FOSTER WICKENS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£731k
+12.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.6m
+0.5% vs 2025
Employees
0
-100% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£543k
-34.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-24
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-24 | 2025-03-24 | 2026-03-24 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £454,269 | £469,786 | £467,085 | -0.6% | |
| Operating profit | £354,295 | £368,668 | £293,304 | -20.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,348,131 | £824,210 | £543,189 | -34.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,215,118 | £820,931 | £465,362 | -43.3% | |
| Cash | £363,561 | £647,308 | £730,842 | +12.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,689,836 | £7,564,593 | £7,602,664 | +0.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,562,465 | £7,525,396 | £7,561,758 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £7,562,465 | £7,525,396 | £7,561,758 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 7 | 0 | -100% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £14,000 | £14,000 | £14,000 | 0% |
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 | 2024-03-24 | 2025-03-24 | 2026-03-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 78.0% | 78.5% | 62.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 174.7% | 99.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | 4.9% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.5% | 5.2% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.11x | 2.23x | 3.92x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FOSTER WICKENS INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Store Property Holdings Limited 33%
Significant events
- “Some of the bank loans taken out by members of the Store Property Holdings Limited group include covenant provisions which restrict the ability of the shareholders to transfer their shares in the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, Gary Neil | Secretary | 2004-01-22 | — | British |
| DEMPSEY, Daniel James | Director | 2023-01-25 | Jan 1986 | British |
| HAWKINS, Gary Neil | Director | 2007-11-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MOYLER, Ross Daniel | Director | 2019-09-12 | Apr 1976 | British |
| ROWLAND, Paul Michael Albert | Director | 2011-04-18 | Jan 1969 | British |
| WICKENS, Jacqueline Jennifer | Director | — | Jan 1946 | British |
| WICKENS, Roger Foster | Director | — | Aug 1944 | British |
| WICKENS, Sarah Foster | Director | 1996-09-06 | May 1970 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Keith | Secretary | — | 2004-01-22 |
| COLLYER, Virginia Lesley Foster | Director | — | 2011-03-24 |
| FIELDER, Alan | Director | 2005-10-17 | 2011-02-28 |
| HOBDEN, Judith Victoria Foster | Director | — | 2011-03-24 |
| HUGHES, David John Stuart | Director | — | 2018-04-13 |
| SMITHERS, John Howard | Director | — | 2016-06-30 |
| STANDING, Michael Robin | Director | — | 2005-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roger Foster Wickens | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-02 | Active |
| Mr Roger Foster Wickens | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2019-05-09 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Jennifer Wickens | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2019-05-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-01 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.