FULLER SMITH & TURNER PLC
Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the company operates an estate of managed and tenanted pubs, inns, and hotels across the south of England.
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Cash
£7.4m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£385m
Equity attributable
Employees
5,375
highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£30m
Period ending 2026-03-28
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-25 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | 2026-03-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £336,600,000 | £359,100,000 | £376,300,000 | £397,800,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £34,500,000 | £32,800,000 | £31,600,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £12,700,000 | £35,600,000 | £27,000,000 | £29,500,000 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £27,200,000 | £20,200,000 | £21,200,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | £12,200,000 | £7,400,000 | £7,400,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £657,500,000 | £610,100,000 | £622,300,000 | — | |
| Net assets | — | £431,300,000 | £379,000,000 | £384,600,000 | — | |
| Equity | — | £431,300,000 | £420,200,000 | £427,500,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 5,247 | 5,293 | 5,195 | 5,375 | — | |
| Wages | — | £116,100,000 | £116,300,000 | £121,000,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £1,949,000 | £2,050,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £153,000 | £177,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £653,000 | £702,000 | — |
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 covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-25 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | 2026-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 9.6% | 8.7% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.6% | 5.4% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 5.2% | 5.4% | 5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 40.3% | 45.0% | 45.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.38x | 0.30x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.59x | 2.39x | 2.75x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position, are set out in the Strategic Report on pages 08 to 23 and the Principal Risks and Uncertainties on pages 35 to 39. The Directors' detailed forecasts and projections, which take into account the Group's financial risk management, objectives and policies as described in this Financial Review, and which demonstrate sufficient headroom to continue as a going concern, indicate that the Group will remain a going concern in the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- FULLER SMITH & TURNER PLC · parent
- George Gale and Company Limited 100%
- F.S.T. Trustee Limited 100%
- Ringwood Holdings Limited 100%
- Jacob Cummins Limited 100%
- Grand Canal Trading Limited 100%
- S & D Country Inns Limited 100%
- Cotswolds Inns and Hotels Limited 100%
- The Classic Country Pub 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 · 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
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1037 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-08-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-12 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-13 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-04 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-04 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-21 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 18
- 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.