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Cash

£296k

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£2.9m

Equity attributable

Employees

130

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£706k

Period ending 2025-05-31

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31

Metric Trend 2023-03-312025-05-31 Δ vs prior
Total income £18,980,306£21,420,435
Operating profit -£676,367
Profit before tax -£705,963
Net profit £195,868-£705,963
Cash £487,763£296,219
Total assets less current liabilities £3,910,088£2,905,646
Net assets £3,691,338£2,859,063
Equity £3,691,338£2,859,063
Average employees 123130
Wages £3,784,750£5,476,677
Directors' remuneration £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 . Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 14 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-03-312025-05-31
Operating margin -3.2%
Net margin 1.0%-3.3%
Return on capital employed -23.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 40.5%47.9%
Current ratio 2.48x1.62x
Interest cover -18.63x

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

  1. FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED 1994-11-07 → present
  2. FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE (MERSEYSIDE) LIMITED 1988-09-14 → 1994-11-07

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Trustees have prepared forecasts for the Group for the period to 31 August 2027, including detailed cashflow forecasts incorporating the Group's invoice discounting facility with RBS Invoice Finance. These forecasts have been based on the Group's historic and latest trading performance and management's expectations of future income and expenditure, and demonstrate that the Group has sufficient financial resources to continue as a going concern through to 31 August 2027 and meet the operational requirements of the facility.”

Group structure

  1. FURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED · parent
    1. Bulky Bob's · England
    2. End Furniture Poverty Foundation · England

Significant events

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

People

7 active · 43 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DORAN, Shaun Secretary 2026-04-29
COURTNEY, Alli Director 2024-09-27 May 1967 British
DIXON, Claire Director 2024-09-27 Apr 1978 British
HINES, John David, Dr Director 2008-12-02 Aug 1970 British
SPRUYT, Nicholas John Director 2023-05-31 Sep 1964 British
VEPARI, Fatima Director 2024-09-27 Mar 1968 British
VERNON, Jeffrey Barry Director 2005-03-18 Jun 1964 British
Show 43 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRAIDE, Valerie Margaret Secretary 1995-10-24 1999-08-20
DAVISON, Robert Secretary 1994-10-26
DORAN, Shaun Secretary 2023-05-31 2023-11-10
DORAN, Shaun Secretary 2012-09-21 2013-02-08
HOUGH, Nicola Secretary 2012-02-22 2012-09-21
ROWAN, Anthony Secretary 2013-02-08 2023-05-31
ROWAN, Anthony Edward Secretary 1999-08-20 2005-07-15
TOTTEY, Philip John Secretary 2005-07-15 2012-02-22
WESTCOTT, Jane Francesca Secretary 1994-10-26 1995-10-24
WILLIAMSON, Claire Secretary 2023-11-10 2026-04-29
ANDERSON, Joanne Director 2001-09-07 2003-01-24
ASQUITH, Gaynor Director 1998-10-28 2008-03-18
BENSON, Kathleen Isabel Director 1991-06-12
BICHARD, Erik Michael Director 2002-11-29 2024-03-01
BLACK, Liam Anthony Director 1994-03-22 1997-09-09
BLACK, Rebecca Director 1993-01-20 1993-11-15
BRAIDE, Valerie Margaret Director 1995-09-06 2002-01-25
CHAPMAN, Carol Director 1994-06-30 1994-10-20
CROWE, Kim Marie Director 2001-09-07 2009-12-18
DE VERDIE, Sharon Catherine Director 1992-01-01 1994-04-15
DIXON, Lesley Director 2013-04-24 2022-05-24
DONOVAN, James Timothy Director 1995-10-10 2006-10-06
EASSOM, Helen Margaret Director 1994-03-31
FAGAN, Thomas, Rev Director 1993-01-20
FITZGERALD, John Francis Director 1991-06-14 1995-09-01
GILVIN, John Terence Director 1991-12-06
KELLY, Margaret Anne Director 1994-08-24 1995-10-24
LEACH, Esther Director 2021-03-03 2023-11-19
MARTIN, Stephen John Director 1993-04-27
MCKENZIE, Barry Director 1994-08-24 2004-09-10
MEADOWS, Cyril James Director 1994-06-30
MILLER, Irene Director 1991-06-14 1994-04-26
MOGLIONE, Gillian Anne Director 1996-08-21 1997-09-09
MORRIS, Graham John Director 1998-12-18 2014-08-08
NICHOLLS, Jeremy Andrew Director 2009-07-31 2023-07-27
O'DOHERTY, Barry Director 1991-06-14 1997-07-18
ROONEY, Barney Director 1997-12-19 2000-03-17
SHONE, David Howard Leyland Director 1993-11-30 1999-08-20
SLOANE, Patricia Ann Director 1998-10-28 2001-03-02
STEWART, Martin Director 1991-06-12 1994-06-30
WATSON, Christopher John Director 2003-05-16 2019-02-15
WATSON, Stephanie Amaal Director 1997-12-19 1998-10-28
WILSON, Nigel Peter Director 2014-08-08 2022-12-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 207 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-08-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-05-29 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company previous shortened PDF
2026-05-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-04-29 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-04-29 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-16 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-04-08 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current extended PDF
2025-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-10-09 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-10-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-06-24 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-05-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-12-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-14 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-14 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

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

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