FOX (OWMBY) LIMITED
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Cash
£27K
-93.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11M
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
123
-9.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£113K
-46% first positive since 2020
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,761,169 | £31,508,860 | £26,947,008 | -14.5% | |
| Operating profit | £144,695 | £784,953 | £756,995 | -3.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£39,513 | £209,731 | £113,319 | -46% | |
| Net profit | £75,609 | £620,318 | £229,133 | -63.1% | |
| Cash | £89,253 | £420,755 | £27,339 | -93.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,916,832 | £18,605,918 | £19,239,274 | +3.4% | |
| Net assets | £8,661,880 | £10,414,161 | £10,711,294 | +2.9% | |
| Equity | £8,661,880 | £10,414,161 | £10,711,294 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | 130 | 136 | 123 | -9.6% | |
| Wages | £4,966,524 | £5,867,369 | £5,805,097 | -1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £245,490 | £604,453 | £590,714 | -2.3% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 2.5% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 2.0% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 4.2% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 59.5% | 59.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.32x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 0.86x | 1.35x | 0.92x |
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. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FOX (OWMBY) LIMITED 2006-04-11 → present
- FOX OWMBY LIMITED 2006-04-03 → 2006-04-11
- FOX PLANT (OWMBY) LIMITED 1964-05-11 → 2006-04-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Wright Vigar Limited
- 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 group's and the parent 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
- FOX (OWMBY) LIMITED · parent
- Fox Contracting (Owmby) Limited 100%
- Korc Sport Limited 100%
- Fox Land Holdings Limited 100%
- Fox Earthworks Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DURANT, Katy Jane | Director | 2023-03-20 | Mar 1987 | British |
| FOX, Adam Stephen | Director | 2021-01-01 | Oct 1987 | British |
| FOX, Claire | Director | — | Jun 1962 | British |
| FOX, Stephen Harold | Director | — | Apr 1956 | British |
| GUDGIN, James Andrew | Director | 2021-01-01 | Oct 1984 | British |
| GUDGIN, Richard | Director | 1995-04-01 | Dec 1953 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAN, Wendy Lorraine | Secretary | 2010-06-01 | 2023-03-03 |
| FOX, Gordon Frank O'Hara | Secretary | — | 1995-09-10 |
| FOX, Stephen Harold | Secretary | 2000-11-17 | 2010-05-31 |
| SMITH, Graham | Secretary | 1995-09-11 | 2000-11-17 |
| FOX, Gordon Frank O'Hara | Director | — | 1995-09-10 |
| HOCKNEY, David John | Director | — | 2008-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adam Stephen Fox | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2025-06-10 | Active |
| Mrs Karly Louise Fox-Churchill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-10 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Harold Fox | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-10 |
| Mr Richard Gudgin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.