FISCHBACH (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£367k
-85.1% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£10m
+29% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
65
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.1m
-3.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £13,340,006 | £16,006,928 | £15,665,691 | £17,793,832 | £17,269,108 | £17,061,513 | -1.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,509,873 | £2,054,379 | £1,563,028 | £3,856,550 | £3,133,349 | £2,981,161 | -4.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,512,919 | £2,054,379 | £1,578,179 | £3,956,303 | £3,256,380 | £3,128,598 | -3.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,237,019 | £1,617,479 | £1,284,994 | £3,029,781 | £2,430,709 | £2,334,524 | -4% | |
| Cash | £923,544 | £946,620 | £1,749,183 | £3,906,491 | £2,458,192 | £366,626 | -85.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,346,396 | £8,119,489 | £8,137,447 | £9,606,465 | £8,289,612 | £10,611,005 | +28% | |
| Net assets | £7,233,284 | £7,850,763 | £7,935,757 | £9,465,539 | £8,046,248 | £10,380,772 | +29% | |
| Equity | £7,233,284 | £7,850,763 | £7,935,757 | £9,465,539 | £8,046,248 | £10,380,772 | +29% | |
| Average employees | 55 | 57 | 65 | 62 | 62 | 65 | +4.8% | |
| Wages | — | £1,898,607 | £2,118,421 | £2,230,122 | £2,407,802 | £2,706,797 | +12.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £116,487 | £120,000 | £103,300 | £144,926 | £151,687 | £214,311 | +41.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £4,000 | £4,000 | £4,000 | 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 12.8% | 10.0% | 21.7% | 18.1% | 17.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.3% | 10.1% | 8.2% | 17.0% | 14.1% | 13.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | 25.3% | 19.2% | 40.1% | 37.8% | 28.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.7% | 14.1% | 13.2% | 14.1% | 13.7% | 11.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.90x | 6.14x | 8.36x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- FISCHBACH (UK) LIMITED 1992-02-24 → present
- P.C.M. FISCHBACH LIMITED 1986-12-23 → 1992-02-24
- CURVER FISCHBACH LIMITED 1982-08-10 → 1986-12-23
- PATS POLYTHENE BAGS LIMITED 1970-03-16 → 1982-08-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Alexander Knight & Co 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHILCHER, Martin | Director | 2025-05-22 | Feb 1970 | German |
| TICKLE, Darren | Director | 2026-08-27 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLAGHAN, Anne Marie | Secretary | 2002-05-31 | 2026-08-11 |
| CORBETT, Norman | Secretary | — | 2002-05-31 |
| BRUENING, Werner | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2019-01-01 |
| CORBETT, Norman | Director | — | 2002-05-31 |
| HOUCHIN, John Ernest Reginald | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| LANGENSIEPEN, Thomas | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2025-05-22 |
| RIDING, Stephen Keith | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2026-04-01 |
| ROBERTSON, Craig Dale | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2016-08-23 |
| RONNEN, Jos | Director | — | 1991-04-28 |
| SCHRODER, Horst | Director | — | 2009-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerald Wilfred Schwartz | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2025-03-14 | Active |
| Mr Thomas Langensiepen | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.