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FULLER SMITH & TURNER PLC

#00241882 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1929-08-22 (96y 9m) · Last filing 2026-05-21 (this month)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 55100 · I Accommodation & Food Service Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 4mo) · Confirmation due 2026-09-19 (in 4mo) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£14M

+13.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£412M

-4.5% vs 2024

Employees

5,311

+0.3% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£34M

-5.1% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-29

Metric Trend 2023-03-252024-03-302025-03-29 Δ vs prior
Turnover £336,600,000£359,100,000£376,300,000 +4.8%
Operating profit —£34,500,000£34,400,000 -0.3%
Profit before tax £12,700,000£35,600,000£33,800,000 -5.1%
Net profit —£27,200,000£26,400,000 -2.9%
Cash —£12,200,000£13,800,000 +13.1%
Total assets less current liabilities —£657,500,000£642,800,000 -2.2%
Net assets —£431,300,000£411,700,000 -4.5%
Equity —£431,300,000£411,700,000 -4.5%
Average employees 5,2475,2935,311 +0.3%
Wages —£116,100,000£123,800,000 +6.6%
Directors' remuneration ——— —

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 2023-03-252024-03-302025-03-29
Operating margin —9.6%9.1%
Net margin —7.6%7.0%
Return on capital employed —5.2%5.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) —40.3%41.3%
Current ratio —0.38x0.51x
Interest cover —2.59x2.57x

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
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors made a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future...”

Group structure

  1. FULLER SMITH & TURNER PLC · parent
    1. Griffin Catering Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · Managed houses service company
    2. George Gale and Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading subsidiary
    3. Ringwoods Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading subsidiary
    4. Mortons Bar & Grill (Alcester) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading subsidiary

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

10 active · 35 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SPENCER, Rachel Louise Secretary 2021-01-01 — —
BEDNALL, Jane Director 2025-04-01 Nov 1967 British
BROWNE, Dawn Director 2023-07-03 Jul 1975 British
EMENY, Simon Director 1998-05-29 Oct 1965 British
FULLER, James Henry Fleetwood, Sir Director 2010-06-01 Nov 1970 British
FULLER, Richard Hamilton Fleetwood Director 2009-12-08 Jan 1960 British
ROWLAND, Robin James Leslie Director 2020-03-24 Mar 1961 British
SMITH, Neil Reynolds Director 2021-11-30 Jan 1965 British
STACEY, Juliette Natasha Director 2018-03-21 Apr 1970 British
TURNER, Frederick James Mortimer Director 2019-06-01 Nov 1985 British
Show 35 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BEQUIN, Severine Pascale Secretary 2014-07-24 2021-01-01
CLARKE, Paul Anthony Secretary 1998-05-08 1998-07-06
CLARKE, Paul Anthony Secretary 1996-09-13 1997-03-31
CLARKE, Paul Anthony Secretary 1995-02-01 1995-08-21
FRANCIS, Philip George Secretary 1997-04-01 1998-05-08
GRACIE, Marie Louise Secretary 1998-07-06 2014-07-24
O'BRIEN, Anthony Louis Secretary 1995-08-21 1996-09-12
TURNER, Robert Ian Secretary — 1995-01-31
ATKINSON, Nigel John Bewley Director 2006-04-10 2012-07-18
AUGAR, Philip John Director 1999-03-01 2002-03-31
BRAY, Ian David Director 2011-12-12 2016-05-31
CLARKE, Paul Anthony Director — 2008-04-30
COUNCELL, Adam Thomas Director 2019-08-27 2021-09-30
DODD, Simon Ray Director 2016-08-01 2019-04-30
DOUGLAS, James Charles Robert Director 2007-09-10 2018-11-15
DRURY, Reginald Hugh Director — 1999-06-30
DUNSMORE, John Michael Director 2009-01-20 2019-07-25
ESPEY, James Stuart Director 1998-06-01 2009-03-18
FERNIE, William Mackinnson Director — 1998-12-31
FORDHAM, Lynn Rosanne Director 2011-01-18 2018-06-08
FULLER, Anthony Gerard Fleetwood Director — 2010-07-23
FULLER, John William Fleetwood, Major Sir Director — 1998-04-03
JONES, Helen Victoria Director 2019-03-12 2025-03-31
KERR, Alastair Gibson Director 2011-08-01 2018-01-24
MACANDREW, Nicholas Rupert Director 2001-09-05 2011-07-29
MACPHERSON, Donald Charles, Mr. Director — 2000-07-31
ROBERTS, Richard John Director 1996-02-19 2011-03-01
SPINNEY, Ronald Richard Director 2000-04-01 2008-07-16
SWAINE, Jonathon David Director 2012-02-01 2019-09-04
SWINBURN, Peter Stuart Director 2018-03-21 2019-09-04
TURNER, Michael John Director — 2025-07-22
TURNER, Robert Ian Director — 2000-10-31
TURNER, Timothy James Mortimer Director — 2010-03-31
WILLIAMS, Charles Frederick Director — 1995-01-13
WILLIAMS, Henry David Director — 1998-05-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 1017 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-27 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-04-27 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-04-27 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-04-15 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-04-10 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-03-17 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-03-17 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-03-17 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-02-28 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-02-28 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-02-28 SH04 capital Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure
2026-02-17 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-02-10 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-02-04 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-02-03 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-02-03 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-01-20 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-01-16 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-01-06 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-01-05 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
20

last 12 months

Capital events
20

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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