FRANCIS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7m
-45.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.1m
+3.9% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
57
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£218k
-66.9% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,161,512 | £16,095,699 | £24,778,830 | £23,010,576 | £35,704,405 | £20,787,722 | -41.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £233,119 | £385,451 | £616,117 | £182,642 | -70.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £41,206 | £7,897 | £240,569 | £404,032 | £659,261 | £218,487 | -66.9% | |
| Net profit | £142,591 | £111,690 | £438,064 | £456,761 | £648,100 | £158,206 | -75.6% | |
| Cash | £1,812,605 | £1,849,202 | £2,720,346 | £2,390,535 | £4,921,676 | £2,693,063 | -45.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £415,595 | £527,285 | £965,349 | £1,400,610 | £2,005,260 | £2,082,705 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £1,400,610 | £2,005,260 | £2,082,705 | +3.9% | |
| Equity | £415,595 | £527,285 | £965,349 | £1,400,610 | £2,005,260 | £2,082,705 | +3.9% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 43 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 57 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,226,540 | £2,228,058 | £2,525,174 | £2,918,899 | £3,500,520 | £3,199,820 | -8.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £253,984 | £174,325 | £225,570 | £385,238 | £460,854 | £313,440 | -32% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £79,996 | £82,354 | £23,520 | -71.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £130,077 | £227,637 | £126,672 | -44.4% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 24.1% | 27.5% | 30.7% | 8.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 81.5% | 82.3% | 71.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.19x | 1.18x | 1.36x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FRANCIS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2002-10-21 → present
- FRANCIS CONTRACTORS LIMITED 1997-12-11 → 2002-10-21
- FRANCIS BROS (BUILDERS) LIMITED 1943-12-30 → 1997-12-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Vale & West Accountancy Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors are not aware of any material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt upon the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The company has a group contingent liability related to a statutory guarantee given by its parent undertaking, Colthrop Holdings Limited, covering outstanding liabilities of audit-exempt subsidiary undertakings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Etienne William James | Director | 2012-09-12 | Feb 1982 | British |
| BARRETT, Etienne Mark Christopher | Director | 1992-05-29 | Feb 1954 | British |
| DIBBLE, Kayleigh Louise | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
| RAMSAY, Benjamin Tom | Director | 2023-03-06 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Colin Ernest Richard | Secretary | — | 1994-12-15 |
| BARRETT, David William Jermyn | Secretary | 1994-12-15 | 2025-11-24 |
| ANDERSON, Christopher Robert | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2020-10-30 |
| BARRETT, Colin Ernest Richard | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| BARRETT, David William Jermyn | Director | 1994-12-15 | 2015-05-29 |
| BARRETT, Etienne Rodney William | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| BURROUGHS, Andrew Mark | Director | 1994-12-15 | 2000-06-30 |
| CATTON, Mark | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2013-10-11 |
| SMITH, Stewart James | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2015-03-01 |
| TURPIN, Jamie Marcus | Director | 2016-09-07 | 2021-01-04 |
| WOOLDRIDGE, Alan | Director | 2021-10-21 | 2023-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colthrop Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
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