PELL FRISCHMANN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.5M
+38.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.1M
+0.3% vs 2024
Employees
584
-1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.4M
-4.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,565,708 | £49,212,557 | +3.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,496,852 | £2,338,346 | -6.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,496,852 | £2,376,529 | -4.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,547,218 | £2,400,411 | -5.8% | |
| Cash | £3,233,303 | £4,486,360 | +38.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,102,809 | £9,759,284 | -3.4% | |
| Net assets | £9,115,772 | £9,146,722 | +0.3% | |
| Equity | £9,115,772 | £9,146,722 | +0.3% | |
| Average employees | 594 | 584 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £25,889,764 | £26,528,060 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £366,434 | £276,722 | -24.5% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.7% | 24.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.1% | 53.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.02x | 1.86x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- PELL FRISCHMANN CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1986-04-01 → present
- PELL FRISCHMANN HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION LIMITED 1983-12-14 → 1986-04-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- PELL FRISCHMANN CONSULTANTS LIMITED · parent
- Bernwood E C S Limited 100%
Significant events
- “in 2025, we were awarded Consulting Firm of the Year at the New Civil Engineer (NCE) Awards”
- “we experienced a significant slow down in trading in the first half of 2025 compared to previous years. This resulted in some targeted restructuring”
- “the Ofwat Price Review final determination in 2024 approved £104bn on infrastructure spending across AMP8 compared to £51bn across AMP7. Advanced work packages identified by South West Water in late 2024 stalled in the early part of 2025, which necessitated short term redeployment of staff as new projects were secured”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGAN-GAFTEA, Hannah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-04-07 | — | — |
| BISSET, Iain Alexander | Director | 2019-01-01 | Jan 1969 | British |
| COX, Stuart | Director | 2023-06-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
| ROBERTS, Linda Susan | Director | 2021-01-01 | May 1961 | British |
| STARLING, Ross | Director | 2024-11-25 | Aug 1985 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARMICHAEL, Norman William | Secretary | — | 2003-08-29 |
| ROBERTS, Linda Susan | Secretary | 2003-08-29 | 2025-04-07 |
| BARRETT, Richard John | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2016-11-24 |
| DEAN, Brian, Mr. | Director | — | 2006-12-16 |
| FRISCHMANN, Wilem William, Dr | Director | — | 2015-09-30 |
| GALLAGHER, John Stuart | Director | — | 2006-10-02 |
| GODDARD, Leslie | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2015-06-05 |
| GRADY, Jonathan Barry | Director | 2016-11-07 | 2019-10-01 |
| LEE, Adam | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| LENSSEN, Sydney | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
| MCBEATH, Charles Pryde | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| MILLER, Peter Stephen | Director | 2004-02-12 | 2010-11-16 |
| MONCRIEFF, Malcolm Lawrence Anderson | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| MUNRO, Crawford Taylor | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2012-05-31 |
| POWELL, Carl Vinson | Director | 2006-01-26 | 2015-10-01 |
| PRABHU, Sudhakar Shrirang | Director | — | 2013-03-31 |
| PRABHU, Tushar Sudhakar | Director | 2003-04-06 | 2019-09-01 |
| SIMS, Frank Alexander | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| TUNSTALL, Andrew John | Director | 2003-01-31 | 2011-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pf Consulting Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-12-31 | Active |
| Rsbg Infrastructure Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.