONES, Anthony Michael John | Director | — | 1992-02-21 |
| KLUS, Paul Richard | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2017-04-17 |
| LANE, Christopher | Director | 1997-06-24 | 2001-03-30 |
| PLANT, Graham George | Director | 1994-03-07 | 2011-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian David Wilson | Individual | Significant influence (as firm) | 2018-04-05 | Active |
| Kalembo Foundation | Corporate entity | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with made up date | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-08-20 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.