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Cash

£5.3M

-32.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£16M

+3.4% vs 2024

Employees

178

+0.6% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2.2M

-45% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2022-03-312024-03-312025-03-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £38,287,135£39,891,624£36,445,101 -8.6%
Operating profit £4,063,449£2,170,005 -46.6%
Profit before tax £3,896,017£4,028,167£2,215,007 -45%
Net profit £3,109,146£3,000,385£1,577,103 -47.4%
Cash £5,156,423£7,906,274£5,329,617 -32.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £20,131,427£16,641,618£17,219,571 +3.5%
Net assets £19,256,830£15,586,059£16,113,162 +3.4%
Equity £19,256,830£15,586,059£16,113,162 +3.4%
Average employees 184177178 +0.6%
Wages £5,875,906£6,342,786£6,364,332 +0.3%
Directors' remuneration £163,730£177,950£184,356 +3.6%

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 2022-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 10.2%6.0%
Net margin 8.1%7.5%4.3%
Return on capital employed 24.4%12.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 38.0%39.1%
Current ratio 2.78x2.73x
Interest cover 47.92x

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

  1. F & B PROFILES LIMITED 1990-04-10 → present
  2. F & B (HOLDINGS) LTD. 1989-03-31 → 1990-04-10
  3. VELOCITY SEVENTEEN LIMITED 1987-10-30 → 1989-03-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The director has, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future having prepared forecasts to March 2027. Thus the company continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. F & B PROFILES LIMITED · parent
    1. Whites Material Handling Limited 100% · design, manufacture and sale of specialised attachments for the construction and agriculture industries across Europe.

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 5 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SINCLAIR, Lisa Helen Secretary 2004-07-31 British
AVERY, Roger Frederick Director Jan 1949 British
Show 5 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HARVEY, Lily Secretary 2004-07-31
HARVEY, Michael Pearson Director 2014-10-07
LAYCOCK, John Steven Director 1996-10-18 2003-09-03
LYNE, Richard William Stephen Director 1996-10-18
MCNALLY, Christopher Director 1994-05-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
F&B Profiles (Holdings) Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2023-07-28 Active
Mr Roger Frederick Avery Individual Significant influence 2016-08-09 Ceased 2023-07-28

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 125 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-08-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-08-16 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-12-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-08-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-08-14 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-08-14 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2023-03-22 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-03-22 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-03-22 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-03-22 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-01-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-08-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-01-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-05-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-08-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-11-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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