TOUCHSTONE FMS LIMITED
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Cash
£7.2m
+2.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.2m
+16.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
93
+4.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+25% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,097,000 | £14,275,000 | £14,528,000 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | £705,000 | £200,000 | £202,000 | +1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,427,000 | £896,000 | £1,120,000 | +25% | |
| Net profit | £1,070,000 | £671,000 | £858,000 | +27.9% | |
| Cash | £6,387,000 | £7,026,000 | £7,216,000 | +2.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,662,000 | £5,333,000 | £6,191,000 | +16.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,662,000 | £5,333,000 | £6,191,000 | +16.1% | |
| Equity | £4,662,000 | £5,333,000 | £6,191,000 | +16.1% | |
| Average employees | 78 | 89 | 93 | +4.5% | |
| Wages | £5,631,000 | £6,140,000 | £6,592,000 | +7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £632,000 | £683,000 | £899,000 | +31.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £64,000 | £70,000 | £61,000 | -12.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £248,000 | £271,000 | £360,000 | +32.8% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 4.7% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.1% | 3.8% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.3% | 79.5% | 87.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.25x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | — | 28.57x | — |
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
- TOUCHSTONE FMS LIMITED 2012-04-03 → present
- TOUCHSTONE LIMITED 2002-07-18 → 2012-04-03
- TOUCHSTONE COMPUTERS LIMITED 1982-03-31 → 2002-07-18
- BROOKTREE LIMITED 1982-03-01 → 1982-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the projections for the forthcoming 12 month period... satisfy that the Company has adequate resources to continue for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements, as a result the Directors consider it appropriate to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- TOUCHSTONE FMS LIMITED · parent
- FMS BI Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCH, David Philip | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BIRCH, David Philip | Director | — | Apr 1955 | British |
| BIRCH, Keith Gerard Joseph | Director | — | Aug 1956 | British |
| BUTLER, Christian | Director | 1999-02-04 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARR, Christopher Stuart | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2003-01-29 |
| BIRCH, Philip | Director | — | 1999-06-09 |
| CHAPMAN, John Simon | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2003-02-05 |
| DE CARLE, David Donald | Director | 1997-06-06 | 1999-06-09 |
| MCNAY, Adrian Joseph | Director | 2005-11-16 | 2011-04-06 |
| OBRIEN, John Edward | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2003-04-28 |
| PAPWORTH, Jonathan | Director | — | 1993-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touchstone Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-12-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.