JOHN E.FELLS & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15m
Equity attributable
Employees
67
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.6m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £80,537,751 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,687,895 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,647,150 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,290,616 | — | |
| Cash | £3,518,532 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,252,743 | — | |
| Net assets | £14,785,242 | — | |
| Equity | £14,785,242 | — | |
| Average employees | 67 | — | |
| Wages | £4,428,874 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,219,551 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £58,048 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £408,455 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 10.63x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Group structure
- JOHN E.FELLS & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Whigham, Fergusson Limited 100%
- Cossart, Gordon & Co. Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONRADI, Ben | Secretary | 2023-10-19 | — | — |
| BENNETT, Alastair Jonathan Burness | Director | 2020-09-30 | Oct 1975 | British |
| BROCKETT, Richard James | Director | 2020-12-23 | Dec 1981 | British |
| HALL, Tiffany | Director | 2024-11-05 | Jul 1964 | British |
| HILL-SMITH, Robert Wyndham | Director | 2018-08-17 | Oct 1951 | Australian |
| MACKAY, Euan Malcolm | Director | 2023-06-29 | Jan 1965 | British |
| SYMINGTON, Robert Douglas | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 1983 | British |
| SYMINGTON, Rupert Alexander Douglas | Director | 2019-07-16 | Feb 1964 | British |
| THORNTON, Edward Jared Macleod | Director | 2000-02-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| WALLIS, Thomas Mark Timothy | Director | 2021-05-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCHARD, Jonathan Neil | Secretary | 1992-03-31 | 1998-09-04 |
| RIMES, Louise Catherine | Secretary | 1998-09-07 | 2023-10-19 |
| VAUX, John Gordon | Secretary | — | 1992-03-31 |
| BOWIE, Victor John Alexander | Director | — | 2006-03-06 |
| BRISTON, William John | Director | — | 2006-03-22 |
| CAMPBELL, Alan Robert | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2020-12-23 |
| DE JAVIER ESTEBAN, Luis | Director | 1994-02-02 | 2011-03-18 |
| GURNEY, Nicholas John | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2024-09-16 |
| HENRIOT, Joseph Paul Marie Georges | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| HENRIOT, Thomas | Director | 2013-07-31 | 2016-05-23 |
| MCKENZIE, Colin Michael | Director | 1991-12-12 | 2015-02-01 |
| MOODY, Stephen Antony | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| STANLEY-CLARK, Timothy Favell | Director | — | 1995-03-02 |
| SYMINGTON, John Andrew Douglas | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| SYMINGTON, Paul Douglas | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2020-12-23 |
| SYMINGTON, Timothy Douglas, Mr. | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2026-07-31 |
| TERMES, Xavier Armengol | Director | 2023-11-29 | 2025-12-31 |
| THORPE, Simon William Michael | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2019-12-04 |
| TORRES MACZASSEK, Miguel | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2023-11-29 |
| VAUX, John Gordon | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| VINALS MATAS, Jordi | Director | 2011-03-18 | 2013-06-07 |
| WALTERS, Robert Hugh | Director | 1992-03-02 | 2007-04-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis Wine Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.