F.D.COPELAND & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£760k
-3.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.7m
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
40
-2.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£525k
-51.4% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,532,527 | £29,529,229 | £31,546,509 | +6.8% | |
| Operating profit | £435,897 | £1,154,894 | £621,166 | -46.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £351,504 | £1,078,833 | £524,732 | -51.4% | |
| Net profit | £144,138 | £804,858 | £278,177 | -65.4% | |
| Cash | £1,345,645 | £786,634 | £759,854 | -3.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,571,078 | £9,041,214 | £9,088,017 | +0.5% | |
| Net assets | £8,214,888 | £8,682,245 | £8,713,572 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £8,214,888 | £8,682,245 | £8,713,572 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 41 | 40 | -2.4% | |
| Wages | £2,487,155 | £2,458,964 | £2,427,562 | -1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £744,891 | £712,582 | £647,338 | -9.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £62,538 | £50,400 | £58,623 | +16.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £160,871 | £171,991 | £165,814 | -3.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 3.9% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 2.7% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 12.8% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.0% | 42.2% | 48.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.41x | 2.46x | 2.11x | |
| Interest cover | 5.17x | 12.63x | 6.41x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- F.D.COPELAND & SONS LIMITED · parent
- F. D. Copeland & Sons Trustees Limited 100%
- F. D. Copeland & Sons (Europe) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARGENT, David Laurence | Secretary | 2001-01-25 | — | British |
| COPELAND, Derek Timothy | Director | — | Apr 1937 | British |
| DAY, Stephen | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1963 | British |
| PACK, Stuart Nigel | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1991 | British |
| SARGENT, David Laurence | Director | 2006-05-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| SMITH, Stephen James | Director | 1995-01-01 | Oct 1961 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAMLEY, Clive Graeme | Secretary | — | 1998-02-26 |
| GRAVES, Peter Richard | Secretary | 1998-02-26 | 2001-01-25 |
| BRAMLEY, Alan Vincent | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| COLWELL, Brian Maurice | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| COX, Dennis Frank | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| FELLOWES, Andrew John | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| FULLER, Geoffrey Bigmore | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| SMITH, Roy Alfred | Director | — | 2001-10-01 |
| TORRE, Michael | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| YARWOOD, John | Director | — | 2003-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F.D.Copeland & Sons Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.